Poster Creation · 16 Cinematic Styles, Any Footage

Turn any footage into key art. One-sheet to print, in six formats.

Upload any video, any duration, any genre, and SparkStation's Poster Creation uses the strongest key frames found inside it as the raw material for a poster. Auto picks a genre-matched style by default, or choose from 16 templates across 5 categories, or bring your own reference poster to match an existing look. Export it Theatrical, Vertical Social, Square, Landscape, Cover Banner or print-ready A4, one generation, every format a poster actually needs.

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1 Style Gallery 2 Upload Your Own Reference 3 Platform Sizing 4 Who It's For

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What is SparkStation's Poster Creation? A tool that generates movie-style key art straight from your footage. Upload any video, any duration, any genre, and it uses the strongest key frames found inside it as the raw material for a poster. Auto picks a genre-matched style by default, or choose from 16 templates across 5 categories, Thriller & Drama, Action & Sci-Fi, Comedy & Feel-Good, Horror & Fantasy, Documentary & Minimal, or upload your own reference poster to match an existing look. Then export it in one of six formats, Theatrical, Vertical Social, Square, Landscape, Cover Banner or Print (A4), so one generation covers every platform a poster actually ships to.

How it works

Four steps: upload, style, size, done.

No minimum runtime, no required aspect ratio for the source, the style step either picks itself or gives you a real library to choose from.

Upload any video

Any duration works, a full feature, a short clip, an event recording, raw dailies. No minimum or maximum length.

Let Auto pick the style, or choose one

Auto identifies a genre-matched style by default, or browse the 16-template library yourself, organized by category.

Or upload your own reference poster

Bring an existing key-art style instead of a generated template, to match a franchise look or a client's format.

Pick a size and export

Six formats covered, Theatrical, Vertical Social, Square, Landscape, Cover Banner, Print (A4), generated together.

🎬 Step 1 · Style

A style for every genre, picked for you or by youCreate Poster, uses the strongest key frames found in your video. Auto (random each time) is pre-selected, everything below is there if you want full control

Most poster generators hand you one look and call it done. SparkStation's style step is a real library organized by genre, thriller, action, comedy, horror, documentary, so the poster actually matches the tone of what you shot, whether that's a full feature or a five-minute clip.

Thriller & Drama 4

Auto

Random each time, the default. Skip the decision; a genre-matched style is picked for you, fresh on every generation.

Neo-Noir

High-contrast shadows, rain-slicked streets. Best for detective stories, urban thrillers, moody dramas.

High-Contrast Thriller

Stark lighting, a moment caught mid-tension. Best for action-thrillers, crime dramas, tense features.

Prestige Drama

Restrained, painterly, a single character in quiet light. Best for awards-season dramas, character studies.

Action & Sci-Fi 3

Blockbuster Action

Explosive mid-air composition, saturated color, maximum scale. Best for tentpole action, event movies.

Sci-Fi / Tech-Noir

Cool blue tech glow, clinical futurism. Best for sci-fi, cyberpunk, near-future thrillers.

Gritty Dystopian

Desaturated ruins, overcast light, scale over spectacle. Best for post-apocalyptic, survival stories.

Comedy & Feel-Good 3

Sun-Drenched Indie

Warm backlight, open road, wistful and light. Best for indie comedy, coming-of-age, road-trip films.

Bright Comedy

Saturated color, an ensemble having a good time. Best for family comedy, buddy comedy, feel-good ensembles.

Pastel Romance

Soft focus, floral texture, an intimate close two-shot. Best for romance, rom-com, wedding-season releases.

Horror & Fantasy 3

Horror Minimalist

A single dim light source, negative space, dread over gore. Best for slow-burn horror, psychological thrillers.

Epic Fantasy

Sweeping vista, distant citadel, painted-illustration grandeur. Best for fantasy epics, franchise tentpoles.

Folk Horror

Pastoral daylight gone wrong, ritual imagery, quiet unease. Best for folk horror, rural horror, slow-dread features.

Documentary & Minimal 3

Documentary Realism

Unstaged, lived-in, real light. Best for documentaries, biopics, true-story dramas.

Minimalist Art-House

A near-empty frame, a single graphic accent, restraint as the point. Best for festival and art-house releases.

Retro Pulp

Illustrated pulp-paperback color and composition. Best for genre throwbacks, midnight-movie releases.

Custom 1

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Upload reference poster…

Bring your own key art instead of a generated style. More on this below.

Every one of these 16 styles works from any manually uploaded video, a feature-length cut, a short clip, an event recording, there's no minimum runtime and no separate processing step required first.

Browse the style gallery →

✦ Bring your own look

Not one of the 16 quite right? Upload a reference poster.Match an existing key-art style instead of picking a preset

Auto and the 16 templates cover most genres, but a franchise or client project often already has a locked key-art style. Custom → Upload reference poster skips the template library and builds around whatever poster you bring instead.

