Upload a short video or paste a YouTube Shorts link to generate prompts from video. Video to Prompt extracts the visual style, subject, action, lighting, camera movement, and audio cues, then helps generate the final video ai prompt. Turn video to prompts you can review, edit, and reuse in one workflow, then start free with browser verification.
Convert video to AI prompts with a free video prompt generator. Upload a file or paste a YouTube Shorts link to extract prompt from video clips, music videos, film scenes, and YouTube Shorts. Get a prompt from video that describes the scene structure, character details, camera language, lighting, motion, mood, and sound. Review the result, then edit it for your AI image or video workflow.
Extract visual style from music videos
Turn color, lighting, camera movement, outfit details, and mood into editable AI image or video prompts.
Generate prompts from film scenes
Use a short scene to capture character framing, setting, action, composition, and cinematic style. Get prompts from YouTube Shorts
Paste a YouTube Shorts link to create a prompt draft from quick cuts, motion, visual pacing, and sound cues.
One focused path from clip to prompt #
The interface is built around the real job: inspect a video, understand the shot, and leave the video-to-prompt workflow with prompt text you can reuse.
Upload a video file
Choose a short MP4, MOV, WebM, M4V, or MPEG file. Free uploads support 60-second clips up to 20MB.
Paste a YouTube Shorts URL
Use a youtube.com/shorts link for the URL flow. Generate and review the prompt
The result returns editable English text that you can copy into your AI video workflow.
What a Video to Prompt Result Includes #
The generated result captures who or what appears, what moves, where it happens, how it is filmed, how it is lit, and what can be heard.
Subject and scene
Names the main subject, appearance details, setting, foreground, background, and visible context.
Action and motion
Captures what changes over time, including subject movement and scene progression.
Camera and composition
Translates framing, shot type, lens feel, camera movement, and depth cues into prompt language.
Lighting and visual style
Describes light direction, color palette, mood, texture, and cinematic or realistic style cues.
Audio cues
Uses the video audio track when available to include relevant dialogue, ambience, music, or sound effects.
English prompt output
Keeps the final result as a single English prompt for easier transfer into AI video generators.
Clear Limits Before You Analyze #
The free tier is meant for trying the workflow. Paid credits are built for repeated short-video analysis with clear usage limits.
Free
1 anonymous trial, then 5 free analyses per month total after sign-in.
Paid credits
Monthly credits reset each month. One-time pack credits do not expire.
Video length
Free: up to 60 seconds. Paid: up to 2 minutes.
Upload size
Free: up to 20MB. Paid: up to 50MB.
Supported Video Inputs and Limits #
Video to Prompt currently supports YouTube Shorts links and short local video files so the analysis request can process the clip cleanly.
Free analysis limits
Try 1 analysis without signing in. A free account includes 5 analyses per month total, up to 60 seconds and 20MB per video.
Paid analysis limits
Paid plans use credits. 1 credit equals 1 video analysis up to 2 minutes and 50MB.
Best-result guidance
Use 10-60 second clips with clear scenes and fewer major scene changes for more detailed prompts.
Video to Prompt Example #
This is the kind of prompt structure the tool aims to produce: subject, motion, scene, camera, lighting, style, and sound in one editable result.
Treat the output as a creative draft. A good workflow is to copy the summary, remove any detail that feels too specific, add your target format, and keep the parts that describe visible action, composition, and mood.
A cinematic close-up video of a young woman in a charcoal wool coat walking through a rain-soaked city street at night, neon signs reflecting on the pavement, handheld camera tracking beside her as she turns toward a passing taxi, soft amber streetlights mixed with cool storefront glow, shallow depth of field, realistic motion blur, quiet traffic ambience and distant footsteps, moody urban drama style.
Review the Prompt Before You Use It #
Keep visible facts
Keep details that clearly appear in the clip: subject, setting, motion, lighting, camera angle, color, and sound. If a generated phrase adds unsupported backstory, remove it.
Adapt for your model
Different video generators respond to different controls. Add duration, aspect ratio, style strength, reference images, or negative instructions only when your target model supports them.
The generated result gives you a practical draft, not a locked script. Review the scene notes, remove details that do not match your source clip, and adjust style words before using the final prompt in another creative tool.
Video to Prompt FAQ #
What is Video to Prompt?
Video to Prompt analyzes a short video and turns it into a written AI video prompt. The result is meant for review, editing, and reuse in video generation tools.
Is this video to prompt generator free?
Yes. You can try 1 analysis without signing in. A free account unlocks 5 free analyses per month total, including any anonymous trial already used that month.
How do I generate a prompt from video?
Paste a YouTube Shorts link or upload a short video file to get a prompt from video in one step. Video to Prompt will extract the prompt from your video—visual style, subject, action, camera movement, lighting, and sound cues—as editable image or video prompts.
What video formats does Video to Prompt support?
The upload flow supports MP4, MOV, WebM, M4V, and MPEG files. Free analyses support videos up to 60 seconds and 20MB; paid plans support videos up to 2 minutes and 50MB.
Can Video to Prompt analyze YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, or X links?
The current URL flow supports YouTube Shorts links only. For regular YouTube videos, TikTok, Instagram, X, or other sites, upload a small local video file instead.
Can I turn a YouTube Shorts link into a prompt?
Yes. Paste a YouTube Shorts URL to use the link-to-prompt workflow. Some people search for video to promt, but the workflow is the same: Video to Prompt analyzes the clip and creates an editable prompt from video details like motion, camera, lighting, and sound.
Why can the first analysis take longer?
The first analysis may need extra time to start. For best results, use short clips with clear scenes and fewer major scene changes.
What does a generated video prompt include?
It describes the subject, action, scene, camera, lighting, visual style, progression, and relevant audio details in one polished English prompt.
Where can I use the prompt?
Use it anywhere you write or refine video prompts. You can edit the result before using it in your next workflow.
Can I edit the generated prompt?
Yes. The output appears in a text field so you can review it, copy it, and adjust details before using it in another AI video tool.