Decode a client reference
When the brief is “make it feel like this,” extract the shot order, camera language, motion, lighting, and sound instead of guessing at adjectives.
Prompt From Video / Scene intelligence
Video to Prompt — Get AI Prompts From Any Video
Upload a clip or paste a public video URL. This video to prompt tool maps every scene, camera move, motion cue, lighting choice, and sound into model-ready AI prompts.
Shot-by-shotCamera + motion6 model formatsPrivate by default
Watch the 51-second product walkthroughAnalyze a reference video
Sample scene analysisREFERENCE_01.MP4
Scene timeline08.0 SEC
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00:00Establish02
00:03Track03
00:06Dust trail Model-ready promptREADY
Track a red rally car laterally through a sunlit desert bend. Keep the vehicle sharp while a broad dust plume builds behind it with natural motion blur…
01The output stays grounded in visible evidence: shots, timing, movement, lighting, and sound.
Actual product walkthrough
See the complete workflow.
This 51-second walkthrough uses the real interface and a real analysis result: add a reference, inspect the scene evidence, switch model formats, and export the prompt before generating.
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What is video to prompt?
Video to prompt reads a reference clip and translates its shot order, subjects, camera language, lighting, motion, style, timing, and audio into structured direction. The result is closer to a production breakdown than a one-line caption.
A useful reference analysis keeps those decisions tied to the timeline. Prompt From Video turns them into editable direction you can study, copy, export, or rewrite for another model without losing the evidence that made the reference work.
Add the reference
Upload an MP4, MOV, or WEBM up to 20MB, or paste a public URL for server-side fetching up to 100MB.
Inspect every scene
The video to prompt analyzer maps timestamps, subjects, composition, camera moves, light, motion, sound, and transitions.
Use the right format
Switch between six prompt formats, copy the direction you need, export the complete breakdown, or continue into recreation.
Camera Timing AudioComplete ending coverage for longer videos
Evidence becomes direction
Anatomy of a video prompt.
A strong video to prompt result does more than name the subject and style. It preserves eight kinds of evidence that control what happens, how the camera sees it, when the edit changes, and what the viewer hears. Missing one can change the entire generated shot.
The analyzer fills these parts from the reference itself. You can then open the video prompt generator when you want to write from an idea instead of reverse-engineering a clip.
Medium close-up of a lone rider beneath sodium streetlights. The camera makes a slow dolly push as subtle handheld drift follows the rider through cool blue-hour haze. Warm practical light separates the silhouette from the background. Hold the shallow depth of field across the cut; keep the quiet engine idle and distant city ambience.
- 01Subject
- Who or what must remain recognizable from shot to shot.
- 02Action
- The visible movement, its direction, and the order it happens in.
- 03Camera
- Framing, angle, lens feel, movement, speed, and travel distance.
- 04Composition
- Where subjects sit in frame and how foreground and depth are used.
- 05Lighting
- Key direction, softness, practical sources, color, and shadow falloff.
- 06Style
- Palette, contrast, texture, realism, and the final visual finish.
- 07Timing
- Shot duration, pacing changes, transitions, and the final hold.
- 08Audio
- Dialogue, effects, ambience, music, and intentional silence.
One analysis, six directions
Speak the model’s language.
One analysis returns six versions of the same evidence. Kling emphasizes physical motion and timing. Veo carries sound. Seedance organizes connected shots. Runway rewards concise direction. Keep the facts, change the syntax, then copy, export, or continue directly into recreation.
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Medium close-up of a lone rider beneath sodium streetlights. Slow dolly push, subtle handheld drift. Cool blue-hour haze separates the silhouette from the warm practical light.
02Maintain subject identity across the cut. Shallow depth of field, restrained film grain, quiet engine idle and distant city ambience.
Start with a real reference
Who uses this workflow?
The useful question is not “Can AI describe this clip?” It is “Which production choices do I need to preserve?” A video to prompt workflow gives filmmakers, creators, editors, marketers, and prompt writers a structured answer they can inspect and reuse.
Study an edit that works
Turn a reference into timestamped production notes so you can inspect pacing, transitions, repeated framing, and the way an ending is constructed.
Move direction between models
Read the clip once, then compare how Kling, Veo, Sora, Seedance, and Runway express the same visual evidence in different prompt structures.
Build a reusable style spec
Export the full analysis as JSON or Markdown and keep the camera, motion, lighting, timing, and audio direction for another production pass.
