From Text to Motion: Video Generator Basics
Static images capture moments. Video captures attention. Apollo Labs' Video Generator transforms your concepts into dynamic, scroll-stopping content.
How Video Generation Works
Unlike image generation, video AI must predict how pixels should move through time. It analyzes your prompt (and optional images) to create coherent motion across frames.
What You Can Create
- Animated scenes — Bring landscapes and environments to life
- Character motion — Simple movements like walking, waving, turning
- Abstract visuals — Flowing patterns, morphing shapes, dynamic backgrounds
- Product showcases — Rotating objects, reveal animations
Make A Good Prompt
Why is this so important ? Because the AI can't read your mind, it needs you to describe it in a way that it can understand.
A bad description of what you want will create results that are not up to your expectations. This will result in you burning a lot of credits for nothing.
Video prompts need to describe movement, not just appearance.
| Bad Prompt | Good Prompt |
|---|---|
| "A car driving on the highway" | "A red sports car driving along a coastal highway, camera tracking alongside, golden hour lighting" |
| "Ocean waves crashing onto a sandy beach" | "Ocean waves crashing onto a sandy beach, foam spreading across the shore, slow motion" |
| "A woman turning to look at the camera" | "A woman turning to look at the camera, wind blowing through her hair, soft smile" |
Use Images as a Reference
Want your character to look exactly right? Generate the first frame in Image Studio, then use it as the starting point for video generation. Why is this so important ? Because it gives you precise control over the appearance of your character, background, lighting, etc.
Some models also accept last frame as a reference, this lets you control the end of your video and make it more coherent if you were to loop it or chain it with other videos.
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