To make an AI video, open Morphic, choose a starting point (a text prompt, a photo, or a script), then describe the shot, generate it, and assemble the clips on the Compose timeline. No camera, actors, or editing software are needed. A free plan covers your first videos, while paid plans remove the watermark and unlock longer, higher-resolution work.
Steps at a glance
- Open Morphic and pick a starting point
- Describe the shot or upload a photo
- Generate and review the clip
- Add voice, captions, or music
- Assemble and export on Compose
Choose how you want to start
There is no single "make a video" button, because the best starting point depends on what you already have. Morphic gives you three, and you can mix them inside one project.
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Pick your starting point
Start from text when you have an idea but no footage, describing the scene so the model can create it from scratch. Start from a photo when you have a still you want to bring to life, like a portrait, a product shot, or an old family picture. Start from a script when you already know the sequence of shots and want to storyboard them before anything renders. Most finished videos use more than one of these, so treat the choice as a starting point rather than a lock-in; you can add a photo-based shot to a text-based sequence whenever a scene calls for it.
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Write a prompt that directs the shot
A bare description like "a woman in a kitchen" leaves every filmmaking choice to the model. A directed prompt makes those choices for it: name the light, the camera move, and the mood. The difference between the two prompts below is the difference between a clip that looks generated and one that looks filmed, using the exact same model.
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Generate and keep the take that holds
Generate the clip and watch the seconds that stay convincing. AI video is usually strongest in its first couple of seconds, so plan to use the part that holds and cut away before any single shot outstays its welcome. If a take is close but not right, adjust one thing in the prompt (the light, the pace of the move, the length) and regenerate, rather than rewriting the whole thing and losing what already worked.
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Add voice, captions, or music
A silent clip rarely feels finished. Generate a voiceover from a script, add a music bed, or burn in styled captions, all inside Morphic, so the clip never leaves for a separate audio tool and comes back out of sync. Direct the voice performance with emotion and pacing rather than accepting a flat, robotic read, and keep the music underneath the voice so narration stays clear. Sound is what turns a moving image into something that holds a viewer's attention.
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Assemble and export on Compose
Bring your shots onto the Compose timeline, order them, cut on motion, and lay a single audio bed underneath. Add a transition only where a cut needs softening (fade, wipe, slide, or circle open are the four available), and let hard cuts carry the rest, the way real editing does. Review the full sequence once for pacing, then export. Free exports carry a watermark; a paid plan exports clean and at higher resolution.
Three ways to make an AI video, compared
The starting point you choose shapes how much you direct versus how much you hand the model. This is the trade-off, Morphic first but not the only route.
| Text-to-video | Image-to-video | Script to storyboard | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starts from | A written prompt | A still photo you upload | A written script or shot list |
| Best for | An idea with no footage yet | Animating a portrait, product, or old photo | Planning a multi-shot sequence before rendering |
| You control | The whole scene from words | The motion added to a fixed image | Characters, style, and order across shots |
| Common use | Concept clips, ads, social posts | Bringing photos to life | Short films, explainers, campaigns |
If you already have the still you want to animate, the image-to-video generator is the fastest path and our guide on making a video from a photo walks through motion by photo type. If you are starting from an idea, the text-to-video generator turns a directed prompt into a shot.
Put it together
Making an AI video is three decisions repeated: what to start from, how to direct each shot, and where to cut. Start from whatever you already have, direct the light and camera in the prompt rather than leaving them to the model, and keep each shot short enough to stay convincing. Once a look works, save it as a reusable Workflow so the next video starts from a pattern that already earns its keep instead of a blank prompt.