How to Use the Text to Video AI Generator
Text-to-video AI creates a short video clip from a written scene description. No starting image is required.
Your prompt describes what appears, what moves, and how the camera observes the scene.
If a specific character, product, or opening composition should guide the clip, prepare a still image and use image-to-video. A source image can guide the opening appearance, but details may still change during motion.
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Describe the Scene
Name the main subject, setting, and visual style. Start with a focused shot that can be understood within the selected duration. - 02
Add Action and Camera Direction
Describe the main action, its direction and pace, and the camera behavior. Use a static camera when movement within the scene should be the focus. - 03
Choose a Model and Output Settings
Select a model, then review its available duration, aspect ratio, resolution, and audio options. Check the settings again after switching models. - 04
Check Credits and Generate
Confirm the displayed credit total and sign in before submitting. Completed and delivered attempts remain chargeable even if you do not use them. - 05
Review and Download
Follow progress in Workspace, then watch the full clip before downloading. Check the subject, action, framing, and any generated audio against your request.
How to Write a Text-to-Video Prompt
Describe the scene and main action clearly, then add framing, camera movement, and visual details that matter to the shot.
Use the five elements below as a checklist, not mandatory syntax. For an initial test, try one focused shot and adapt the wording to the selected model’s guidance.
If the prompt contains several scene changes or competing actions, simplify the first attempt so you can judge what worked.
1. Main Subject
Name the main person, object, or environment and the visible traits that define it. Include details that can be seen at the requested framing.
2. Setting and Lighting
Describe the location, time, and light. Add weather or background activity when it contributes to the shot.
3. Action and Timing
Say what changes, in which direction, and at what pace. For a simple action, describe a clear starting state and the result you want to see.
4. Camera and Framing
Choose a viewing distance and one main camera behavior, such as a static wide shot, slow push-in, or tracking shot. State what should stay visible as the scene develops.
5. Style and Continuity
Add the visual medium, palette, texture, and important continuity requirements. Treat these as requests to review in the output, not guarantees that every detail will remain unchanged.
Use Improve Prompt to refine your description, then check that it has not added extra actions, changed the subject, or introduced camera instructions that conflict with your shot.
Text-to-Video Prompt Examples
Adapt these writing examples to your subject, model, and settings. They illustrate shot descriptions; they are not presented as verified generation results.
Atmospheric Environment Shot
At blue hour, a single train approaches a quiet mountain platform through thin drifting fog. Wet concrete reflects warm station lights. Static wide shot from the platform, restrained pace, cool ambient light, clear foreground.
What to Check
Check whether the train approaches in a readable direction, the camera remains static, and the platform and lighting stay coherent throughout the clip.
Product Reveal
A matte black unbranded travel bottle stands on a stone pedestal in a dark studio. A narrow band of light moves slowly from left to right across the bottle. Static close-up, controlled reflections, restrained lighting, the bottle centered throughout the shot.
What to Check
Inspect the bottle’s shape, reflections, and position across the full clip. To work from a real product’s appearance, prepare a product image and use image-to-video.
Character Moment
An elderly watchmaker sits at a wooden workbench in warm window light. He looks up from a watch and gives a small smile. The camera slowly pushes in from a medium shot. Fine dust drifts in the light, realistic workshop details, calm pace.
What to Check
Watch the face, hands, tools, and background for unwanted changes. Check whether the expression and camera move fit the selected duration.
A Representative Text-to-Video Clip
Watch the diver, whale, bubbles, and coral as the camera follows the action. This library clip is a visual reference, not a verified output of the writing examples above.
Choose a Model, Clip Settings, and Credit Cost
Choose settings that fit the intended shot before refining the prompt. Genify offers text-to-video options including Seedance, Kling, and Veo models, with different duration, framing, resolution, and audio choices.
Review the settings and credit total again after switching models.
Aspect Ratio
Select the ratio in the generator, then describe framing that fits it. Leave room in the direction of movement and keep important details away from the edges.
Duration
Choose a duration that gives the main action enough time. Simplify the action or split a longer sequence into separate clips when needed.
