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My Workflow Unveiled: Text to Cinematic Storytelling Hey friends, I'm excited to share my workflow for crafting cinematic stories from simple text prompts! As many of you know, I often rely on image-to-video tools because it grants me greater control over framing, character design, environment, and lighting compared to video generation. Here's the tech stack that fuels this process: - Text-to-Image: @midjourney - Image-to-Video: @Kling_ai - Video-to-Video Lips Syncing: #liveportrait In fact, I used these very tools to create the video you might have seen recently like this video I just created below with this workflow. So, let's dive into the steps! Thread 🧵
Step 1: Text to Image This is where the magic begins! I generated this initial image using Midjourney. Here's the prompt I used: [Close-up of Elizabeth Olsen's face. She's wearing a winter hat and standing in an Icelandic landscape. Aim for natural and realistic skin with blue eyes, set against a lush green environment. Imagine a cinematic movie still.] Tips: When writing your text prompt, ensure the character's face is in a frontal view. This makes lip animation in LivePortrait much smoother later on.
Step 2: Image to Video Now, let's breathe life into that still image! Here, I turned to Kling to generate video based on this prompt: [The woman is walking towards the viewer, with the camera tracking her.] Remember: Keep your initial prompts concise and clear. You can always add complexity once you have a solid foundation. Here is the video generated with @Kling_ai without voice
Step 3: Magic of LivePortrait This is where things get truly exciting! LivePortrait takes centre stage: Source Video: Use the video you generated in Step 2. Driving Video: Find a separate video where someone is talking directly at the camera, ensuring the framing aligns with your generated video. Top Tips: - Crop your driving video to clearly showcase the character's expressions. - Pay attention to "relative head rotation" and adjust "motion smooth strength (v2s)" accordingly. If your character is talking quickly or singing, lower this value.
Step 4: Polishing Your Final video (Optional) Consider using a video scaler like Topaz Video AI to enhance the clarity and sharpness of your final video. Remember: Scalers can't fix glitches or finger-like issues.
And That's a Wrap! I hope this workflow empowers you to tell your own stories in a cinematic way. If you have any questions, feel free to ask here or send me a DM – I'm always happy to help within my knowledge base!
Check out another video I created with same workflow. <a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/EHuanglu/status/1816156308149789121" color="blue">x.com/EHuanglu/statu…</a>