How to create an AI video
On the video generator, select a character and describe the scene. Choose the available duration and resolution, then check the displayed token cost before submitting. This path renders a starting frame and animates it, but does not add that intermediate still to your collection. Processing time and results can vary.
Describe the movement you want
A useful prompt combines a setting with one clear action. For example: “The character turns toward the camera and waves, with a garden in the background.” Avoid combining many unrelated actions in one request. If you already have a still image you like, the image-to-video path lets you preview that starting frame first.
Start with a generated image
You can animate an eligible image from your collection using its Generate Video action. A motion prompt is optional there, but a short description of what should happen usually helps. See the image-to-video walkthrough for the steps and how this differs from prompt-to-video.
Is video generation free?
Video creation requires an eligible account, an active subscription and enough tokens, unless a displayed account entitlement says otherwise. The prompt-to-video path charges for both the starting frame and its animation; animating an image you already own charges for the clip. Check the current cost in the tool before starting.
Create your character or image first
Use the character builder to define a companion, or the image generator to explore a still scene before creating a video.