Hands-on with Keling O1: The Banana of AI Video is Here

Honghao Wang

02 Dec 2025 — 5 min read

Kling O1: A New Era for AI Video Creation

Last night, the AI video field witnessed a true breakthrough — Kling O1, a brand-new multimodal video large model.

A pop-up even promised a five-day streak of releases. Meaning: Kling O1 is just the beginning — more “new stuff” is on the way.

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What's Different About Kling O1?

For the first time in AI video, multiple advanced capabilities are integrated into one unified model:

Reference image-to-video
Text-to-video
First-and-last-frame video generation
Video content editing
Style transfer
Shot extension
And more

In short: Kling O1 is the Nano Banana of AI video.

It’s online now, ready for everyone to try.

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My Early Access Experience

As a Kling Super Creator, I accessed Kling O1 early last week.

After using 20,000+ points to create two short films, I can honestly say: it impressed me.

I want to share my authentic evaluation — let’s dive in.

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Getting Started with Kling O1

Official site: https://app.klingai.com/

On the homepage, you’ll see two colorful icons — that’s Kling O1.

The link includes “Omni” — the “O” stands for Omni, meaning all or everything, just like GPT-4o. It indicates a multimodal unified base model.

You can upload images/videos, or use Subjects — multi-angle references for objects or people, bundled for easy reuse.

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Core Highlight Features

The top menu offers quick templates — e.g., reference-based video generation keeps output consistent with uploaded images.

Two game-changing new features:

Instruction-based modification
Video reference

Previously, Kling couldn’t edit or reference videos. Now you can modify videos just by telling it what to do.

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Feature 1: Add or Remove Content

Tasks like adding a cup of tea or removing a person once required expensive, time-consuming manual editing.

Now:

Describe the change in one sentence
Model applies it automatically

Example: In Penguins of Madagascar, give Skipper a suit & sunglasses:

Custom duration: generate 3–10 second clips.

Opera singer with a mask? Easy.

Remove all office staff — Thanos style:

Delete Suneo from Doraemon:

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Feature 2: Modify Specific Content

Examples:

Change clothing color
Switch seasons from summer to winter
Crack the ground
Alter hairstyles
Swap objects in motion

Performance is strong; some distortion may occur with intense motion, but plenty for short-form content.

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Feature 3: Turn Video into Green Screen

Great for compositing:

Isolate subject automatically
Replace background with green screen
Save time compared to manual keying

Example:

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Feature 4: Use Video as Motion Reference

Motion transfer made easy:

Video A dancer → Video B character dances identically
Replace characters in real footage with ones of your choice

Example: Give Nick from Zootopia someone else’s dance routine:

Even entire performance styles can be migrated:

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Feature 5: Change Video Style

Transform the look & feel without changing core content:

Real → animation
Cityscape → cyberpunk
Pixel art overlays
Fine art styles

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Bonus Capabilities

Leverage world knowledge & scene continuation:

Generate next shot from current frame
Change camera perspective

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My Short Film: My Magical “Ling” Power

Inspired during a late-night chat with Wen Weisi, we created:

One word description: Epiphany.

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Final Thoughts

Kling O1 is the first truly unified model in AI video, marking an important step toward fully automated video creation.

Like other landmark AI models, it will improve over time. In future, the ultimate video AI could handle everything from concept → filming → editing via a single input line.

Its family tree will read: Once, there was Kling O1 — the generation where speaking to change video became normal.

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Would you like me to also produce a condensed cheat-sheet version of this article with only the key features and images? This would be ideal for quick reference or emailing.