HappyHorse prompts for text, photos, casts and edits

Text to video with a spoken line

Each card quotes its line after "saying:", with one or two speakers. On Playcut, HappyHorse voices the line itself; you cannot pick or upload a voice. Cards are 16:9 at 720p unless the tag says otherwise.

1. Tailor at a fitting

   8 s · 720p · 448 cr
   A tailor in a grey waistcoat pins the shoulder of a navy jacket on a young man at a tall mirror, then steps back, saying: "Half an inch, no more." A narrow workshop lined with bolts of cloth, warm light. Slow push-in. Scissors clicking.

2. Flower market at opening

   8 s · 720p · 448 cr
   At dawn in a covered flower market, a seller in a green apron lifts a bucket of peonies onto her stall and smiles at the first customer, saying: "These opened overnight." Cold blue light from a glass roof. Fixed medium shot. Water dripping, crates scraping.

3. Three-piece band, two voices

   10 s · 720p · 560 cr
   In a small rehearsal room, the drummer counts in and the bassist raises a hand, saying: "Slower. Let it breathe." The guitarist laughs, saying: "You said that last time." Warm lamp light, cables on the floor. Slow pan from the drums to the guitarist. Amp hum.

4. Crossing guard at the school gate

   6 s · 720p · 336 cr
   A school crossing guard in a fluorescent vest steps into the road with her sign raised and turns to the children on the kerb, saying: "Now we walk. Not run." Autumn leaves blow across the tarmac. Fixed wide shot from across the road.

5. Bike mechanic's verdict

   6 s · 720p · 336 cr
   In a cramped bike workshop, a mechanic in a grease-streaked apron spins a wheel on the stand, listens, and turns to the customer, saying: "Spokes are fine. It is the bearing." Inner tubes hang behind him. Medium close-up, slow push-in.

6. Climbing coach at the wall

   8 s · 720p · 448 cr
   At the foot of a bouldering wall, a coach in a chalk-dusted T-shirt checks a climber's harness knot and tugs it twice, saying: "Good. Now trust your feet." Coloured holds behind them. Medium two-shot, slow push-in. Chalk bags thudding.

7. Hotel lift attendant

   6 s · 1080p · 432 cr
   In a brass-panelled hotel lift, an attendant in a burgundy uniform pulls the folding gate shut and turns to a guest, saying: "Top floor. The view is worth the wait." Warm light from a glass ceiling lamp. Fixed medium shot. The gate rattling.

Odd frames: 4:5, 5:4, 9:21 and 21:9

HappyHorse takes nine aspect ratios on text and reference cards, where Veo 3.1 takes two. These cards use the four unusual ones, 4:5, 5:4, 9:21 and 21:9, at 720p; set the ratio in the studio before you run.

Work out a 4:5 or 9:21 frame with the aspect ratio calculator

1. Lookbook walk

   4:5 · 8 s · 448 cr
   A model in a loose sand-coloured linen suit walks toward the camera down a sunlit stone colonnade, turns once to show the back of the jacket, then walks on. Long shadows stripe the floor. Fixed full-length shot, centred. Heels on stone.

2. Cinema poster in motion

   9:21 · 6 s · 336 cr
   A lone figure in a long coat stands on a cliff edge under a towering storm cloud lit from inside by lightning, the coat whipping as slanting rain begins. Slow crane up from the figure to the top of the cloud. Thunder rolling. Blue and amber palette.

3. Canyon convoy

   21:9 · 10 s · 560 cr
   Three dusty off-road trucks drive in a line along a red canyon floor at golden hour, dust trailing between sandstone walls. Aerial tracking shot from the side, level with the rim. Engines rumbling, gravel crunching. Warm grade.

4. Bookbinder at the bench

   5:4 · 8 s · 448 cr
   A bookbinder at a wooden bench folds a stack of paper, presses the fold with a bone folder and stitches the spine with waxed thread. An overhead lamp lights the tools. Fixed overhead shot. Paper creasing, thread pulling through.

5. Boutique window at night

   4:5 · 6 s · 336 cr
   Inside a boutique window at night, knitwear on a rotating plinth turns slowly while snow falls outside and passers-by blur past. Warm spotlights on the wool, a cold blue street beyond. Fixed shot from the pavement. Muffled traffic.

Reference casts with [Image 1] to [Image 9]

Reference mode takes up to nine images, numbered in attach order, so the first is [Image 1]. Every token here has a description beside it, as Alibaba's reference docs ask. Faces are fine on HappyHorse, so these cards cast people.

1. Band on a small stage

   8 s · 720p · 448 cr
   The singer in the silver jacket from [Image 1] leans into the microphone while the drummer with the shaved head from [Image 2] plays behind her on the club stage from [Image 3]. She grins, saying: "One more, then we are done." Handheld medium shot from the front row.

