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Open Motion and start a new chat. Describe the video you want to make. You can start with an article, a script, uploaded footage or an existing template.

Choose where the video belongs

If you use organizations, select the organization and workspace before starting the chat. That workspace determines who can access shared resources and which billing account pays for the run. Your selection applies to the current browser tab. A personal account does not need to join an organization to make videos. Joining a team does not move existing personal work into the team’s workspace.

Give Motion a brief

Include the details that matter to the result:
  • Story: what happened, what the viewer should learn or what the product does.
  • Audience and destination: for example, a vertical social clip or a landscape news explainer.
  • Length: a target duration, such as 30 seconds.
  • Sources: the article, files or connected service Motion should use.
  • Style: a template, brand kit, reference video or written direction.
  • Audio: whether you want narration, music, subtitles or a silent video.
You do not need to specify everything. Add constraints when you care about them; leave room for Motion to make the remaining choices. For an article-based video, a brief might be:
Turn this article into a 45-second vertical news video. Keep the facts and names faithful to the source. Use our selected template, add readable captions and use Getty footage where relevant. Show the source credits at the end. Do not generate images or video.
Attach or link the article. Motion can only use Getty or another connected account when that connection is available to the person or workspace running the request. Naming a service in the prompt does not connect it or grant permission to use it.

Add sources and a visual style

Use the composer’s add controls to include your files and choose available resources. When a template or brand kit has been shared with you, Can use is enough to create a video from it. Editing the reusable template or brand kit requires Can edit. A template provides a starting structure and style. A brand kit supplies brand guidance and assets. Neither grants access to another person’s private connections or files. See Templates and brand kits. For a source behind a login or paywall, connect a supported service or upload material you can access. If an article cannot be read, provide its text or another usable source. Review the resulting script and source credits before publishing. Workspace agent permissions still apply. For example, a prompt cannot enable image generation that an organization has blocked, or import assets from a website outside an allowed list. Motion identifies where a restriction comes from.

Review and refine

Read the messages and inspect the preview as the run progresses. Give follow-up instructions in the same chat so Motion can revise the existing video:
Shorten the opening to three seconds, make the headline larger and keep the remaining scenes unchanged.
Be specific about what to change and what to preserve. You can add direction while a run is active. For shared chats, remember that each person’s connection permissions apply to their own message; editing a chat does not grant access to its creator’s personal accounts. Where the video uses the Mira editor, you can select elements in the preview and make supported visual edits. Saved element changes are shared with collaborators who have access. Playback and the playhead stay local to each viewer. Some accounts use a configured editing engine or template workflow. Joining an organization does not by itself replace that account’s configured engine. Use the editing controls available in your chat; the engine guide explains the API names.

Export the result

When the video is ready, use its export action or ask Motion to export an MP4. Wait for the export to finish and open or download the resulting file. A preview is not proof that an export has completed. Check the exported video before publishing: names and facts, source credits, image rights, audio levels, subtitles and the intended aspect ratio. Exporting a video does not publish it to a social account. Social posting has a separate approval and publishing flow. Keep the chat to make further revisions. Each chat retains the workspace where it was created; changing your current workspace does not move the video or its previous charges.

If a run cannot continue

The chat explains when it needs more information, a usable source, a connection or credits. A workspace spending limit can stop a run even when the organization has credits available. See Billing and limits. Review the stated reason before retrying. Repeating a prompt does not fix an expired connection, a blocked tool or a missing source file.