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Muse Video Fantasy, Animation & CG Prompts
More than 200 Muse Video prompts that creators posted on X after running them in Meta's Muse, each credited to its creator and linked to the original post, with the clip it produced where the post has one. Short prompts, and those whose authors invited reuse, are quoted in full; longer ones are excerpted, and the full text is one click away in the original post.
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TL;DR
Muse Video is the video model in Meta's Muse AI family. Most prompts on this page were run inside Meta's Muse app, a chat agent that accepts very long prompts and plain instructions such as "turn the images in this post into a video". Through apimodels.app the same model is available as muse-video: text, one first frame or up to four reference images in; a 720p clip of 4 to 20 seconds out, 16:9 or 9:16; prompts up to 4,000 characters; $0.037 per requested second, failed tasks not charged, and not every request succeeds. The prompts are grouped by use: reference-sheet multi-shot cuts, boyfriend POV, selfie and vlog, dance, period pieces, fantasy and CG, long multi-clip scripts and one-liners.
Cycling down a seaside slope, slice-of-life anime
请制作一段唯美的日常系动漫短片：一位女学生在日落时骑着自行车从海边陡坡下行，特写她的微笑；随后她在铁路道口等候，一列小火车从闪着光的夏日云层下驶过。配上蝉鸣、车铃声与柔和的钢琴旋律。
- How it was used:
- 日常系动漫短片，作者另做了只留蝉鸣和车铃的版本
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Blindfolded immortal in white above the clouds
Excerpt人物 • 外貌：白色长发，发丝轻盈飘动；面部清冷精致，下半张脸露出，鼻梁挺直、嘴唇淡粉。 • 蒙眼：双眼被一层半透明的白色轻纱完全蒙住，轻纱在头顶缠绕后向后飘动，纱质轻透、边缘柔软。 • 服装：白色飘逸长袍，袖口宽大、衣摆很长，另有一条很长的白色轻纱披帛，随风翻飞。 • 身材：纤细修长，气质空灵、从容。 • 一致性：全程同一张脸、同一白色长发、同一蒙眼白纱、同一件白色长袍，不换装、不摘面纱、不出现第二个人。 场景 • 蓝天白云之上，云端开阔，背景是明亮的蓝色天空和流动的白云。 • 光线：明亮的日光，柔和通透，白纱和长袍边缘带淡淡光晕。 剧情和动作 • 0.00-3.00秒：人物在云端之上迎风而立，白纱和长袍随风扬起，微微侧身，抬手轻拂飘动的长纱。 …
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- sections: 人物 / 场景 / 光线 / 风格 / 音频 / 参数 / 负面提示词 · 3 timed beats · 719 characters in the original post
The night the royal city burned: the silver queen
ExcerptMuse Video Prompt — The Night the Royal City Burned (text-to-video, 4 clips × ~10s, generate in order and stitch) Format lock: Aspect ratio 16:9 (source 1280×720, 30 fps) — the output MUST use exactly this 16:9 horizontal ratio, including its letterbox feel; no cropping, no reframing. Master (include with every clip): …
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- blocks: Format lock / Master / Avoid / Identity · 4 clips · 7 shots · 7299 characters in the original post
Flame ritual: silver armour, red eyes
ExcerptMuse Video Prompt — The Flame Ritual (text-to-video, 1 clip × ~10s) Format lock: Aspect ratio 9:16 (source 720×1280, 30 fps) — the output MUST use exactly this 9:16 vertical ratio; no cropping, no reframing, no letterbox change. Master (include with every clip): Identity & costume lock: One young woman with a pale oval face, long straight black hair with bangs, deep-red lips, and — revealed only in Shot 2 — vivid red irises. …
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- blocks: Format lock / Master / Avoid / Identity · 1 clip · 2 shots · 4236 characters in the original post