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When to use it instead of a template

A sequel or franchise entry that needs to match an existing poster's look, a client's brand guide with a specific typographic and color treatment, or a reference poster you've seen elsewhere and want to riff on, upload it and Poster Creation builds around that image instead of one of the 16 presets.

Upload a reference →

📐 Step 2 · Size

Six formats, one generationNo separate export or manual crop per platform

A theatrical one-sheet doesn't work as an Instagram Story cover, and a square crop clips the edges of a tall poster composition. Poster Creation generates the right native format directly from whichever style you picked, covering everywhere a poster actually ships, from a print-ready A4 handout to a Stories cover, instead of leaving you to crop one export by hand for each.

2:3

Theatrical

The classic movie-poster one-sheet ratio, tall and vertical, built for a lobby standee, a listings thumbnail, or a press kit.

9:16

Vertical Social

Full-bleed vertical crop for Instagram/Facebook Stories, Reels covers, and any 9:16 placement.

1:1

Square

Square crop for an Instagram or Facebook feed post announcing a premiere or release date.

16:9

Landscape

Wide banner crop for a website hero, YouTube channel art, or a horizontal ad placement.

Cover

Cover Banner

Sized for a profile's cover-photo slot on Facebook or Twitter/X.

Print (A4)

A4 portrait document, ready to send straight to print for a physical handout or lobby sheet.

Export for every format →

Why it works better

A generic poster maker needs a photoshoot first. This one just needs your footage.

Most poster tools are template-first: pick a background, drop in a stock photo, guess whether the mood fits. That leaves the raw material, the actual image the poster is built around, entirely up to you to source.

✕ A generic poster maker

Needs a separate photoshoot or stock image before it can generate anything
Starts from a blank template, you guess which mood or genre fits
One flat list of designs with no sense of genre or tone
No way to match a franchise's existing key art besides starting over
Only one aspect ratio, cropped by hand for everything else

✓ SparkStation Poster Creation

Pulls its own key frames straight from footage you already have, any video, any duration
Auto picks a genre-matched style, or you choose with full control
16 templates organized into 5 real genre categories, not a flat grid
Upload a reference poster to match an existing key-art style exactly
Six formats generated together, theatrical one-sheet through print-ready A4

Who it's for

Anyone who needs key art and doesn't have a photoshoot budget.

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Filmmakers & indie studios

Key art for festival submissions, film markets and self-distribution, generated straight from a rough cut instead of a separate design commission.

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Event, sports & media teams

Recap posters and premiere-announcement key art pulled from an event recording or match footage, no reshoot needed.

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Marketing & social teams

Launch-day key art sized for every platform at once, a theatrical one-sheet for the press kit, a square crop for the feed, a vertical crop for Stories.

Works well with

The poster is rarely the only thing you need from that footage.

Answers

AI poster generator, in brief.

What is an AI poster generator?

An AI poster generator builds movie-style key art automatically instead of requiring a manual design pass or a separate photoshoot. SparkStation's Poster Creation uses the strongest key frames found in an uploaded video as its raw material, then applies a style, Auto-matched by default, or chosen from 16 templates across 5 genre categories, or based on a reference poster you upload yourself.

Does it work with any video, of any length?

Yes. Poster Creation works from any manually uploaded video, regardless of duration, a full feature, a short clip, an event recording or raw dailies all work the same way. It finds the strongest key frames in whatever you upload and builds the poster from those.

How does Auto (random each time) work?

Auto is the default option in Poster Creation's style step. Instead of browsing all 16 templates yourself, it selects a genre-matched style automatically, and, true to its label, the specific pick is randomized on each generation rather than always defaulting to the same template.

What poster styles does Poster Creation offer?

Sixteen templates across five genre categories: Thriller & Drama (Auto, Neo-Noir, High-Contrast Thriller, Prestige Drama), Action & Sci-Fi (Blockbuster Action, Sci-Fi/Tech-Noir, Gritty Dystopian), Comedy & Feel-Good (Sun-Drenched Indie, Bright Comedy, Pastel Romance), Horror & Fantasy (Horror Minimalist, Epic Fantasy, Folk Horror), and Documentary & Minimal (Documentary Realism, Minimalist Art-House, Retro Pulp), plus a separate Custom option to upload your own reference poster.

Can I upload my own reference poster instead of using a template?

Yes. Alongside the 16 style templates, there's a Custom "Upload reference poster" option so you can bring your own key art and build the new poster around that look instead of a generated style, useful for matching a franchise's existing poster or a client's brand guide.

What sizes does Poster Creation export, and can I get a print-ready file?

Six formats: Theatrical (2:3 one-sheet), Vertical Social (9:16, for Stories and Reels covers), Square (1:1, for a feed post), Landscape (16:9 banner), Cover Banner (sized for a Facebook or Twitter/X profile cover), and Print (A4 portrait document), ready to send straight to a printer for a physical handout or lobby sheet.