How do I make a Dog Tiny Desk AI video?

Upload one photo of your dog as the lead, add up to four more if you want a full band, pick 480p, 720p or 1080p and press the button. The 19-second vertical video renders in the browser in a few minutes with the original audio, and there is no editing step.

Do I need to film my dog doing anything?

No. There is nothing to film and no tricks to teach. The performance, the song and the camera moves are the original ones, and your photos only replace who is in the seats.

Can I put more than one dog in the video?

Yes, up to five, one per seat. The lead takes the close-up, the second takes the sax solo, the third sits at the red keyboard and two more sing backup. Five dogs cost exactly the same as one.

Can I be in the band with my dog?

Yes. Any seat takes a photo of a person instead of a dog, so you can sing lead with your dogs behind you or play the keyboard next to your dog. Mixing people, dogs and cats in one band is fine.

What kind of dog photo works best?

One dog facing the camera, head and chest filling the frame, in good light. A plain photo from your phone is enough. The model keeps the face, coat colour, markings and ear shape, and drops the background.

Does my dog keep its own markings and ears?

That is what the render is for. Each photo keeps its own coat pattern, fur length, ear shape and eye colour on every frame, because this is a per-shot identity replacement, not a filter over the whole clip.

How long is the video, and does it fit TikTok and Reels?

19 seconds, vertical 9:16, MP4, no watermark. It is built for TikTok, Reels and Shorts, and the cuts land on the beat of the original audio.

What does it cost, and is there a subscription?

No subscription. Credit packs start at $6.99 and one video uses 7 credits at 480p, 14 at 720p or 24 at 1080p. Credits stay in your balance for 12 months, and a failed render returns them automatically.

Is the dog band real?

No, it is AI. The five shots are rendered from your photos and stitched back onto the original cuts. Nothing is filmed.

Dog Tiny Desk AI

Put your dog in the band

19 seconds, the original “Outstanding” finale, your dog on lead

Upload one photo of your dog — or five, one per seat — and get a 19-second vertical video with the real audio. Your dog keeps its own coat, markings and ears. The rest of the band is already on stage.

19s · 9:16
1–5 dogs
480p / 720p / 1080p
Original sound
No editing

A five-dog band, rendered shot by shot from five photos.

Five photos in, one band out

Photo order is the only decision you make. Photo 1 sings lead and takes the close-up. Photo 2 plays the sax solo. Photo 3 sits at the red keyboard. Photos 4 and 5 sing backup on the left and the right. Leave a seat empty and the original performer stays — nothing is cropped or covered up.

These are the five photos behind the video above. One dog per photo, all facing the camera.

What the model does with the photo

Three frames from the same render: the close-up, the wide band shot and the sax solo. Same desk, same lighting, same four cuts as the reference.

Close-up: your dog, with the same head turn and laugh beat as the original.

Wide: paws on the red keyboard, two backup dogs behind.

Sax solo: your dog, the original gold saxophone.

What is Dog Tiny Desk AI?

Dog Tiny Desk AI is the Tiny Desk AI band format with dogs in the seats. The clip is a 19-second vertical performance of The Gap Band’s “Outstanding”: the side-on opening line, the wide shot at the red keyboard, the laughing close-up, the sax solo, then the band again.

The song, the four hard cuts and the camera moves are not generated. They are fixed, so your dog is dropped into a performance that already works — the only thing that changes is who is on screen.

One photo is enough. Your dog takes the lead and the close-up; the band behind it is built in. Add up to four more photos and your other dogs take the sax solo, the keyboard and both backup spots. Five dogs cost the same as one, because the price is per video and per resolution, never per seat.

How to make a dog Tiny Desk video

Three steps, no timeline, no prompts to write.

1
Add your dog photos
Put your dog in the lead seat first — that is the close-up. Add one photo for each other dog you want in the band, or stop at one.
2
Pick a resolution
480p, 720p or 1080p. The credit cost sits on the button before you pay, and it does not change with the number of dogs.
3
Download in a few minutes
The five shots render, stitch back onto the original cuts and arrive with the original audio. Vertical 9:16 MP4, no watermark.

Five seats, five dogs

Every seat is optional, and each photo stays exactly where you put it. The music does not change: whatever your dogs look like, the band already knows the song.

Lead dog

Owns the opening line and the laughing close-up. This is the seat people screenshot.

Shots 1 and 3

Keyboard dog

Sits front-centre behind the red keyboard with paws on the keys, in three of the five shots.

Shots 2, 4 and 5

Backup dog · left

Stands on the left of the band in both wide shots, on the beat with the original backing vocalist.

Shots 2 and 5

Backup dog · right

Stands on the right of the band in both wide shots, clapping with the original backing vocalist.

Shots 2 and 5

Sax dog

Takes the solo near the end with the original gold saxophone held in its front paws.

Shot 4

What makes a good dog photo

The model reads the face, the coat pattern and the ear shape, so the photo matters more than the breed.

Works

One dog per photo, facing the camera
Head and chest fill the frame — a normal phone photo is enough
Daytime or a well-lit room, both eyes visible
Plain background with no other animals or people behind

Does not work

Two dogs in one photo, which merge into one animal
A screenshot of a screenshot — soft edges, colour banding
Heavy beauty filters or a face-swap app output
Dark, blurry, or the dog turned away

Same rules as the human portraits, minus the sunglasses clause. Tiny Desk AI photo requirements

What a dog band costs

Credit packs start at $6.99 for 7 credits, which is enough for one 480p video. A 720p video is 14 credits and a 1080p video is 24.

Cast	480p	720p Best value	1080p
1–5 dogsSame price whether one dog or five	7credits	14credits	24credits

Credits are charged per finished video, never per seat. 1080p is an AI upscale of the 720p master.

Credit packs: 7 credits for $6.99, 16 for $14.99, 50 for $44.99. Credits last 12 months. Pricing

Put your dog in the band

Five photos in, one band out

What the model does with the photo

What is Dog Tiny Desk AI?

How to make a dog Tiny Desk video

Add your dog photos

Pick a resolution

Download in a few minutes

Five seats, five dogs

What makes a good dog photo

Works

Does not work

What a dog band costs

Dog Tiny Desk AI FAQ

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