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Glowing koi spring in an emerald cavern
ExcerptIn a single wide-angle shot, the camera moves slowly and smoothly through an emerald-hued cavern filled with floating, luminous particles, approaching the surface of a pristine spring. Beneath the water, pink, light blue, and pale purple koi swim gracefully, their scales shimmering with dancing reflections. The camera glides just above the water’s surface—shifting focus between droplets in the foreground and the rugged rock faces—revealing the depth of the cavern. …
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Orange tabby 3D comedy short, template
创作一个垂直 9:16、15 秒的高质量 3D 动画喜剧短片，主角是一只胖乎乎的橙色虎斑猫，它有富有表现力的眼睛和夸张但真实可信的卡通动作。 Story: [一个简单、直观、具有意外反转的猫咪喜剧故事] 结构: 0-2 秒：从一个易于理解的视觉钩子开始。 2-6 秒：确定猫咪的目标和情况。 6-11 秒：用明显的肢体喜剧来升级动作。 11-15 秒：呈现出人意料、令人满意的视觉妙语。 视觉风格: 光滑的 3D 角色动画，精致的橙色毛皮，富有表现力的面部表情，迷人的电影灯光，清晰可辨的轮廓，连贯的环境，流畅的动作，一致的角色设计。 摄像机: 垂直构图，清晰的主体框架，有目的的剪辑，用于反应的特写镜头，用于肢体喜剧的广角镜头。 Audio: [环境音、动作音效、角色叫声或配乐] 避免随机行动、人物外观不一致、摄像机移动过度、场景混乱和场景突然莫名其妙的变化。
- How it was used:
- 先用 video-link-to-prompt 类工具把原视频拆成提示词，再交给 Muse 制作；方括号里换成自己的内容
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Three chibi sisters say good morning
Excerpt【人物】全程三个人，服装、发型、五官保持一致。 左边：白色长卷发小女孩，头上有白色龙角，尖耳朵，穿白色层叠长裙，背后有小翅膀，脚穿白色花纹鞋。 中间：深蓝色长发小女孩，戴白色女仆头饰，穿深蓝女仆裙+白色围裙，围裙上有小鲸鱼图案，脚穿深蓝小皮鞋，眨右眼。 右边：橙色长卷发小女孩，头戴橙色花朵发饰，穿米白+橙黑相间的裙子，手里抱着一本深色书，脚穿黑色花朵鞋。 三个人都是Q版大眼睛，笑得很开心。 【场景】纯白背景，头顶有一个黄色小太阳，周围飘着黄色小星星，画面干净明亮。 【光线】白天明亮柔光，没有阴影，颜色鲜艳。 【机位】正面固定机位，一镜到底，没有剪辑。 【分镜】 0.0–1.5秒：三个人一起轻轻蹦一下，左边的挥右手，中间的握拳头举起来，右边的抱着书挥左手，都笑着看镜头。 …
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- sections: 分镜 · 3 timed beats · 667 characters in the original post
Mochi and Nori: storyboard to shots
Excerpt根据故事板 @图3 生成分镜视频，仅参考其镜头设计、动作节奏、景别和运镜，禁止直接拼接故事板图片。 @图1 是麻薯，外形必须和参考图完全一致：圆球形的奶白色小团子，头顶两只小圆耳朵，豆豆黑眼睛，粉色圆腮红，细线微笑嘴，短短的小圆手和小圆脚，没有配饰。 @图2 是海苔，外形必须和参考图完全一致：又高又瘦的黑色小猫，平时用两条后腿直立走路，四条腿特别细长，细长尾巴，尖三角耳朵，黄绿色大眼睛，脖子上始终系着蛋黄色小领结。 风格：日系可爱 2D 动画质感，柔和平涂上色，干净深棕色线稿，冬日傍晚暖橙色灯光，夸张搞笑的动作喜剧，无写实真人、无暗黑元素。没有台词。全片在同一个冬日街角、同一个冬日傍晚：地上有薄雪，一个比角色高很多的铁皮圆筒烤红薯炉在画面右侧，旁边是路灯和砖墙，没有人。 …
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- sections: 风格 · 9 shots · 1334 characters in the original post
Doodle girl dancing through real architecture
ExcerptMuse Video Prompt Format lock: Aspect ratio 16:9 (source 1252x720, 30 fps; generate at 1920x1080, 30 fps) — the output MUST use exactly this 16:9 horizontal ratio; no cropping, no reframing, no letterbox change. Total runtime: about 15 seconds in 2 clips. One hand-drawn doodle chibi girl dances her way through a series of photorealistic modern architecture scenes. …
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- blocks: Format lock / Avoid / Identity / Camera · 6 shots · 6952 characters in the original post
Ink swordswoman: the ink follows her blade
ExcerptMuse Video Prompt Format lock: Aspect ratio 16:9 (source 1920x1080, 30 fps; generate at 1920x1080, 30 fps) — the output MUST use exactly this 16:9 landscape ratio; no cropping, no reframing, no letterbox change. Total runtime: about 28 seconds in 3 clips. A wuxia ink-magic showcase in photorealistic CG: a lone swordswoman in white performs on the plaza of an ancient stone ruin, and the black ink obeys her — it runs along the ground, bursts from her palms, spins in rings, and …
