How to Make an AI Text Message Story Video

What this video is

An AI Text Message Story Video is a faceless chat story that shows timed message bubbles on screen. It is designed to be easy to follow, even with no editing experience.

What you do

• Pick the story idea (or leave it blank).
• Choose a voice style (optional).
• Pick 1+ background clips (they can be short).
• Choose how the chat bubbles look.

What we do for you

• Write a chat-style script with a hook and twist.
• Create narration and (optional) captions.
• Place chat bubbles on screen at the right times.
• Render the video, then download it or render again when it is done.

Steps (simple)

1. Name your video
   Give it a clear name.
2. Script
   We generate the chat story. You can edit it if you want.
3. Voice
   We create narration for the story.
4. Pick background clips
   Select 1+ clips until their total duration covers the narration. Use the Play/Pause button to preview clips, and on mobile a sticky footer shows how many clips are selected and how many remain.
5. Arrange backgrounds
   Reorder the clips (to remove a clip, go back to the previous step).
6. Chat overlay, captions, and music
   Preview chat bubbles, control captions, and optionally add background music.
7. Review and render
   Render the video. Once it starts, pick a generated title and review the description. After it finishes, download or render again.

One-click create (optional)

On Step 1, you can choose One-click create to make a DM Story Video automatically.

To keep it truly one click, the optional settings are hidden at first. Click Options (the tune icon) if you want to change anything.

• Story idea (optional) — leave blank and we pick one for you.
• Voice (optional) — we pick voices for the characters automatically.
• Chat look (optional) — leave it on default if unsure.
• Music (optional) — choose a track in a modal with search, mood filters, favorites, and upload.
• Preview only (optional) — stops before the final render so you can render later.

You will also see an Estimated cost before you start.

After you start One-click create, we send you to My Library and show progress. It usually takes about 10 minutes.

API (for developers)

You can also create DM Story Videos with an API call:

• POST /api/v1/dmstory/videos — start a DM Story Video
• GET /api/v1/dmstory/videos/{video_id} — check status and get a temporary download link when ready

See Video API docs for API key, polling, and webhooks.

Keep scripts suitable for ages 13 and up

Trending is a general-audience service. Prompts and scripts with sexual content, self-harm, violent stories, hate, threats, or similar unsafe material are refused.

We check the idea before writing, check the finished script, check saved edits, and check again before creating the voice-over. If a request is refused, try a different, non-graphic idea that is suitable for a general audience. A refused generation does not use generation credits.