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To make a 1080p AI video with MakeThisVid: write a one-sentence prompt covering subject, setting, lighting, and motion (or drop a photo + motion prompt), and click Generate. The clean, no-watermark MP4 with audio lands in 45–90 seconds for $2.99 — a full 1080p download plus a 9:16 vertical version, commercial use included. Want more after your first? $6.99 adds 3 more takes — any photo, any look.

How to Make a 1080p AI Video with AI

By MakeThisVid Editorial Updated Methodology

Making a 1080p AI video with AI is one of the highest-leverage moves right now — short, specific, and shippable on the same day you decide to make it. The walkthrough below covers the prompt formula, the pricing, and the small calibration moves that take the output from generic to genuinely good.

Make a video from one prompt. $2.99 a video · Ready in about a minute · No subscription.

How to Use MakeThisVid

From prompt to downloadable MP4, ready to deploy.

  1. Write the prompt

    Use the five-element formula: subject + setting + lighting + camera movement + emotional tone. Every video renders at 1080p and is fixed at 8 seconds.

  2. Know what you get

    Every generation renders at 1080p with audio, fixed at 8 seconds — there's no resolution or length choice to make. Each video is $2.99, clean with no watermark, and commercial use is included.

  3. Generate the clip

    Click Generate. The render runs on GPU; expect 45–90 seconds for your video to land in your account. Broken renders are remade or refunded, so a render that doesn't work out never costs you.

  4. Iterate fast

    Bad first generation? Edit one variable — usually lighting or camera move — and re-generate. Use 1080p for any placement larger than feed video

  5. Download and ship

    Save the MP4 — audio is already baked in, no watermark, commercial use licensed. Drop it straight into your ad manager, social schedule, or content brief.

Make a video — $2.99

Who Uses MakeThisVid for This

Same-day creative

When the brief lands at 9am and the ad needs to ship by 5pm. Skip the production timeline entirely.

Multivariate testing

Generate 4–8 variants on different lighting / camera / mood. Pick the winner from real performance data instead of an internal review.

Inspiration to brief

Use a fast generation to communicate a visual direction to a designer or stakeholder before committing to a full production.

Frequently Asked Questions

45–90 seconds per render on MakeThisVid. The whole loop from idea to downloaded MP4 — write prompt, generate, download — typically lands in under three minutes.
Subject + setting + lighting + camera movement + tone. Specific concrete details outperform abstract emotion words: "golden-hour backlight, slow dolly forward, warm" beats "cinematic and beautiful".
There's no subscription — every video is $2.99 for the clean, watermark-free 1080p download. Want more after your first? $6.99 adds 3 more takes — any photo, any look. Every video is 1080p with audio, so there's no separate HD tier to pick.
Yes. Every purchase includes a commercial use license. Run it as a paid ad, ship it to a client, post it anywhere. No watermark.
Yes. Switch to Photo → Video on the create page, drop a JPG/PNG/WebP, and add a prompt that describes the motion you want ("camera slowly zooms in", "hair blowing in the wind"). Want more after your first? $6.99 adds 3 more takes — any photo, any look.
Broken renders are remade or refunded, so a failed render never costs you anything. Most failures are content-policy related; rephrase the prompt and try again.

Make your first 1080p AI video

Type a prompt or drop a photo. 45 seconds to a downloadable MP4 — commercial use included.

Make a video — $2.99

Broken renders are remade or refunded.

or 3 more takes — $6.99 Any photo, any look · About $2.33 a take · No subscription required.