n8n-nodes-image-to-video

Convert a static image into a video clip — perfect for social media Reels, Stories, TikTok, YouTube Shorts, and more — directly inside your n8n workflow.

✨ Features

| Feature | Details | | --------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Size Presets | Reel/Story 9:16, Portrait 4:5, Square 1:1, Landscape 16:9, or fully Custom | | Dynamic Duration | 1–300 seconds | | Frame Rate | 1–60 fps | | Animation Effects | Static hold, Zoom In, Zoom Out (Ken Burns), Pan Left, Pan Right, Fade In | | Output Formats | MP4 (H.264 / H.265), WebM (VP9), GIF | | Background Fill | Color picker for letterbox / pillarbox padding | | Binary Field | Configurable input and output binary field names | | No system deps | FFmpeg is bundled — works on any self-hosted instance out of the box |

📦 Installation

From the n8n UI (recommended)

1. Open your n8n instance
2. Go to Settings → Community nodes
3. Click Install a community node
4. Enter: n8n-nodes-image-to-video
5. Click Install

No extra setup needed. FFmpeg is bundled with the package — it works on Hostinger, Railway, Render, VPS, Docker, and any self-hosted n8n instance.

Via npm (self-hosted CLI)

npm install n8n-nodes-image-to-video

🚀 Quick Start Workflow

[HTTP Request] → [Image to Video] → [Write Binary File]

1. HTTP Request — fetch an image URL (set Response Format to File)
2. Image to Video — configure preset and duration
3. Write Binary File — save the MP4 to disk

⚙️ Node Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Default | Description | | --------------------- | --------- | ------------- | ---------------------------------------- | | Input Binary Field | string | data | Binary field containing the source image | | Size Preset | options | Reel/Story | Output video dimensions | | Width (px) | number | 1080 | Custom width (only with Custom preset) | | Height (px) | number | 1920 | Custom height (only with Custom preset) | | Duration (seconds) | number | 5 | Video length in seconds | | Frame Rate (fps) | number | 30 | Frames per second | | Output Codec / Format | options | H.264 – MP4 | Codec and container | | Background Color | color | #000000 | Fill color for padding | | Animation Effect | options | None | Motion effect | | Output Binary Field | string | video | Binary field for the output video |

Animation Effects

| Effect | Description | | --------------------- | --------------------------------------- | | None | Still image — no movement | | Zoom In | Ken Burns slow zoom from 100% to 115% | | Zoom Out | Ken Burns slow zoom from 115% to 100% | | Pan Left to Right | Horizontal pan across image | | Pan Right to Left | Reverse horizontal pan | | Fade In | Image fades in from black over 1 second |

🔧 Output

The node outputs the same item with:

• binary.[outputField] — the encoded video file
• json.imageToVideo — metadata: { width, height, duration, fps, codec, format, effect, sizeBytes }

🌐 Compatibility

| Platform | Supported | | --------------------- | ---------------------------------- | | Self-hosted (Linux) | ✅ | | Self-hosted (Windows) | ✅ | | Self-hosted (macOS) | ✅ | | Docker / Hostinger | ✅ | | Railway / Render | ✅ | | n8n Cloud | ❌ (community nodes not supported) |

🤝 Contributing

Pull requests are welcome! Please open an issue first to discuss major changes.

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a branch: git checkout -b feature/my-feature
3. Commit your changes
4. Push and open a Pull Request

📄 License

MIT EMAIL_ADDRESS

🔗 Links

• npm package
• n8n Community Forum
• n8n Documentation – Community Nodes
• Report an Issue