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Prompt Engineering for AI Video: A Practical Guide

DEV Community·Sitra Cressman·about 1 month ago
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After generating hundreds of videos, here is what I have learned about writing effective prompts for AI video generation. Video Prompts Are Different Video prompts need three components that image prompts do not: Motion description - What moves, how, and in what direction Temporal progression - What changes over time Camera behavior - Static, panning, zooming, tracking Prompt Structure [Subject] [action/motion], [environment], [style], [lighting], [camera movement], [quality modifiers] Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode Example: A woman walking through a neon-lit street at night, cyberpunk aesthetic, volumetric fog, camera tracking shot, cinematic quality Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode Motion Keywords That Work Through testing on PopcornAI and other tools: Camera dolly in/out - Camera moves toward/away pan left/right - Camera rotates horizontally tracking shot - Camera follows subject static camera - No camera movement Subject walking, running, turning hair blowing in wind breathing,…

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