How to Make Your First AI Video (No Prompting)

Beginner Guide

A beginner guide to making a complete AI story video: pick a series, generate your cast, generate the scenes, review them and generate the video. No prompts and no editing.

In this guide

Start · Step 1

Open AI Video Story

From the create page, open AI Video Story. You can pick a series, write your own idea, recreate a viral video or continue a story you already made. For a first video, a series is the easiest start.

Idea · Step 2

Pick a series and an idea

Choose a series from the grid, such as Cheating Fruits or Kid Transformation. Each series shows an example and a set of idea cards. Pick one, edit it or tap Regenerate for new ones, choose your language, then click Continue to cast.

The AI Video Story series grid
Idea cards for the Cheating Fruits series with the Continue to cast button

Cast · Step 3

Generate your cast

aicut writes the characters for your idea. Click Generate cast to draw their portraits, which takes about a minute. You can rewrite the cast, pick saved characters from My characters, upload a photo or describe a character yourself.

The cast step with three characters and the Generate cast button showing its price

Scenes · Step 4

Generate the scenes and images

Choose the length on the sign-off screen and click Generate scenes + images. aicut writes the episode and draws every scene, which takes about two minutes.

Video · Step 5

Review, then generate the video

Look through every scene. Redraw or remove any you don't like, then click Generate video. The video part is only charged when you press that button.

Tip: Not sure what to make? Paste a link to a video you love into Recreate, or choose Write your own idea and pick a universe.

Next time · Step 6

Reuse your characters

Characters with a portrait are saved to My characters automatically, so your next episode can reuse them. Or use Continue story to make part two with the same cast and settings.

Write your own idea with a choice of universes such as 3D Fruits, 3D Food and Claymation

Frequently asked questions

Do I need prompting skills to make an AI video?

No. Pick a series and an idea card and aicut writes the story, the characters and every scene. You can edit the text, but you never start from a blank prompt.

How long does my first video take?

A few minutes: the cast portraits take about a minute and the episode about two minutes to write and draw, then the video renders.

What does my first video cost?

A full AI Video Story costs about 12.5 tokens. You see the price on every button before you click, and the video part is only charged after you review the scenes.

Can I use my own character?

Yes. In the cast step you can upload a photo, describe a character or pick one you saved before from My characters.

Can I make a video in another language?

Yes. Choose the language on the idea step before you continue to the cast.

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