AI Handshake Video Generator
The VdoBloom AI Handshake Video Generator makes a short, professional handshake clip out of one or two photos — two people meeting, hands clasped, held for a beat in cinematic quality. It exists because the shot is genuinely hard to get in real life: the two parties are rarely in the same city, and when they are, nobody has a camera crew standing by while the contract is signed.
Two templates set the register. Business Handshake renders a confident professional greeting in suits in an office — the standard visual for an announcement post. Deal Sealed pushes the same moment harder, with dramatic lighting and more decisive expressions for the version that goes out with a funding round. A photo-count toggle sits above the uploads: two-photo mode takes one portrait per party and composites them into a shared scene, while single-photo mode animates an image that already shows both people. Each template carries a different prompt per mode, and the editable box underneath is where brand-matching happens — swap the boardroom for a workshop floor, the suits for branded shirts, the neutral wall for a conference stage.
The photo count changes the price as well as the workflow, because the two modes do not offer the same models. New VdoBloom accounts start with 10 free credits (referral sign-ups are credited through the referral programme instead). If both people are already in one photo, single-photo mode opens the full image-to-video roster and a 720p five-second render costs 7 credits on ByteDance V1 Pro Fast I2V or 8 on Seedance 1.5 Pro. If you are compositing two separate portraits — the reason most teams come to this tab — the picker narrows to the native effect roster that can consume a second image, and the entry point is Runway Gen-3 at 10 credits. That is the free balance exactly: one announcement asset, evaluated end to end before anyone approves a budget line.
Two caveats before this goes into a comms plan. First, free-tier output is watermarked — the render plays behind a VdoBloom mark and the free download keeps it, with the clean file available on a paid plan. A partnership announcement carrying another vendor's logo undercuts the post, so the free render is best treated as the approval copy and the paid one as the published asset. Second, the tab requires you to confirm that everyone in the uploads is an adult whose rights and consent you hold. That is not a formality here: a handshake video implies an agreement between two named parties, so both sides should know the clip exists before it is posted, and labelling it as AI-generated is the honest way to publish it. VdoBloom's content policies cover every render on this tab, and moderation can reject one.
How it works
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Collect the photos and confirm consent
One clear professional photo per person, or a single image showing both. Existing LinkedIn headshots usually work as long as face and shoulders are visible. Tick the box confirming the images are of adults whose rights you hold — generation is blocked until you do.
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Set the photo count
Two-photo mode composites two separate portraits into one scene and switches the model picker to the native effect roster. Single-photo mode works from an image that already contains both people and keeps the wider model list.
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Choose the scenario
Business Handshake for a suited office greeting in the neutral, corporate-safe register, or Deal Sealed for dramatic lighting and firmer expressions when the announcement carries more weight.
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Match it to your brand
Edit the prompt to specify attire, a conference backdrop, a specific office, casual dress instead of suits, or a wider framing that leaves headroom for a caption or a lower third.
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Pick a model and aspect ratio
Single-photo mode offers 44 image-to-video variants across 15 model families. Two-photo mode offers the 17-variant native roster — Runway, Kling V2.5 Turbo, PixVerse, Vidu and LTX-2 Fast — and starts on Runway Gen-3. Choose 16:9 for LinkedIn and web embeds, 1:1 or 9:16 for feed-first placements.
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Generate and route it for approval
The render finishes in the background within a few minutes and arrives in your library. Free-tier downloads carry the VdoBloom watermark, which is fine for internal sign-off; move to a paid plan for the file that actually gets published.
Why use this tool
Two people who were never in the same room
The most useful thing this tab does: take a portrait from each side of a deal, shot in different cities on different days, and composite them into one scene with matched lighting and perspective so the handshake reads as a single photograph in motion.
Formal or emphatic, chosen in one click
Business Handshake produces the neutral, corporate-safe version that fits a routine announcement. Deal Sealed raises the contrast and the expressions for something with more behind it — an acquisition, a funding round, a signing that took a year.
Brand-matched rather than template-locked
Suits are the default, not a constraint. The prompt is open, so a warehouse floor, a lab bench, a conference stage, branded polo shirts or whatever your company actually looks like are all one sentence away from the shipped template.
Faster than aligning two calendars
The alternative is two busy executives, two diaries, a photographer and a location that suits both. This is one upload from each side and a few minutes of background render time, which is also why it works as a placeholder while a real shoot is scheduled.
