Text to video inside an app
Text to video is generating new footage from a written prompt, inside the app, instead of filming or finding stock. As of 2026-09-25.
CapCut offers one-click text-to-video with its Seedance video generator. Revid turns an idea or a link into video. Descript creates custom video and images from a prompt.
In an app, generated clips sit on the same timeline as filmed ones, which is the difference from a standalone video generator.
Several apps name the models they use, most often Seedance.
Generated footage is counted in credits on most pages that list it.
Text to video in an app is best used for gaps between filmed shots: a cutaway, a background, a scene that was never filmed.
The prompt is the script for the shot, so the same care goes into it as into a caption.
| App | Feature | What the page says |
|---|---|---|
| CapCut | Generate | Text-to-video and avatars with its Seedance video generator |
| Revid | Generate | New video from an idea or a link, with Seedance 2.5 and other models |
| Descript | Generate | Video and images generated from a prompt |
Inclusion rule. Readings from the register used on this page. Order. The order the text takes them in.
1From the apps' pages
Generate videos instantly with CapCut's Seedance AI video generator using avatars, AI templates, and one-click text-to-video
CapCut tools pages
Turn any idea or link into video
Revid pricing page
Create bespoke, custom video and images from a prompt.
Descript pricing page
- AI Video GeneratorText-to-video and avatars with its Seedance video generator
- Plan featuresNew video from an idea or a link, with Seedance 2.5 and other models
- Generate mediaVideo and images generated from a prompt
Apps on this page: CapCut · Revid · Descript
2Making the drama before the edit
Upstream of an app feature like “Text to video”, SceneMixer describes its own generation steps:
The longest an episode may run: 240 seconds for Short Drama, 300 for TV Series, none for Film.
SceneMixer, Short Drama, TV Series or Film — “What is the episode cap?” (read 2026-10-13)
An AI short drama is a serialized show of 60–120 second vertical episodes whose cast, sets and footage are generated by AI. Making one takes six steps: analyze the script into episodes, lock a consistent cast with reference art, localize for your market, write and edit storyboards, generate each 4–15 second shot, then composite and publish.
SceneMixer, How to Make an AI Short Drama, Step by Step (read 2026-10-13)