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- blocks: Format lock / Avoid / Identity / Camera · 10 shots · 7711 characters in the original post
Cycling through an impossible painted landscape
ExcerptMuse Video Prompt Format lock: Aspect ratio 16:9 (source 1920x1080, 60 fps; generate at 1920x1080, 30 fps) — the output MUST use exactly this 16:9 horizontal ratio; no cropping, no reframing, no letterbox change. Master (include with every clip): Identity & costume lock: The rider — one man seen ONLY from behind or three-quarter back view, his face never visible: short brown hair, a light grey-white t-shirt, black cycling shorts, riding a slim road bicycle, pedaling posture …
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- blocks: Format lock / Master / Avoid / Identity · 1 clip · 1 shots · 4618 characters in the original post
Ice dragon tamer
ExcerptMuse Video Prompt Format lock: Aspect ratio 16:9 (source 3840×2160, 30 fps; generate at 1920×1080, 30 fps) — the output MUST use exactly this 16:9 horizontal ratio; no cropping, no reframing, no letterbox change. Master (include with every clip): Identity & costume lock: The dragon-tamer — a young woman rendered in photoreal-leaning Chinese-animation CG, long dark teal-green hair streaming in the wind, an ice-crystal crown in her hair, pale skin; when she casts, her eyes bla …
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- blocks: Format lock / Master / Avoid / Identity · 3 clips · 15 shots · 9864 characters in the original post
Two chibi girls
ExcerptMuse Video Prompt Format lock: Aspect ratio 3:4 (source 2160×2880, 30 fps; generate at 1080×1440, 30 fps) — the output MUST use exactly this 3:4 vertical ratio; no cropping, no reframing, no letterbox change. Master (include with every clip): Identity & costume lock: Two chibi girls, stylized 3D animation, roughly two-heads-tall proportions, huge heads, tiny limbs, glossy doll-like skin. …
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- blocks: Format lock / Master / Avoid / Identity · 2 clips · 10 shots · 7428 characters in the original post
How to write great Muse Video prompts
- 1Lock the person with one reference sheet. The most-copied format here starts from a single composite image: a headshot on the left and a three-view outfit sheet on the right. The prompt points at it section by section (face from the headshot, outfit from the turnaround) and repeats that the face and outfit must not change in any shot. Through the API, send that sheet as a reference image, not as a first frame.
- 2Write the body in time steps and cut on the beat. Those prompts describe each shot in 0.3-second steps (weight shift, where each hand is, where the eyes go) and list the cut points, such as 1.80 s, 3.50 s and 5.10 s, against the beats of the music. "She poses" on its own gets you a stiff loop.
- 3For POV, make the camera a person. The boyfriend-POV series opens with the same rule in every episode: the camera is his eyes, and he never appears except for a hand or forearm. Then the action in 0–2 s / 2–5 s / 5–8 s / 8–10 s, one line of dialogue, and a handheld 9:16 phone look.