A full evaluation on the free credits
Ten credits at sign-up covers exactly one two-photo render on Runway Gen-3, or a 7-to-8-credit single-photo render on the ByteDance and Seedance entry models. You can put a real announcement through the whole flow, watermark included, before spending anything.
Clean files for published comms
Corporate communications should not carry another vendor's logo, and the free tier's watermark means the published version needs a paid plan. Once you are on one, the download is clean and the only branding in the frame is whatever you put there.
Frequently asked questions
What can I use an AI handshake video for?
It suits partnership and merger announcements, client-win posts, sponsorship reveals, investor updates and welcome posts for new hires — anywhere a short motion visual carries further in a feed than plain text. It also stands in for the photo that never happened because the signing was done over a video call, or holds the slot while a real shoot gets scheduled.
Can the two people be from photos taken separately?
Yes, and it is the main reason to use this tab. Switch the toggle to 2 Photos, load one portrait into each slot, and the template swaps to its two-person prompt so the model places both into a single scene with matched lighting and perspective — built for the case where each side just emails a headshot. The other thing the toggle changes is the model list: two-photo renders run on the native effect roster, since only that path consumes a second image.
Is the handshake video generator free?
The first clip is, and the exact figure depends on your mode. New accounts get 10 free credits with no card required. A two-photo composite starts at 10 credits on Runway Gen-3 for 720p and five seconds, which the balance covers precisely. If both people are already in one photo, single-photo mode drops the entry cost to 7 credits on ByteDance V1 Pro Fast I2V or 8 on Seedance 1.5 Pro. Stepping up on the two-photo roster: PixVerse v3.5 and Vidu Q2 Turbo are 18, PixVerse v4 and LTX-2 Fast are 20, and Kling V2.5 Turbo is 40.
Do the videos have a VdoBloom watermark?
Free-tier renders do. The mark appears over the player and on the download that free accounts can take; a paid plan removes it. For business communications that distinction is the whole decision — a third-party logo in the corner of a partnership announcement reads as a draft, not a launch. The workable pattern is to spend the free credits proving the concept internally, then upgrade before the asset goes to the brand team.
Do I need to sign up or subscribe?
A free account is required so the credits, the renders and the consent confirmation have somewhere to live, but there is no subscription step and no card at sign-up. Google sign-in takes a few seconds. Since these clips involve real colleagues and partners, the account also gives you a private library rather than a public gallery — nothing you generate is published on your behalf.
How formal does the result look?
Business Handshake renders suits in an office for the classic corporate look; Deal Sealed keeps the same action but lights it harder and firms up the expressions. Neither is fixed. Because the prompt is editable you can specify casual attire, a conference backdrop, a factory floor or a lab, which is usually a better match for companies whose people do not wear suits. Wide framing with headroom is worth asking for if a caption or logo is going over the top.
What photos work best?
Clear, front-facing professional headshots with even light and visible shoulders — standard LinkedIn portraits are close to ideal. Avoid heavy filters, hard side shadow, tight crops and single faces cut out of group photos. The model has to generate arms, grip and posture that were in neither source image, so it needs a readable sense of build from both people; two headshots at very different distances composite worse than two at similar scale.
How long does the render take?
A few minutes for a typical clip, with duration and resolution the main variables. The job runs server-side, so start it and go back to writing the announcement. If you need several assets for the same launch — one per partner, or one per orientation — queue them back to back, since none needs the tab to stay open.
Which model is best for a handshake scene?
Hand contact is the hard part: two sets of fingers meeting, holding and releasing inside a few seconds is where most models betray themselves. In two-photo mode you are choosing inside the native roster, where Runway Gen-3 at 10 credits is the entry point and PixVerse v3.5 or Vidu Q2 Turbo at 18 are worth trying when the grip comes out tangled. In single-photo mode the wider list opens up and Seedance 1.5 Pro at 8 credits is a solid default. In both cases, keeping the clip to five seconds helps more than changing engine — the grip only has to hold for a beat.
Should I label the clip as AI-generated?
Yes, and get permission before you upload the photos rather than after. Several platforms now expect a disclosure on realistic synthetic media involving real people, and this format depicts two named parties agreeing to something — a claim, not just an image. A partner discovering afterwards that the handshake was generated costs more goodwill than a caption line ever will. Hold sensitive announcements in your private library until the news is public; VdoBloom publishes nothing on your behalf, but the file is only as private as the people you send it to.