The four parts of a good video prompt

  • Subject and setting: who or what is on screen, and where.
  • Motion: what changes during the clip, such as a turn, a gust of wind or a door opening.
  • Camera: the shot and its movement, such as a slow push-in, drone shot, orbit or static wide shot.
  • Light and mood: golden hour, neon at night, soft overcast, tense, calm or playful.

Text-to-video examples

  • A slow drone shot over a misty pine forest at sunrise, light breaking through the fog, calm and quiet.
  • Close-up of rain running down a neon-lit window at night, the camera slowly pulling back to reveal a busy street.
  • A paper boat drifting down a narrow stream, soft morning light, gentle water sounds, low camera at water level.
  • A street food vendor flipping noodles in a hot wok, flames rising, handheld camera, warm evening light, sizzling sounds.
  • An astronaut walking across red dunes toward a distant base, wide static shot, dust trailing behind each step.

Image-to-video examples

When you start from a picture, the picture already sets the subject, setting and shape. Spend your words on motion and camera instead of describing the image again.

  • Her hair moves in the wind as she turns toward the camera and smiles; slow push-in.
  • Waves roll onto the beach and the clouds drift left; the camera stays still.
  • Steam rises from the coffee cup while the camera slowly orbits the table.
  • The city lights flicker on one by one as dusk turns to night; time-lapse feel.

Adding sound with LTX

With Sound on, the LTX model generates audio to match the picture. Mention the sounds you want, such as footsteps on gravel, a crowd cheering, wind through trees or a crackling fire, and it will usually follow. Turn Sound off for a silent clip you can score yourself.

Common mistakes

  • Too many events: a 6 to 10 second clip fits one clear action, not a whole story.
  • No motion words: a prompt that only describes a scene often gives an almost still video.
  • Conflicting camera directions, such as a static shot that also orbits.
  • Fighting the start image: asking a portrait photo to become a wide landscape rarely works.

Try it

Open Video Studio in UncutGPT, paste one of the examples and press Generate. Video generation requires Plus or Super, with 5 or 20 videos per paid month. A video that fails is given back. For a picture to animate, make one in Image Studio and choose Animate this.