- 4Repeat a block for what must not change. The long English prompts open with a format lock (aspect ratio and source resolution) and a Master block that fixes the character and costume word for word and is pasted into every clip. Dance prompts add a tempo lock: the BPM and the timestamp of every downbeat.
- 5Ask for the flaws of a phone camera. Selfie and vlog prompts get their realism by asking for handheld shake, focus breathing, noise-reduction smear, platform compression and 720p, and by banning HDR, studio retouching and a face that stays sharp the whole time.
- 6Split anything longer than 20 seconds. Several prompts here describe films of 30 seconds to a minute. On the API each request is 4 to 20 seconds and up to 4,000 characters, so split by clip, keep the character block identical in each request, and edit the clips together.
- 7One-liners need the app, not the API. Instructions such as "turn the images in this post into a video" or "remake ten videos in the style of this clip" work in the Muse app because the agent opens the link and writes its own prompt. A video API only sees the text you send, so write the shots out.
Prompt formula
Format (aspect ratio, length) + who (locked by a reference image) + scene + light + camera position + shots written in time steps + style + sound + what to avoid
Example: 9:16, 10 seconds, handheld phone selfie. The woman from the reference image, same face, hair and outfit throughout. A quiet bookshop aisle in the late afternoon, warm window light from the left. 0–3 s: she pulls a book from the shelf and glances at the lens. 3–6 s: she lifts it to hide half her face and laughs. 6–10 s: she lowers it, looks straight into the lens and says "Found it." Slight handheld shake, natural skin texture, the soft sound of pages. Avoid: on-screen text, extra fingers, a second person.
Frequently asked questions
What is Muse Video?
Muse Video is the video model in Meta's Muse AI family. Most people use it inside Meta's Muse app, a chat agent: you describe the video, or paste a long prompt, and it produces the clip. Through apimodels.app the same model is available over an API as muse-video, with the limits listed below.
Who wrote these prompts, and why are some of them excerpts?
Each card credits the creator and links to the original post on X. A prompt is quoted in full when its author invited readers to use it, or when it is 600 characters or shorter; longer prompts are quoted from the beginning, word for word, and marked as excerpts, with the full text in the original post. If you wrote one of these prompts and want it removed or the credit corrected, email us or open an issue on the GitHub repository.
Where can I run these prompts?
In Meta's Muse app, where they were written, or through the API on apimodels.app as muse-video: text, one first frame or one to four reference images in; a 720p clip of 4 to 20 seconds out, 16:9 or 9:16. It is billed at $0.037 per requested second (4 seconds $0.148, 10 seconds $0.37, 20 seconds $0.74); failed tasks are not charged, and not every request succeeds. Clips of up to 10 seconds usually take 1 to 2 minutes.
Why does a long prompt from this page fail on the API?
The API takes prompts of up to 4,000 characters and clips of 4 to 20 seconds. Several prompts here are longer than that or describe a 30-second to one-minute film. Split them by clip, keep the character and costume block identical in every request, and edit the clips together.
How do I keep the same person across shots?
Send reference images: one to four photos of the person keep the face, hair and outfit without forcing the clip to start from any of them. A first frame instead makes the clip start from that exact picture. You can send one or the other, not both. The reference-sheet prompts on this page are written for a single composite image with a headshot and a three-view outfit sheet.
Do the one-line instructions work through the API?
No. Instructions such as "turn the images in this post into a video" rely on the Muse app opening the link and writing its own prompt. The API only receives the text and images you send, so write the shots out or use one of the full prompts instead.
Can I use these prompts commercially?
The prompts belong to their authors. Check the original post before reusing one commercially. For clips you generate yourself, check the terms of the service you generate them with.
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This library is open source on GitHub
The whole collection is on GitHub as Markdown and JSON, one page per prompt, with credits and links to the original posts, plus a page to search and copy them. Prompts are quoted in full when the author invited reuse or the prompt is 600 characters or shorter; longer ones are excerpted from the beginning, with the full text in the original post. The videos stay with their creators and are not re-hosted. Our own notes, titles and data are licensed CC BY 4.0. Open an issue to correct a credit or have a prompt removed.
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