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# Text-to-video: generate clips from a prompt

> Generate a PornX video clip directly from a text prompt without needing a first frame, including resolution options and prompting tips.

Text-to-Video generates a clip from a prompt alone. Use it when you want to move fast and don't need precise control over the first frame composition.

## How to use it

1. Open the video generator and start or open a Session
2. Select **Text-to-Video**
3. Write a prompt describing the subject, setting, and motion
4. Select a resolution
5. Click **Generate**

## Writing a prompt for Text-to-Video

A Text-to-Video prompt needs to cover both the scene and the motion in one description. Structure it as: subject → setting → action → camera.

**Good:** `a woman with long dark hair, standing in a sunlit bedroom, turning slowly toward camera, slow zoom in, soft natural light`

**Bad:** `beautiful woman, high quality, cinematic` — no motion, no setting, no camera direction.

Without a first frame the model makes its own composition decisions. The more specific your prompt, the less the model improvises.

See [Video Prompting](/video-generation/video-prompting) for a full breakdown of motion and camera terms.

## When to use Text-to-Video vs Image-to-Video

|                       | Text-to-Video                      | Image-to-Video                     |
| --------------------- | ---------------------------------- | ---------------------------------- |
| Speed                 | Faster to start                    | Requires a first frame             |
| Composition control   | Low — model decides                | High — you set the frame           |
| Character consistency | Variable                           | Consistent with first frame        |
| Best for              | Quick experiments, abstract scenes | Specific characters, precise shots |

If character accuracy and composition matter, generate a first frame in Realism and use Image-to-Video instead. See [Workflow](/video-generation/workflow).

## Token cost

Text-to-Video uses tokens. See [/premium](/premium) for current rates.

## Common issues

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="The character doesn't look consistent across the clip">
    Text-to-Video has no reference frame, so character appearance can drift. If consistency matters, switch to Image-to-Video with a generated first frame.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="There's no visible motion in the output">
    The prompt doesn't describe any movement. Add explicit motion terms — `slow pan, walking forward, hair moving, camera pull back` — to the prompt.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="The composition is not what I expected">
    Without a first frame the model interprets composition freely. Add camera and framing terms to your prompt — `close-up, mid-shot, wide angle, overhead` — or switch to Image-to-Video for full control.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Image-to-Video" icon="image" href="/video-generation/image-to-video">
    Animate a generated first frame for more control.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Video Prompting" icon="text" href="/video-generation/video-prompting">
    Motion and camera terms that work.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>