TutorialPublished May 12, 2026Updated July 30, 20268 min readBy AI-0 editorial team

Text-to-video AI: create clips from a prompt

Learn how text-to-video AI works, what to include in a video prompt, and how to choose between the video models available in AI-0.

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Text-to-video AI turns a written scene description into a short clip. This guide explains the workflow and the prompt details that have the most influence on the result.

What is text-to-video AI?

Text-to-video is a category of AI generation where a model interprets a written prompt and produces a short video clip from it. You describe the subject, action, environment, style, and camera movement; the model interprets those instructions as moving footage.

Models such as Seedance 2.0, Veo 3.1, Google Omni, and Wan 2.7 can produce short clips for social posts, B-roll, concepts, and storyboards. Results still vary, so plan to test prompts.

How to generate a text-to-video clip on AI-0

Open AI-0: log in on the web or in the mobile app.
Earn credits: watch an optional ad when you need more.
Open Video Generation: select the video tool from the dashboard.
Choose a model: match the model to the type of shot you need.
Write your prompt: describe the scene, action, style, and camera movement.
Set the format: choose the clip length and aspect ratio for its destination.
Generate and download: review the credit cost, create the clip, and preview it.

How to write a strong text-to-video prompt

Video prompts need a few extra elements beyond image prompts:

Describe motion explicitly: "A woman walking through a crowded market" gives the model more than "a woman in a market."
Include camera movement: try "slow zoom in," "tracking shot," or "aerial drone descending."
Set the environment: lighting, time of day, weather, and location anchor the scene.
Specify a style: cinematic, documentary, animated, or lo-fi all give distinct direction.