How to Make a Cat Clapping Video With Your Own Pet

To make a cat clapping video, all you need is one clear photo of your pet and a Google account. Upload the photo to the generator, pick a length, and in about 3–4 minutes you get a vertical video of your pet taking a treat, standing up, grinning with human teeth and slowly clapping with human hands, just like the viral black cat. Add a photo of yourself if you want to play the owner too.

How to Make a Cat Clapping Video, Step by Step

1. Sign in with Google. It's the only way to sign in, and your videos are saved to that account.
2. Upload your pet's photo. This one is required: one animal per photo, a cat of any color, a dog, a rabbit or another pet. JPG, PNG or WebP, up to 10 MB.
3. Add your own photo (optional). One person, facing the camera: you, or someone who agreed to be in it. With it, the clip cuts between you and your pet the way the original does.
4. Pick a length. 6 seconds costs 6 credits, 10 seconds costs 10 credits (the default, about as long as the original) and 15 seconds costs 15 credits. The price is the same with or without your photo.
5. Confirm and make it. Tick the box to confirm you own the photos or have permission, that anyone shown is 18 or older and that nobody in them is a celebrity or public figure. Then start the video.
6. Wait about 3–4 minutes. It can take longer when the queue is busy. You can leave the page, and you can turn on a browser notification for when it's done.
7. Watch, download or share. Play it on the page, download the MP4, or post it with the one-tap TikTok share button. Finished videos stay in your account, so you can come back for them later.

Photo Tips for a Better Clapping Pet

For your pet's photo:

• Sharp and well lit. Blurry or dark photos give the AI less to work with.
• Face clearly visible. Ideally the whole body is in frame too, from head to paws.
• One animal only. Two pets in one photo make it unclear who should clap.
• No screenshots with another app's watermark or logos. The video service rejects them.

For your own photo (optional):

• One person, facing the camera, with the face clearly visible.
• No sunglasses and no heavy filters.
• Only you, or someone who agreed and is 18 or older. Celebrity and public-figure photos are rejected by the video service.

Pet Only or Pet and Owner: What You Get

Pet only (one photo). A hand gives your pet a small treat. Your pet stands up on its hind legs, stares into the camera and slowly stretches its mouth into a wide human grin, then claps two human hands: four slow, flat, deadpan claps. It finishes with a sly finger-to-the-lips "shh", holds its hands together and keeps staring. Of the owner you only see a hand, a knee and a bare foot at the edge of the frame, never a face.

Pet and owner (two photos). You glance around to check nobody's watching and pick up a treat, hand it to your pet, then smile and put a finger to your lips: "shh, our secret". Your pet stands up, grins with human teeth and claps its human hands slowly. You look into the lens with a straight face, nod and reach out a hand as if to shake on the deal.

Either way, your pet keeps its own fur color, pattern, markings and eye color. Only the grin and the hands are added, and the hands match your pet's fur. The scene is an ordinary bright home filmed like casual phone footage from above, though the AI sometimes keeps the background from your photo instead.

Other Ways to Make a Clapping Cat Video

• A green-screen edit of the original. This is how the meme spread on TikTok: the clapping cat goes over your own setup as a reaction. It's quick, but the star is still Aleksandr Kim's black cat, not yours.
• A general AI video model with your own prompt. You can try to describe the treat, the grin, the human hands and the slow claps yourself. You'll be writing and rewriting the routine, and results vary from model to model.
• This generator. The routine is already written to follow the meme's beats, so you only upload your photos and pick a length. It runs on Seedance 2.0 Mini, ByteDance's reference-to-video model. AI results can still vary, so your pet may not look exactly like the photo every time.

How to Post Your Clapping Cat on TikTok, Reels and Shorts

• It's already vertical. The MP4 is 9:16 in 720p, the shape TikTok, Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts expect.
• Add your sound in the app. The video has quiet room sound and loud, slow claps, with no music and no voice, so you can lay any trending sound over it when you post.
• Use it as a reaction. Put a setup in the caption, like the teacher who took your phone or a friend who won't be quiet, and let the slow clap answer it.
• Use the hashtags people search: #clappingcatmeme, #clappingcat, #catclapping and #cat.
• Say it's AI-generated when you post it.

What It Costs

There are no free credits on sign-up, but you can earn one free video: check in 5 days in a row and you get 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 2 = 6 credits, enough for a 6-second video. Miss a day and the cycle starts over. Credit packs are one-time payments in US dollars, with no subscription, and pack credits never expire:

• Single: $9.90 for 20 credits, two 10-second videos (or three 6-second ones).
• Trio: $19.90 for 60 credits, six 10-second videos.
• Crew: $29.90 for 100 credits, ten 10-second videos.

If a render fails, it's retried once for free; if it fails again, the credits go back to your account automatically.

Cat Clapping Video FAQ

How long does it take to make?

Usually about 3–4 minutes, and longer when the queue is busy. You don't have to wait on the page: the video is saved to your account when it's ready.

Does the video have the clapping sound?

Yes. You get quiet room sound and loud, slow claps, like the original. There's no music, no voice and no song, so you can add a sound when you post.

Can I make one with my dog?

Yes. Any pet works, including dogs and rabbits, as long as there's one animal in the photo and its face is clearly visible.

Do I have to be in the video?

No. Your photo is optional. Without it, only a hand, a knee and a bare foot of the owner appear at the edge of the frame.

What if my photo gets rejected?

The video service turns down photos with celebrity or public-figure faces, screenshots with another app's watermark, and flags or political images. Those fail without a retry, and your credits are refunded automatically. Try again with your own photos.