> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.crealix.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Music Video

> Turn any song into an AI visual story, cut to the music, with lyric captions and an animated waveform.

Music Video listens to your song — its lyrics, mood and structure — and builds a visual story that follows it scene by scene. The vocals are transcribed for lyric captions, and an optional waveform reacts to the audio.

**Best for:** musicians and AI-music channels, lofi and ambient visuals, lyric videos, and visualisers for podcast intros or soundtracks.

## Step by step

**1. Add the song**

![Song section with Custom, My Music and Library tabs and the audio drop zone](https://mintcdn.com/crealix/PT9vAPiU_A6ksr_K/images/app/v2/fmt-music-song.jpg?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=PT9vAPiU_A6ksr_K\&q=85\&s=56114859a61087f194e7fb3b20f83778)

① Custom / My Music / Library · ② Drop or link your audio · ③ Browse all library tracks

* **Custom** — drop an audio file (MP3, WAV, OGG, MPEG or M4A), or paste a **YouTube**, **Suno** or direct audio link and click **Process audio**.
* **My Music** — a track you made with [AI Music](https://docs.crealix.ai/tools/ai-music.md) or uploaded before.
* **Library** — 49 ready-made tracks (**Browse all** shows them with mood tags).

Once the song is in, **trim** it to the part you want — the video follows the trimmed length.

**2. Choose the format and quality**

Aspect ratio and AI image quality (Basic, Pro or Ultra), as in [Common settings](https://docs.crealix.ai/formats/common-settings.md).

**3. Write the visual story (optional)**

![Visual story section with idea chips, the description field and Generate visual story](https://mintcdn.com/crealix/PT9vAPiU_A6ksr_K/images/app/v2/fmt-music-story.jpg?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=PT9vAPiU_A6ksr_K\&q=85\&s=7023f909390474013a1c356a18ef1105)

① Idea chips · ② Describe the look · ③ Generate visual story

Describe how the video should look — mood, setting, characters, story arc — in up to 4,000 characters. Click an idea chip (*Neon city at night, lonely drive*, *Golden-hour road trip through the desert*, *Dreamy underwater world*, *Retro 80s arcade nostalgia*) or **Generate visual story** to have the AI write one that fits the song's length.

Leave it empty and the AI decides from the lyrics and mood. Add up to 4 [characters](https://docs.crealix.ai/workspace/characters.md) to keep a protagonist consistent across scenes.

**4. Pick the style and captions**

A visual style and a caption style. Lyric captions are transcribed from the song's vocals **for free**.

**5. Choose the generation path and scene length**

![Generation path cards and the scene length setting](https://mintcdn.com/crealix/PT9vAPiU_A6ksr_K/images/app/v2/fmt-music-path.jpg?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=PT9vAPiU_A6ksr_K\&q=85\&s=5e14ecb0220d2f778ee5b8589ef76cda)

① Scene images · ② Complete video · ③ Let AI choose scene length

* **Scene images** *(cheaper)* — one image per scene with smooth cinematic motion. Cheaper and faster; bring any scene to life with video later in the editor.
* **Complete video** — every scene is animated into moving video and the music video is finished automatically. The most cinematic result; uses more credits.
* **Let AI choose scene length** — short 6-second scenes, the most images for the best flow. Turn it off to set one exact length between 6 and 15 seconds (longer scenes = fewer images = lower cost).

**6. Style the waveform (optional)**

![Waveform settings with Bars, Line, Wave, Dots, Radial and Area styles](https://mintcdn.com/crealix/PT9vAPiU_A6ksr_K/images/app/v2/fmt-music-waveform.jpg?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=PT9vAPiU_A6ksr_K\&q=85\&s=0ef30f7debcce72952aba9e4d2a90f43)

① Audio waveform overlay · ② Style · ③ Position and size

Turn on the **Audio waveform overlay** to draw a reactive waveform of the song over the video:

* **Style** — *Bars*, *Line*, *Wave*, *Dots*, *Radial* or *Area*.
* **Position** — bottom or center; **Size** — S, M or L.
* **Opacity**, **Glow** (a soft neon halo) and a start/end **color** gradient.

It reacts to the real audio, so beats and drops are visible.

Click **Create Music Video**. The estimate appears as soon as a song is added and depends on its length, the scene length and the path you chose.

> [!NOTE]
>
> Lip-sync for singing characters is coming soon.

## Tips

* **Trim to the best 30–60 seconds** for Shorts — the chorus usually works best.
* **Describe a journey** in the visual story (*from a rainy city to a sunrise on the coast*) so scenes progress instead of repeating.
* **Use your own or AI-made music** to avoid copyright claims when you publish.

> [!TIP]
>
> Lofi channels love this format — try the *Lofi music visuals*[Autopilot](https://docs.crealix.ai/autopilot/create-a-series.md) template.

[Make music with Crealix](https://www.youtube.com/embed/mbnmQDRW7F0)


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