Make your first video with Kino

Open Create. Kino Genesis turns your message and added resources into a proposed video. Use it when you want help with the story, camera and timing. Manual lets you choose the starting mode and settings directly. You can use either without learning filmmaking terms.

Describe what should happen, who is there and what we hear. Add your photos, audio or video before sending. Your message keeps the attached resources beside it so you can check what was sent.

1. For a photo you want to animate, describe the next movement. For example: “She makes swimming movements with her arms and legs.” You do not need to describe the room again.
2. Send the message and wait for the plan. Review the proposed events, dialogue, characters, starting image, duration and credit quote. Kino may fill in details you left open; check those before accepting.
3. If something is wrong, ask for a specific change in the chat. Say which person speaks each line and put their exact words in quotation marks. Your original message stays in the conversation.
4. A long idea still becomes one video within the supported duration. The plan may warn that actions or dialogue need to fit a shorter time. Review the pacing; it does not automatically make several videos.
5. Accept when the plan looks right. Credits are reserved while the video renders and charged on success. A failed video releases its reserved credits. Rejecting a plan does not start rendering.

The starting point determines what your photo means. You can choose it directly in Manual or check it in a Genesis plan.

• Animate photo: start from the photo itself. Keep the people, clothes and setting, and describe what moves next. This is the usual choice for a photo plus a simple action.
• Character: use a person’s photo as a reference for a new scene. Name the new location and any different clothes. The photo identifies the person; its background should not become the new setting.
• Text only: describe a scene without a starting photo. Include the subject, main action and location.

Choose the duration and format, then check the quote before generating. A different setting or outfit calls for a different approach than simply animating a photo.

Save people in Cast with a clear photo and a useful name. Select the intended person in the plan and check the portrait before rendering, especially when two characters appear together. A reference helps keep someone recognizable, but results can still vary. If a photo already shows the scene you want to animate, you do not need to turn it into a new character scene.

After you send a video to render, its waiting tile appears in My media. Waiting and rendering are different stages: a queued video has not started yet. Where standard and priority queues are enabled, the tile shows your queue and a standard-queue notice links to subscriptions. Priority helps with queue order; it does not promise an instant start or change image quality. Open Jobs to inspect progress or stop a job. Stopping a video charges only the work already completed; a failed video returns the reserved credits.

Open a finished tile to play the whole video. Check the action, faces, speech and ending before deciding what to change. Redo with Kino Genesis prepares a new plan for review; it is not a download of the old result. You can extend a video or use the available 2K or 4K refinement options. Each new operation shows its own quote. On desktop, choose Download. On mobile, Share opens the sharing options. Active subscribers automatically download images and videos without a watermark, even if the app preview shows one.

Open an example in Explore to see its prompt. Try this on Kino brings the idea into your own creation flow. Replace the subject or action and review the new plan. An example is a starting point, not a promise of an identical result.

Check the current quote before accepting a video, extension or refinement. Your balance can include subscription credits and purchased packs. Buying a credit pack does not make the account an active subscriber. An active subscription includes clean downloads; where priority rendering is enabled, it also determines the priority queue. See the account’s Plans and Credits pages for current benefits and prices.

Choose Light, Dark or System in the appearance controls. On a computer, use the theme button in the left rail. On your phone, look under Profile. If voice input is available, tap the microphone, speak your idea, stop, and review the text. Add to prompt puts the words into your draft; it does not send the message for you.

A prompt is simply your description of the video. Start with one clear action. Add details that matter to you, then use the plan to check Kino’s interpretation.

Keep the important details clear

• For a short action such as a jump, wave or turn, keep the movement continuous. Kino can choose one continuous shot automatically for a simple short idea. Explicit camera cuts are still respected.
• Describe the physical starting point. “She jumps from the dry pool deck into the water” is clearer than “She goes into the pool.”
• When using a photo, say whether you want that same scene animated or the person placed somewhere new. If clothes must change, describe them.
• For dialogue, name the speaker before each complete quoted line. Mention silence, laughter or music when it matters. Natural medium framing is a useful starting point for a conversation.
• For several actions or a long speech, check the duration warning and simplify if the pace matters. A short video cannot give every event unlimited time.
• If the result misses your intent, change one thing in the next plan. Keep the original words and resources handy so you can compare.

Optional camera directions

You can leave the camera to Kino. If you have a specific view in mind, describe it in plain words.

• Keep it steady

  The camera stays in place as she jumps from the pool deck into the water. One continuous shot.

• Move closer

  The camera slowly moves closer to the product while it stays still.

• Follow the action

  The camera follows beside him as he walks along the pavement.

• Change the view

  After she finishes speaking, cut to the other person’s reaction in the same studio.

Try these prompts

Use your own photo for the photo example. Copy a prompt, then change the details you care about.