Upload a short reference clip. This video-to-prompt generator translates its camera motion, lighting, timing, action, and audio into editable prompts for Veo, Kling, Seedance, and other AI video models.
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Moving from video to prompt starts with a useful reference clip, not another blank text box. ShotToPrompt is built for creators who need clear production direction from that reference.
Convert a short video to an editable prompt when a camera move, lighting setup, or motion pattern is easier to show than explain. The result gives you a starting point to adapt, not a claim that the source can be copied exactly.
Creative teams can extract observable shot direction from a reference video before briefing an AI model: subject behavior, composition, pacing, transitions, palette, sound, and the relationship between camera and action.
Prompt engineers and filmmakers can compare the timed breakdown with each model-ready draft to see how visual grammar becomes words—and which details remain uncertain or need a human edit.
Reference lockedA reference gives the story its subject. The next step is to separate what the camera sees from how the shot moves.
A useful video-to-prompt workflow translates what the clip does into the production choices an AI video model can follow.
The analysis identifies observable subjects, setting, composition, palette, lighting, texture, and action across the clip. Those concrete visual details form the base of every generated prompt.
Camera position, lens feel, motion path, transitions, pace, and temporal beats are separated from subject action. A timeline keeps the directions tied to when they occur.
The same video-to-prompt analysis becomes four editable drafts with different priorities. You can copy one immediately, then revise the uncertain details or creative choices before generation.
Now that the astronaut shot has been read, follow it through a complete result. Then explore two more original six-second clips and inspect each video-to-prompt result: Visual DNA, timed action, and an editable prompt generated from the clip actually shown—not placeholder copy.
Generated through Kie.ai, stored on ShotToPrompt's R2, and analyzed from the actual clip shown here.
A white-suited astronaut with an amber visor walks through glowing cyan and magenta flora. Smooth backward tracking, glass habitat domes, volumetric haze, and a large dew-covered leaf create a cinematic science-fiction frame.
The astronaut advances steadily while the camera tracks backward at the same pace. Neon plants remain coherent around the subject as overhead cyan light cuts through the mist.
“A medium shot of an astronaut in a white spacesuit walking forward along a metallic pathway inside a futuristic alien greenhouse. Glowing magenta plants and glass dome habitats sit under atmospheric cyan light, with a large blue leaf framing the foreground.”
The scene changes from worldbuilding to human choreography. The same analysis now has to preserve body movement, camera distance, and the timing of a complete dance phrase.
Generated through Kie.ai, stored on ShotToPrompt's R2, and analyzed from the actual clip shown here.
An adult East Asian woman in a royal-blue jumpsuit and white sneakers performs in a warm industrial loft. Long window shadows, polished timber, full-body framing, and fluid camera tracking keep the choreography readable.
She walks into the phrase, opens her arms, completes a controlled turn, and resolves in a smiling pose. The camera alternates between gentle backward tracking and a steady full-body frame.
“A full-body tracking shot of an adult East Asian woman in a tailored royal-blue jumpsuit dancing gracefully in a spacious sunlit industrial loft. Golden light pours through grid windows and casts long shadows across the wooden floor as her movement stays fluid and precise.”
The final reference changes visual language again. Soft fur, miniature props, facial expression, and a precise hand action test whether the breakdown stays useful beyond live-action footage.
Generated through Kie.ai, stored on ShotToPrompt's R2, and analyzed from the actual clip shown here.
A fluffy red panda in a mint-green apron decorates a cupcake inside a miniature bakery. Soft fur, tactile pastry textures, peach-and-mint color, shallow depth of field, and dusty sunbeams create a warm animated-feature look.
The red panda pipes a cream swirl, carefully places a strawberry, then smiles as flour-like sparkles catch the light. A subtle push-in keeps the paws, cupcake, and expression in focus.
“A charming high-end 3D animated red panda wearing a mint-green apron in a rustic wooden bakery. It carefully pipes white cream onto a cupcake, places a bright strawberry on top, and smiles as warm sunbeams illuminate soft dust and detailed fur.”
A universal video-to-prompt draft describes the complete visual grammar in natural production language. It is useful when you want one editable baseline before choosing a generator.
Illustrative emphasis“A medium tracking shot of a white-suited astronaut walking through a bioluminescent alien greenhouse, framed by cyan haze and glowing magenta flora.”
Choose a short, visually coherent clip with one clear subject and a camera move that can be distinguished from subject motion. Five to eight seconds is often enough for a single idea, although the beta accepts clips up to 15 seconds.
Avoid dense montages, many unrelated scene changes, heavy text overlays, near-black footage, or a subject that is hidden for most of the clip. Those inputs create more uncertainty and usually need more editing afterward.
Before uploading, pause near the beginning, middle, and end. If you can identify the subject, action, camera relationship, and main lighting change at those three moments, the shot is usually a stronger candidate for prompt analysis.
Your video is analyzed through Kie.ai's Gemini endpoint. ShotToPrompt does not save the uploaded video itself.
We keep the generated prompt, basic file metadata, your credit-ledger reference, and a pseudonymous usage identifier for a limited period so the tool can enforce account credits, prevent abuse, and improve reliability.
ShotToPrompt is an independent product and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Google, Kuaishou, ByteDance, or Kie.ai.
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No. A video does not contain its source prompt. ShotToPrompt analyzes observable production choices and creates a new, editable prompt that aims to reproduce its visual grammar.
MP4, MOV, and WebM clips up to 15 seconds and 25 MB. Short, visually coherent clips produce the most useful shot breakdowns.
No. The video is made temporarily available to Kie.ai through a short-lived R2 URL for the analysis request and is not saved in the ShotToPrompt database. We retain the generated analysis and minimal operational metadata for limits and product quality.
Video models respond differently to motion, timing, audio, and structure. Each version preserves the same creative intent while emphasizing the controls that model handles best.
A text-first prompt generator starts from an idea. ShotToPrompt starts from a reference clip, analyzes observable production choices, and returns editable prompt drafts.
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The Launch Pack contains 40 Analysis Credits for $7.99 and remains valid for 180 days. A complete analysis of a clip up to 15 seconds uses one credit; a failed or incomplete analysis uses zero. Longer-video pricing is not being offered yet and will be shown before submission only if that capability launches.
You can analyze a short file you are authorized to use, but ShotToPrompt cannot recover an original hidden prompt. It creates a new draft from observable visual and audio choices, which you should edit before using in another model.