Working from a platform link? Use the focused guides for a YouTube video to prompt workflow or a TikTok video to prompt workflow. For other sources, the homepage handles a pasted public video URL without changing the primary video to prompt workflow. Each guide keeps the URL input first and explains the source limits before analysis begins.
Comparing tools before committing? Read the factual alternatives to VideoPrompt, PromptAI Videos, and HotPrompt. Each comparison records the review date and links to the competitor’s official page so changing limits and prices can be verified.
What it does — and what it does not
A useful reverse-engineering tool shows its limits.
Reverse-engineering a reference is not the same as cloning it. A video to prompt analysis can preserve visible and audible direction; the next generation is still a new video. Clear boundaries make the output easier to judge and safer to reuse.
JobWhat you getHonest boundary
Start from a reference videoUpload a file or paste a public link.A source video is required for evidence-based analysis.
Cover the complete timelineLong clips are split into sequential segments with timestamps.The analyzed source must be three minutes or shorter.
Choose a model formatGet Kling, Veo, Sora, Seedance, Runway, and generic prompts.Model output remains generative and cannot be guaranteed identical.
Carry sound into the promptKeep dialogue, effects, ambience, music, and silence when present.Different generation models act on audio direction differently.
Continue into recreationChoose a tier, see the credit cost, generate, and compare.Recreation requires sign-in and credits; failed jobs are refunded.
Close the loop
From video to prompt to a new cut.
A prompt is a production hypothesis until you run it. After your reference analysis, sign in and send any model-ready result into recreation. Choose 720p Seedance Pro, 1080p Seedance, or Kling 2.6, see the 5, 15, or 30-credit cost before generation, and compare the new output with the reference.
If a recreation fails or times out after its automatic retry, the credits are returned. You can also start from one of the curated AI video prompts when you do not have a reference clip ready.
Before you roll
Questions before you analyze.
Clear answers on formats, privacy, URL analysis, longer clips, model output, exports, accuracy, and recreation.
01What is video to prompt?
It is the process of analyzing a reference clip and translating its scenes, subjects, movement, camera choices, lighting, style, and sound into written instructions an AI video model can follow.
02Which video formats can I upload?
Direct uploads accept MP4, MOV, and WEBM files up to 20MB and three minutes. Public links are fetched server-side and can supply files up to 100MB, subject to the same three-minute limit.
03Can I paste a YouTube or TikTok link?
Yes on deployments that provide the yt-dlp runtime dependency. The URL tab checks availability before accepting a link and gives a clear message when the downloader is not installed.
04Can I turn a video URL into a prompt?
Yes. Paste a public video URL when the source can be fetched directly, or use the dedicated YouTube and TikTok pages for those platform-specific workflows. Private, expired, or access-restricted links are not supported.
05What happens with videos longer than two minutes?
Clips over two minutes receive a sequential scene breakdown split into timeline segments of at most two minutes, so the ending is not lost in one oversized prompt.
06Which AI video models are supported?
Every analysis returns tailored formats for Kling, Veo 3, Sora, Seedance, and Runway, plus a portable generic version you can adapt elsewhere.
07Does the tool include audio details?
Yes. It records dialogue, sound effects, ambience, music, and silence when they are present. The Veo 3 format gives audio direction special emphasis.
08Can I copy or download the result?
You can copy any model-specific result in one click or export the complete analysis as JSON or Markdown, including the scene timeline and audio cues.
09Can I recreate the reference with AI?
After analysis, signed-in users can send a selected result into the existing recreation flow, choose a generation tier, review the credit cost, and compare the new output with the original.
10Are uploads used as a public gallery?
No. User uploads are not published in the inspiration library. That library contains only curated fixtures, and temporary Kie.ai uploads expire automatically.
11Do I need an account to analyze a video?
No. You can run your first analysis without creating an account. Signing in is required when you want to continue from an analysis into AI video recreation or keep using account-based credits.
12How accurate is the video to prompt analysis?
The analysis stays grounded in what is visible and audible: shot order, subjects, camera behavior, lighting, motion, dialogue, ambience, and music. It does not claim to identify unseen equipment, private production decisions, or events outside the frame.
13How is this different from a generic video prompt generator?
A generic generator usually starts with an idea. This workflow starts with a real reference video, extracts evidence from its timeline, and rewrites that evidence for several AI video models. If you have no reference clip, use the dedicated video prompt generator instead.
Your reference is the brief
Stop guessing why the video works.
Try the video to prompt workflow on your own clip. Upload a supported file or paste a public video URL, then inspect the complete timeline and choose the prompt format for the model you use.
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