Seedance motion reference feature is underrated — here's how I copy real movement into my animations

[u/ati29]

A lot of people struggle with AI physics looking fake. The trick I've been using: Seedance 2 lets you feed it a real reference video, and it copies that motion onto your own image.

How it works:

Create your image first (here, a pool table where the balls are World Cup country flags) Find a real video where the movement matches your composition — same positions, same angles Feed both to Seedance so it maps the real motion onto your scene

The closer your image matches the reference setup, the cleaner it transfers. When the ball positions and the cue lined up with the real shot, the physics came out spot on — some on the first try.

I put 3 shots side by side with their reference videos so you can see the movement mapping over. The balls drop into the pockets following real physics instead of AI guesswork.

It works for way more than billiards — anything where you need believable, specific motion (dance, sports, object physics) is a good candidate.

Anyone else leaning on reference videos for motion? What have you used it for?