Text to Video
Text to video is AI generation where you write a description of a scene and a model produces a complete video clip of it, inventing the visuals, motion and camera work from your words alone.
A text to video model has learned, from enormous amounts of video, how scenes look and how they change over time. When you give it a prompt, it generates a sequence of frames that are consistent with each other, so objects persist, lighting stays coherent and motion flows naturally instead of flickering frame to frame.
Prompting for video is different from prompting for images because you are describing time, not just a picture. Good prompts cover four things: the subject, the action, the setting, and the camera. For example, describing a handheld camera following a cyclist through a rainy street at dusk gives the model far more to work with than just naming a cyclist.
Current models handle short clips best, typically a few seconds to around ten seconds depending on the model. Within that window they can produce remarkably cinematic results, but long continuous shots, precise choreography and legible text on screen remain hard. Plan around short shots and cut them together, the way a film editor would.
Different engines have different strengths, which is why comparing them on the same prompt is useful. Arteza hosts video models like Kling, Veo, Seedance and others in one studio, so you can run one idea through several engines and keep the best take.
Frequently asked questions
How long can text to video clips be?
It depends on the model, but most current engines generate clips of roughly four to ten seconds per run. For longer videos, creators generate multiple shots and edit them together, or use a video extend feature to continue a clip.
Why does my text to video output ignore part of my prompt?
Video models juggle appearance, motion and camera at once, and very long prompts force trade-offs. Keep one subject and one clear action per clip, and move secondary ideas into separate generations.
Is text to video the same as image to video?
No. Text to video invents everything from words, while image to video animates a picture you supply. Use image to video when you need a specific character, product or artwork to stay exactly on model.