If you have spent any time on short-video feeds lately, you have probably seen the ChatGPT millionaire skit. Someone types "how I become a millionaire in 30 days?" and the deadpan answer comes back: "Get a job." People now remake it with their own faces and, inevitably, their dogs and cats.
This post is a walkthrough of one way to make that clip from a single photo, using an image-to-video tool built for exactly this meme. I'll focus on what actually decides the result, the photo you feed it, and be upfront about the limits.
A quick disclosure first: the tool I describe, Millionaire AI Trend, is an unofficial, fan-made web app. It is not affiliated with OpenAI or with the creator of the original skit. "ChatGPT" here only names the meme.
How the tool works, in one paragraph
You upload one photo. That photo is used as a face reference, not as the first frame, so the video does not literally "animate" your picture. Instead, the model (ByteDance Seedance 2.5) generates a fresh 13-second vertical 9:16 clip of that person or pet acting out the skit, with a newly generated male or female voice. There is no prompt to write and no script to edit: the scene, timing and dialogue are fixed, and the lines are always the original English ones. You only choose who plays the part. Rendering usually takes a few minutes and runs in the background.
Step 1: Decide who is going to star
There are three allowed choices: yourself, an adult who has agreed to be in it, or your own pet. Before rendering, you confirm that everyone in the photo is you or a consenting adult, and that you won't use the clip to mislead or harass anyone.
Two categories are off the table: photos of celebrities or public figures, and photos of children. That is a reasonable rule for a face-driven generator.
Step 2: Pick a photo that gives the model enough to work with
Because the photo is only a reference, the model needs to "read" the face clearly. These general photo habits help:
- Face the camera. A front-facing shot is the stated recommendation. Profiles and three-quarter turns give the model less to work with.
- One subject. A group shot leaves the model guessing who the star is. Crop to one person or one animal.
- Even light. Soft daylight beats a harsh flash or a dim room. Strong shadows across the face can be misread as features.
- No heavy filters. Beauty filters and stylized edits change the face you are asking it to reproduce.
For pets, the same rules apply with a twist: you want the animal looking roughly at the lens, eyes visible, with the face not hidden by a toy or a blanket. A dog mid-sneeze is funny, but a weak reference.
The technical requirements
The upload accepts JPG, PNG or WebP, up to 4 MB, between 300 and 5760 pixels per side, with a width-to-height ratio between 0.4 and 2.5. Video, audio and text-only inputs are not accepted.
Step 3: Choose voice and resolution
You pick a male or female voice that fits the face; it is generated fresh, and no real person's voice is cloned. The original skit's footage and audio are not used either.
Then choose quality: Standard 480p or HD 720p. Both come out as 13-second vertical 9:16 MP4s with sound.
Step 4: Render, wait, download
You need a signed-in account with a verified email. It works in a phone or desktop browser, with no app to install. Hit the make button, wait a few minutes, and the clip appears in your "My videos" list, where only your account can view or download it. There is no public gallery.
The honest limits
Here is the full list:
- It is paid, with no free tier. There is no free trial and no signup credit. You buy one-time credit packs; nothing renews and credits do not expire. The smallest pack is $9.90 for 100 credits, and one Standard 480p video costs 80 credits (about $7.92). HD 720p costs 180 credits per video. Bigger packs cost less per video.
- Failed renders are refunded, nothing else is. Credits are held when a video starts and only charged on delivery; a failed render returns them automatically. Otherwise, purchases are final.
- One meme, one length. Every clip is 13 seconds. You cannot change the question, the answer, the language of the dialogue, or add a song.
- It is not an editor. It cannot trim, extend or restyle an existing video, and it does not produce still images.
- No celebrities, public figures or children.
- Photos are deleted after 30 days. Uploaded photos are removed automatically 30 days after upload. Finished videos stay in your account until you delete them or the account.
Is it worth it?
If you want the joke with your face, a friend's, or your pet's, and you don't want to film anything or wrangle a general-purpose video model with prompts, a single-purpose tool like this is the shortest path. If you want something flexible, a custom script, or a longer clip, it simply isn't built for that. The pet version is arguably where the meme shines most; the dog version has its own page at https://millionaireaitrend.com/chatgpt-millionaire-dog.
Either way, spend the extra minute on the photo. It is the one input you control.
This article was written with AI assistance.
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