How to Make an AI Video With Your Own AI Actor

To make an AI video, start a storyboard, cast your actor and any product, and tell the chat what the video is for. The chat plans the scenes. If a scene needs an outfit, a prop or a background picture first, it offers one priced card for them. The Generate button shows an estimate for filming. The final charge can be a little higher or lower, and failed scenes are refunded. Press Generate, or the card when the chat offers one, then download the finished video.

8 stepsUpdated

Screenshots show an example account. Prices are blurred because the example numbers are not real prices.

  1. Step 1: Start a new storyboard

    On the home screen, press Storyboard under Make something. Your Storyboards page opens, ready for a new board.

    The Storyboard button under Make something on the PersonaFix home screen

  2. Step 2: Name the board

    Type a name, like Spring launch, and press Create storyboard. The new board opens with the chat beside the scenes.

    The storyboard name box with Spring launch typed in and the Create storyboard button

  3. Step 3: Cast your actor and product

    Open Personas above the message box and press your actor, or type @ and pick them. Add a product the same way. Only approved actors can be filmed.

    The storyboard chat with the actor Paul in the cast list above the message box

  4. Step 4: Plan the scenes with the chat

    Say what the video is for and the format, like a product demo. The chat writes the scene cards. It also says what happens to any product you cast.

    The storyboard chat reply that planned two scenes for a product demo

  5. Step 5: Prepare pictures, if the chat asks

    If a scene needs an outfit, a prop or a background, the chat adds a priced card, Pictures before filming. Press it instead of Generate. The product-in-video guide explains it.

    The Pictures before filming card under the chat reply, with a row per picture and one button

  6. Step 6: Check the estimate

    With no card, you film with Generate. The Generate button shows an estimate (≈) for filming. The final charge can be a little higher or lower. Failed scenes are refunded.

    The Generate button on a storyboard with the estimated price beside it

  7. Step 7: Press Generate and let it film

    Press Generate. Filming starts right away. Scene cards show Filming.

    Storyboard scene cards each showing that their video is being made

  8. Step 8: Watch and download

    The finished video plays in the Final cut panel above the scenes. Download it from the player's ⋮ menu, or right-click the video and choose Save video as.

    The Final cut panel with the finished video above the storyboard scenes

If something goes wrong

Can I show the chat a photo or a video?
Yes. Press the paperclip by the message box. Add up to six files: photos up to 20 MB, videos up to 50 MB. The chat decides how to use each one and tells you.
The chat stopped before it finished.
A long plan can run out of steps in one reply. The chat says what is left. Press Continue under its reply.
The chat says Tightening the scenes…
A scene had too much to film in one clip. The chat shortens it and saves it again by itself. Wait for its reply.
I cannot change the model, format or size.
Once a board has prepared pictures, these are set with the chat, so no picture is wasted. Picking one writes the ask in the chat. Press Send.
My actor is not in the cast list.
The list shows the personas on your account. Create the actor first, then approve them in the studio before you film.
The Generate button is greyed out.
The board needs at least one scene and enough credits. It also waits while pictures are being prepared, or while a new picture waits for your OK. The scene cards say which.
I asked the chat to film, and nothing started.
The chat never starts a paid render by itself. It puts a priced card under its reply. Press the card's button to start.
Generate says a scene needs a quick refresh.
That scene was planned before an update. Ask the chat to refresh it, then press Generate again. Nothing was charged.
The estimate is higher than I expected.
If Check each clip for mistakes is on in Settings, the estimate includes checking each clip. Hover over the price to see how much.
One scene came out wrong.
Regenerate just that scene from its card. The card shows its own estimated price. With the clip check on, a flagged scene shows the frames in doubt, and usually a priced redo.
I liked the old version of a scene better.
Old clips are kept until you delete the board. You cannot switch back in the app. In Settings, Export my data downloads a file with a link to every version. The links last a day.

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