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Updated for 2026

To make a video ad with MakeThisVid: write a one-sentence scene prompt covering subject, setting, lighting, and motion (or drop a product photo plus motion prompt), pick your aspect ratio, then click Generate. Want more after your first? $6.99 adds 3 more takes — any photo, any look.

How to Make a Video Ad with AI

By MakeThisVid Editorial Updated Methodology

Video ads outperform static creative on every major platform, and the gap is widening. But the old production cost — crew, editor, revisions, a week of lead time — has stopped fitting modern ad budgets. The walkthrough below is the shortest path from a campaign brief to a ready-to-upload MP4: one prompt, one resolution, one click.

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. Decide the placement

    Meta feed (4:5 or 9:16), TikTok In-Feed (9:16), YouTube Bumper (16:9, 6s), YouTube Shorts (9:16), LinkedIn (16:9). Pick aspect ratio before generation; aspect-native creative outperforms repurposed.

  2. Write the prompt with the five-element formula

    Subject + setting + lighting + camera movement + tone. Specific concrete details outperform abstract emotion: "golden-hour backlight, slow dolly forward, warm" beats "cinematic and beautiful". Lead with the visual hook.

  3. Generate your video

    Every video renders at 8 seconds, 1080p, with audio always on — no resolution to choose. Click Generate and watch your real video stream back clean, no watermark, for $2.99.

  4. Generate the clip

    Every video is $2.99 — the clean, watermark-free MP4, commercial use already included. Want more? Want more after your first? $6.99 adds 3 more takes — any photo, any look.

  5. Upload to the ad platform

    Meta Ads Manager, TikTok Ads Manager, Google Ads, LinkedIn Campaign Manager. The MP4 is platform-ready: H.264, audio embedded, no watermark, commercial use licensed.

Make a video — $2.99

Who Uses MakeThisVid for This

Multi-variant creative testing

Generate 5 prompt variants on the same offer. Let the ad platform's optimization pick the winner from real performance data.

Weekly creative refresh

Swap in a new clip every 5-7 days to fight creative fatigue. Want more after your first? $6.99 adds 3 more takes — any photo, any look.

Funnel-stage matching

Cold-audience creative needs different visuals than warm. Generate dedicated clips for top-of-funnel vs. retargeting instead of reusing one ad everywhere.

Frequently Asked Questions

Shorter wins for cold traffic. 6-second bumpers and 8-second feed clips are the dominant short-form ad units. MakeThisVid generates an 8-second clip — built for these slots.
9:16 vertical for mobile-first placements (TikTok, Reels, Shorts, Stories) — that's where most ad inventory has shifted. 16:9 for YouTube In-Stream and LinkedIn. Pick on the Create page before generation.
45–90 seconds per render on MakeThisVid. The full loop — prompt, generate, download, upload — typically lands inside ten minutes.
Every video is $2.99 — a clean, no-watermark download with commercial use included. Want more after your first? $6.99 adds 3 more takes — any photo, any look. Pay once. No subscription required.
Yes. Every purchase ships with a commercial-use license. Paid Meta, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Snap, and X ads are all covered.
No. Audio is generated and rendered into the MP4 — no copyrighted music, no third-party samples. Safe for paid and organic on every platform.
Yes. Switch to Photo → Video, drop a JPG/PNG/WebP, and add a motion prompt. The AI animates the photo into an 8-second 1080p ad.
Broken renders are remade or refunded, so a failed render never costs you. Most failures are content-policy related — rephrase and try again.

Generate your next video ad

Prompt → MP4 in 45 seconds. Upload anywhere. 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.