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Welcome
  • Welcome to Colabz
  • Sign-up walkthrough
  • Tour the dashboard
AI Photoshoot
  • Make your first image
  • The Photoshoot Wizard
  • Prompt patterns
  • Reusing products and faces
  • Quality tiers (1K, 2K, 4K)
Video Studio
  • Make your first video
  • Animate a still
  • Picking a vibe
Photo Magic
  • Photo Magic overview
  • Remove Background
  • Replace Background
  • Extend
  • Erase
  • Upscale a photo
  • Model Swap
  • Advanced Edit
Brand Library
  • Products explained
  • Adding a product
  • Faces explained
  • Generate a face
  • Styles explained
  • Trained models
Studios
  • Studios explained
  • Picking a Studio
  • Custom Studios coming soon
Workspace
  • Your library
  • Creating boards
  • Saving and sharing
  • Inviting members
  • Roles explained
Plans & Billing
  • Plans overview
  • How credits work
  • Top up credits
  • Subscription and billing
  • Launch promo (April 2026)
Free Shot
  • The free Shot tool
Help
  • Help center
  • Credit questions
  • Getting help
  • Rules and policies
Video Studio

Make your first video

Video Studio at /app/generate (with mode=video) builds short clips at 16:9. You can start from a still (image-to-video, the predictable path) or from a prompt only (text-to-video, faster to iterate). Standard tier is 12 credits/second; Premium is 16. Audio doubles the cost.

Run a video#

  1. Open the Video Wizard. Click Video Studio on the dashboard.

  2. Upload a start frame. Drag and drop or pick from recent generations. Skip this and go text-to-video if you have no still.

  3. (Optional) add an end frame. Defines where the motion lands. Same product on a different background works well.

  4. Pick a vibe. Cinematic, Playful, Moody, or Product. The vibe steers tone without you writing a long prompt.

  5. Set duration. 3, 5, 8, or 10 seconds. Start short.

  6. Pick the tier. Standard for testing, Premium for delivery.

  7. Toggle audio. Adds ambient sound. Doubles credits.

  8. Generate. Clips render in 30 to 90 seconds. Save winners to a board.

Tips#

Tip: Start at 5 to 8 seconds. Long clips drift; short ones cut cleanly into ads and feeds. Run a second clip if you need more screen time, not a longer one.

Tip: Image-to-video is more predictable than text-to-video. If you already love a still, animate that still.

Tip: Premium matters more for fast motion than slow. Slow zooms look great at Standard.

Vibes explained#

  • Cinematic. Film grain, slow moves. Hero spots, brand films.
  • Playful. Light, airy, energetic. Social, lifestyle, youth-skewing.
  • Moody. Atmospheric, restrained. Luxury, fragrance, fashion editorial.
  • Product. Clean hero motion. Catalog, e-commerce, ad spots.

My clip warps or melts#

Usually a sign of asking for more motion than the model can render cleanly. Reduce the motion description or shorten the duration.

Audio does not match the visual#

Audio is matched to the scene description. Be more specific in the user-intent field about the sound you want.

Related actions

  • Animate a still
  • Picking a vibe

See Also

  • How credits work
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  • Run a video
  • Tips
  • Vibes explained
  • My clip warps or melts
  • Audio does not match the visual