How to Make the OIIA Spinning Cat AI Video From One Pet Photo
The OIIA Spinning Cat trend copies the OIIA OIIA spinning cat meme, a cat on a green screen that stares and then spins like a top (the W&W - OIIA OIIA video has about 750 million views on YouTube). Here is how to make your own version with your dog or cat: the one-click way, and the do-it-yourself way with the exact prompt we use.
What you need
- One clear, well-lit photo of one pet, whole body visible, no people in the picture.
- A few minutes while the video renders.
- TikTok, Instagram Reels or CapCut, to add the trending sound.
The one-click way (free)
- Open the OIIA Cat AI template.
- Upload your pet photo and press Make my free video. No sign-up, no prompt to write.
- Watch your 5-second preview a few minutes later. Download it for $2.99, or get a 10-second 720p HD video from $4.99.
Make my OIIA Spinning Cat video
The do-it-yourself way
You need a video model that takes a photo and a reference video together. We use Seedance 2.0. The photo decides who is in the video; the reference video only decides how it moves.
- Cut a 5 to 10 second clip from the original viral video. This is the motion reference. Make it vertical (9:16) and not too small: around 640 × 640 pixels in total or more, or the model rejects it.
- Give the model your pet photo as Image 1 and the clip as Video 1.
- Paste the prompt below and ask for a 10-second vertical video.
The main character is the pet from Image 1. Video 1 is ONLY a motion reference; the grey tabby cat in Video 1 must not appear.
10-second vertical video, static camera, the pet's full body always in frame and centered. Keep the pet's species, breed, face, eye color, fur color and markings exactly as in Image 1. Copy the motion from Video 1 beat by beat: the pet stands still on all four legs staring blankly at the camera, then suddenly spins around in place extremely fast like a spinning top, stops and stares again, and repeats the stare-and-spin. Setting: a plain bright green screen background, like Video 1. Exactly one animal, and it is the pet from Image 1. No people, no human hands, no text, no captions, no logo, no watermark.Two lines do most of the work. The first says Video 1 is only a motion reference, so the animal from the original does not end up in your video. The last keeps it to one animal, with no people, text or watermark.
Cost tip: with Seedance the reference clip is billed too, at your output resolution. Shrinking it saves nothing; cutting it shorter does.
Tips from making our OIIA Spinning Cat example
- Cats look the most natural, but it works with other pets too: we made our example from a photo of an orange tabby and the spin reads clearly.
- Keep the plain green screen background. You can swap it for any background later with the chroma key tool in CapCut.
- Use a reference clip that shows both the stare and the spin. The stare is half the joke.
Add the sound
Our videos come without audio. Before you post, add the OIIA OIIA sound (W&W - OIIA OIIA (Spinning Cat)) from the TikTok or Instagram sound library. The in-app sound is easier than editing music in, and the app takes care of the music license.