Resolution
Choose from the resolutions available for the selected model. Use the output setting to select resolution; visual phrases such as “high quality” are not a substitute for checking it.
Audio
Review the selected model’s audio behavior and dialogue guidance. Some models have a toggle, while others use fixed audio behavior or do not support audio.
Model Choice
Compare results using a consistent scene description. Judge the action, camera behavior, continuity, sound, and cost against the needs of your shot.
Credit Cost
The Generate button shows the credits required for the current configuration. Settings can change the total, and additional completed attempts can add to the cost of a usable clip.
Choose Camera Movement for the Shot
Subject motion describes what moves within the scene. Camera motion describes how the viewpoint changes. Choose a camera behavior that supports the action, and keep the first attempt easy to evaluate.
Static Camera
Keep the viewpoint still while motion happens within the frame. This can help you evaluate gestures, water, smoke, fabric, or changing light.
Static wide shot as thin fog drifts across the platform.
Push-In or Pull-Back
A push-in moves the viewpoint closer; a pull-back reveals more of the surroundings. State what should remain visible as the framing changes.
A slow push-in toward the watchmaker’s face.
Pan
Describe a left or right turn of the viewpoint to reveal something within the scene.
A slow pan right reveals the empty platform.
Tracking Shot
Describe the camera moving with a subject, and state which subject should remain in frame.
A side tracking shot follows the cyclist along the road.
Orbit
Describe the viewpoint moving around a subject. Start with a restrained move and check the newly revealed sides for changes or distortion.
A gentle orbit around the stationary sculpture.
Handheld Movement
Specify the intensity of the movement. Subtle handheld motion and strong camera shake create very different effects.
Subtle handheld movement while the subject remains clearly framed.
These are prompting descriptions. The result depends on the selected model, scene, and settings, so review the generated movement rather than assuming exact camera execution.
What Can You Create from Text?
Create short shots when you want the model to build the visual scene from words. Use the results for exploration, presentations, or a larger edit after reviewing the full clip.
Atmospheric Clips
Explore moving fog, changing light, drifting particles, or a quiet environmental moment. Keep the main movement clear enough to judge.
Creative Concept Shots
Try imagined settings, lighting ideas, or product-reveal concepts before preparing final assets. Use image-to-video when a real product image should guide the appearance.
Clips for Social Edits
Generate short shots to combine with captions, voiceover, or other footage in your editing workflow. Choose a supported aspect ratio for the intended placement.
Storyboards and Previsualization
Turn a written shot idea into a moving reference for composition, action, and camera direction. Review it as a concept before planning further production.
Common Text-to-Video Problems and What to Try
Watch the clip once for the overall idea, then inspect the subject, action, camera, and sound. Identify the first clear mismatch and change one main factor before trying again.
The Scene Barely Moves
Replace style-only wording with a visible action. Describe what starts moving, in which direction, and at what pace. Keep the first request focused enough to see whether that action occurs.
The Subject Changes Appearance
Reduce simultaneous changes in pose, viewpoint, or scene. If a specific appearance needs to guide the clip, prepare a source image and try image-to-video. A source image still does not guarantee that every detail stays unchanged.
Extra Objects or People Appear
State the intended subject count and simplify background activity. Remove wording that implies a crowd, busy environment, or additional events when those are not part of the shot.
The Action Is Rushed or Incomplete
Begin closer to the main action, remove unnecessary setup, or choose a simpler ending. If a longer duration is available, review its credit cost before changing it.
The Camera Loses the Subject
State the framing, subject position, and tracking target. Reduce camera speed or conflicting moves, and leave space in the direction of travel.
Audio or Dialogue Is Missing or Incorrect
Check the selected model’s audio support and prompting guidance. Review the generated words, voice, timing, and synchronization. If the result does not meet the project’s needs, plan a separate audio step in your editing workflow.
Video Guides and Next Steps
- Animate an Existing ImageUse a still image to guide the opening appearance and composition.
- Compare Video ModesCompare text and image inputs in the AI video generator.
- Create a Starting ImageGenerate and review a still image before using it for image-to-video.