Generate images and videos using Meta AI
You can generate images and videos using Meta AI on the Meta AI app. Based on your prompt, Meta AI will generate images for you. You can then choose a generated image to turn into a video. You can also upload an image or video to edit with Meta AI.
Generate an image with Meta AI
- Open the Meta AI app.
- Tap
Create in the top right.
- Type your prompt into the Describe an image or video… box. You can add yourself or others to an image.
- To add yourself to the image: Include the words "me" or "myself" as part of your prompt.
- To add someone else to the image: Include "@" and then the person's username as part of your prompt.
- Tap
Send.
For the best results, start your prompt with "imagine" or "create an image" and be detailed with your prompt. Meta AI will generate multiple images based on your prompt. Learn more about how to write successful prompts. You can also make your images sing or speak. Learn how to add lip syncing to your images here.
Once your image has been generated, you can create a video from it. You can also generate a video from an uploaded image.
Generate a video with Meta AI
- In your thread with Meta AI, tap the image that you'd like to turn into a video.
- Tap
Animate.
- You can type in a prompt for a specific animation, or send without a prompt for a default animation.
- You can add music by tapping
Music in the bottom left.
- Tap
Send.
Meta AI will begin generating a video based on your selected image and prompt. It may take some time for the video to be generated. You'll receive a notification once it's complete.
You can also generate a video from an uploaded image by tapping
Once you're happy with your generated video, you can post it to the Meta AI feed by tapping your video, then tapping Post.
How to write successful image prompts
When writing a prompt for Meta AI, it's best to be detailed about what you'd like to see. You can add details about what the scene should be, what should be in that scene, what kind of style it should look like and more. Try to include specific directions when writing your prompt.
Let's examine how adding details to a prompt will change how Meta AI generates your images and videos.
Example prompt: Imagine a polar bear at a pool.
Example prompt: Imagine a polar bear hanging out at a pool.
In these examples, very little changes between the two prompts. Meta AI needs more specific direction to generate a difference. Let's add more to the prompt.
Example prompt: Imagine a polar bear relaxing in a deck chair next to a pool.
Now that Meta AI has a specific direction, it can begin generating images to better suit what you want. Let's refine this idea further by adding a specific visual style and some extra background details.
Example prompt: Imagine a polar bear relaxing in a deck chair next to a pool. Other polar bears are walking around the pool. Some bears are playing in the pool, some are chatting with other bears or relaxing. Use a style such as early 2000s 3D animation.
When you write detailed prompts, Meta AI will have more information to generate images for you.
These same techniques also lead to higher-quality results when you turn an image into a video using Meta AI. By adding details to your prompt, you can get better results.
Note: You must use an image to generate a video. You can't generate a video from a text-only prompt.
Note:
- Similar to other chats, interactions with AI are subject to our Community Standards and Terms of Service.
- An AI's response may be inaccurate or inappropriate and should not be used to make important decisions.
- Meta uses your interactions with AIs to improve AI at Meta. If the AIs cannot answer your query, Meta shares the messages you send to AI and general information, such as your region, with selected partners so that you can get better results. Visit our Meta AI Terms of Service to learn more.
- Meta AI uses your location information to give you more relevant responses. Your location information is based on things such as the settings you've chosen on your device, or your activity across our products. Learn more about how to manage your location in the Privacy Centre.
- Other information from your profile such as your age and gender, and interests based on your activity across our products, such as the types of content, including ads, you view or interact with and how you interact with it, will be used to help personalise your interactions with AI. Learn more about how Meta uses this information in the Privacy Centre. You can also see how information is used across your accounts in the same Accounts Centre and export your information. Learn how to Export a copy of your information.
- Depending on your prompt, the content generated may go against our Community Standards or Terms of Service of Meta's platforms. Sharing AI-generated content on our platforms that go against these standards will be treated the same as sharing other content that go against our standards. If you share generated content that goes against our standards, your content may be removed and your account may be restricted or disabled. Learn more about the Community Standards and Terms of Service on:
- You can generate images of certain public figures. We'll continue to label AI-generated images made with our own products.
- If you have a voice conversation with Meta AI, your voice recording is initially available in your history temporarily. Your text transcript will remain available in your history.
Learn more about how Meta uses information for generative AI models.