The property listing
The house photographed by day, then the same at dusk, windows lit: the image that gets the clicks, without coming back in the evening with the camera.
Turn a daytime photo into night with AI, as a timelapse
Your daytime photo becomes the same view at night, windows lit, then a video timelapse from one to the other, place unchanged. Workflow visible here, no account needed.
Real workflow: a small harbour in late afternoon, the same view an hour after sunset, then five seconds of timelapse where the sky reddens, turns blue and the windows light up. No house moves.
At a glance
- You provide
- 1 photo · a text or a brief
- What the workflow produces
- 1 image in 16:9 · 1 video of 5s in 720p, 16:9
- Canvas structure
- 6 nodes wired by 5 connections
- Models wired in
- Nano Banana Pro, Wan 3.0
- Cost of one full run
- about 79 credits, roughly $0.95
- Account
- The demo is visible without an account; generating requires a free account, trial credits included
A house, a street or a harbour at night, windows lit, sells better and gets shared more than in broad daylight. But coming back to shoot at the right moment, with the same framing, takes a tripod and an evening. This workflow starts from your daytime photo, makes the same view at night, then a five second timelapse from one to the other.
The hard part is keeping the place. A freely generated video makes façades ripple and moves the boats. The night version is therefore drawn from your photo, only the light changes, then Wan 3.0 gets the photo as its start frame and the night as its end frame: it only moves the light.
It is the same recipe as the Vertigo effect, where the end frame dictates the result. For a listing, also see the real estate listing video. The night and the timelapse cost seventy nine credits.
Actual renders from the demo
These are the files of the workflow above, exactly as the models produced them, unretouched. The starting point is shown when there is one.
Starting point
Render
Who it is for
Estate agents, hotels, restaurants, tourist offices and architects who want the evening mood without coming back to shoot.
Which files to provide
A sharp, level daytime photo, and the list of what lights up at night.
How it works
- 1
Start from a steady photo
Taken on a tripod, braced or at least level, in daytime or late afternoon. A crooked framing shows twice as much in a timelapse.
- 2
Describe what lights up
Windows, street lamps, signs, string lights, a lit monument: night reads through its lights. Without them, the image is just darker.
- 3
Forbid any movement
The night prompt says nothing is added, removed or moved. Compare both images before running the video: a moving house makes a morph.
- 4
Give the video both ends
The photo as the start frame, the night as the end frame, fixed camera. Wan 3.0 moves the sky and the lights without touching the place.
Variations and use cases
The same canvas, tuned for different needs: each variation is two or three lines of prompt away.
The hotel or holiday let
The façade or the terrace going from day to night in five seconds, for the booking site and social media: the evening mood without a photographer.
The restaurant
The terrace lighting up at sunset, string lights included: a short video that says "come for dinner" better than a menu.
The tourist office
A square, a bridge or a monument lighting up: a five second timelapse to open a presentation video of the town.
The lighting project
An architect or a landscaper shows what the lighting of a façade or a garden will look like, before installing the first floodlight.
The travel keepsake
The photo of the harbour where you had dinner becomes its evening: a small keepsake film that shares better than a series of photos.
Common mistakes
Leaving the video without an end frame
In text alone, the model invents the night along the way and makes façades move. Give the night as the end frame, the place holds.
A crooked or blurry photo
A timelapse is watched like a locked off shot: the slightest framing flaw jumps out. A level, sharp photo.
A night without lights
Darkening does not make a night. You need lit windows, street lamps, reflections: that is what the eye expects.
Presenting the night as a real photo
In a listing, the night view is a mood simulation. Say so, especially if the outdoor lighting does not exist yet.
Recommended models
Nano Banana Pro
Wan 3.0
Kling V3
Seedance 2.5Frequently asked questions
Can I go from night to day?
Yes: swap the two cables. The video becomes a sunrise, lights going off and the sky brightening.
What about an interior photo?
Yes, with a window in the frame: the sky outside darkens, the room's lamps switch on. Describe each lamp in the night prompt.
Can I make a snowy night?
Yes, by describing it in the night prompt. But snow changes many surfaces: check that the place stays recognisable before the video.
How much do the night and the timelapse cost?
Seventy nine credits: nineteen for the night view on Nano Banana Pro, sixty for five seconds of Wan 3.0 at 720p.
Why an end frame?
Because in text alone, a video model invents the night along the way and distorts the place. With the first and last frames set, it only moves the light.
Does the place stay identical?
On the demo, yes: same houses, same bell tower, same boats, from the first to the last frame. Only the sky and the lights change.
Can I make the timelapse longer?
Wan 3.0 goes beyond five seconds, but the light change just slows down without adding anything. Five seconds loop well on social media.
What output format?
16:9 at 720p for the video, the photo's format for the night. For stories, start from a vertical photo and set the video to 9:16.
Turn a daytime photo into night with AI, as a timelapse
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