2. Relay handoff in team kit

   6 s · 720p · 336 cr
   The runner with braided hair from [Image 1] passes the baton to the tall runner from [Image 2], both in the green and white team kit from [Image 3]. Slow-motion side tracking shot at the handoff, floodlights behind. Spikes striking the track.

3. Two characters and a prop

   8 s · 720p · 448 cr
   Under a dripping shop awning at dusk, the woman in the navy peacoat from [Image 1] hands the red umbrella from [Image 3] to the man in the grey suit from [Image 2], saying: "You need this more than I do." Medium two-shot, slow push-in. Rain on canvas.

4. Weekend bag and a vintage car

   8 s · 720p · 448 cr
   The man with a silver beard from [Image 1] swings the tan leather weekend bag from [Image 2] into the boot of the cream vintage car from [Image 3] and taps the roof, saying: "Coast road, no stops." Late afternoon sun. Fixed medium shot.

5. Five images: a dinner toast

   10 s · 1080p · 720 cr
   At the long dinner table from [Image 5], the host in the burgundy dress from [Image 1] raises a glass, saying: "To the new kitchen." The man in round glasses from [Image 2], the woman with a grey bob from [Image 3] and the teenager in a hoodie from [Image 4] lift theirs. Slow orbit.

6. Skater, costume and a frozen lake

   8 s · 720p · 448 cr
   The figure skater with a dark ponytail from [Image 1], wearing the sequinned blue costume from [Image 2], glides backward across the frozen lake from [Image 3] at dusk and slows into a spin. Low tracking shot across the ice. Blades hissing.

Animate one photo (image to video)

Animate uses one photo as the first frame and keeps its shape, because this mode takes no ratio setting. The prompt carries only motion, camera and any line. People in the photo are fine.

1. A reader looks up

   6 s · 720p · 336 cr
   The woman in the photo looks up from her book, closes it on one finger and smiles toward the camera, saying: "You found my favourite spot." Her hair shifts in a light breeze. Slow push-in to a close-up. Café murmur.

2. Bonsai in afternoon light

   5 s · 720p · 280 cr
   The bonsai in the photo stirs in a light draught, its tiny leaves trembling as afternoon light slides across the glazed pot. Fixed close-up. Faint room tone, a clock ticking.

3. Road-trip photo comes to life

   8 s · 720p · 448 cr
   The couple in the photo, standing by their car at a roadside lookout, lean into each other and laugh as the wind lifts her scarf. He points down the road, saying: "Just one more hour." Slow pull back to reveal the valley below.

4. Sign painter at a shopfront

   6 s · 720p · 336 cr
   The sign painter in the photo finishes the last gold letter on the shop window, steps back and nods, saying: "Now it looks like it has always been here." Traffic blurs behind the glass. Fixed medium shot. A brush tapping a jar.

Edit a clip you already have

Edit rewrites a source clip of 3 to 60 seconds and returns a clip of the same length, up to 15 seconds; a longer source is edited from its first 15. It takes up to five reference images and bills source plus output seconds: an 8-second source costs 896 credits at 720p.

1. Restyle as cut-paper animation

   8 s source · 896 cr
   Turn the whole clip into cut-paper animation with visible paper textures, soft drop shadows and a warm autumn palette. Keep every person's movements, the camera move and the timing exactly as they are.

2. Swap a bag from one reference

   10 s source · 1,120 cr
   Replace the bag on the man's shoulder with the tan leather satchel in the reference image, its strap and size natural as he walks. Leave his face, the background and the lighting as they are.

   Attach the satchel photo as the only reference image.

3. Repaint a parked car

   6 s source · 672 cr
   Repaint the parked hatchback a glossy cherry red, with reflections moving naturally across the paint as the camera passes. Everything else in the clip stays exactly as filmed.

4. Give a phone clip a film look

   12 s source · 1,344 cr
   Give the clip the look of 16mm film: soft grain, gentle halation around the highlights, slightly lifted blacks and warm skin tones. Keep the framing and every movement of the original.

5. Move a conversation outdoors

   10 s source · 1,120 cr
   Move the two people and their conversation from the office to the seaside terrace in the reference image, matching the light direction to it. Keep their gestures, lip movements and the camera move unchanged.

   Attach one photo of the new location as the reference image. In the studio the model decides the new audio; to keep the original voices, run the edit over the API with the source audio kept.

6. Clear a desk behind a demo

   5 s source · 560 cr
   Clear the desk behind the laptop so only a small potted plant and a lamp remain, against a plain, softly lit wall. Keep the hands, the laptop and every movement as filmed.