From one photo to a full video ad in minutes
Turn one product photo into a finished, captioned video ad inside Claude: attach it in chat and Polaris renders UGC video from top models with captions.
Yes, you can go from a single product photo to a finished, captioned video ad in minutes, and the fastest way is right inside Claude. Connect Polaris to Claude once (add the MCP connector and authorize), then attach your product photo in chat and ask for a UGC-style ad. A live Polaris panel appears in the conversation, fills in the progress, and drops the finished video by itself in 20-180 seconds, with the best model chosen per shot and TikTok-native captions burned in with one click. No cameras, no actors, no editor. There is a Polaris web app too, but the chat flow is the lead.
The short version
Most brands treat a product video like a production: brief a creator, wait days, review footage, hand it to an editor, wait again. Polaris collapses that into a single chat. You start with one asset you already have and end with an ad you can post. Here is the shape of it before we walk each step.
| Step | The old way | With Polaris |
|---|---|---|
| Starting point | Shoot list, creator, props | One product photo, attached in a Claude chat |
| Video | Film, wait, re-shoot | Claude renders it, best model chosen per shot |
| Captions | Manual editing pass | One-click Auto-Captions, burned in |
| Iteration | New shoot for every variant | Recreate and remix in minutes |
| Time | Days to weeks | Minutes |
Step 1: Start with one photo
Everything begins with a single product image. In a Claude chat, attach a photo from your catalog (or paste a script you have written) and tell Claude what you want. Because we are built only for ecommerce, Polaris is tuned for products and Shopify stores, not generic stock footage.
- Use a clean product shot, a lifestyle image, or whatever you already have on the PDP.
- Need a better hero frame first? Generate an AI product shot inside Polaris and build the ad from that.
- No pre-made character library to dig through. You bring the product; we build the ad around it.
Step 2: Generate the video ad
This is where a static image becomes motion. Ask Claude in plain chat, "make me 3 UGC ads for this serum," and a live Polaris panel opens right in the conversation, filling in progress and the finished clip by itself. Polaris does not lock you to one engine; it routes each shot to the model that renders it best, drawing on multiple top video models. You pick the model, aspect ratio, length, and sound by tapping option cards, not by configuring a dashboard.
- Multiple models, chosen per shot: Google Veo, Kling, Seedance, and Nano Banana, picked for what each does well.
- Prompt or image-driven: describe the angle and vibe, or let the product image lead.
- Ecommerce framing: the output is built to sell a product, not to look like a tech demo.
You do not have to know which model is strongest for a given scene. That decision happens under the hood so you can focus on the message and the hook.
Step 3: Add captions with one click
Captions are not optional on short-form. Most viewers watch muted, and the words on screen carry the pitch. Polaris transcribes your video word-accurate and burns the captions directly into the file, so they travel with the video everywhere you post it.
- 4+ TikTok-native styles: TikTok, Hormozi, Beast, and Neon.
- Word-accurate: transcribed from your actual audio, not guessed.
- Burned in: no separate subtitle file, no re-upload dance, no caption drift.
Pick the style that matches your brand, and the ad is ready to publish with captions that look native to the feed.
Step 4: Recreate winners and make variations
One ad is a start. Volume is how you actually find what converts. When you see an ad working, paste it in and Polaris will Recreate it as your own version with your product, so you can borrow a proven structure instead of guessing at a new one.
- Found a winning ad in the wild? Recreate it with your product and your angle.
- Want five hooks for the same product? Regenerate variations and caption each differently.
- Testing creative is cheap now, so test more and let the numbers decide.
Make ads without leaving Claude
Because the whole flow lives in chat, you can batch. Ask for several variants at once and each one renders in its own live panel in parallel; download them all as a single ZIP. If a render fails, Polaris auto-refunds the credits and shows a Try again button, and finished media auto-deletes, so download what you want to keep. Setup is one step: add the Polaris MCP connector in Claude and authorize, and from then on the studio comes to your workflow instead of forcing a new tab and a new habit. Prefer a canvas? The same engine also runs in the Polaris web app.
Why teams pick Polaris
Polaris is an AI ad studio built for one job: turning ecommerce products into ads that perform. Every feature points at that outcome.
- Photo to finished ad, fast: a single image becomes a captioned video in minutes.
- Best model per shot: Veo, Kling, Seedance, and Nano Banana, so you are not betting on one engine.
- Captions that ship native: word-accurate, burned in, in TikTok, Hormozi, Beast, or Neon styles.
- Recreate winners: turn a reference ad into your own version instead of starting from zero.
- Generate winners inside Claude: make ads in chat through the MCP connector, each render in its own live panel.
- Built for ecommerce: product-first, Shopify-friendly, with AI product shots alongside video.
Pricing and getting started
Polaris runs on simple credit-based pricing. Pro is $49/month with 2,000 credits per month, enough for roughly 66 video ads, and longer terms cost less: 15% off on a 3-month plan and 25% off on a 6-month plan. Credits cover video and image generation, so you can spend them on whatever mix of ads your tests need.
You already have the one thing you need to start: a product photo. Create your first ad now, or see pricing to pick the plan that fits your testing volume.