Stable Video Diffusion is an AI model from Stability AI for generating short videos from text prompts and images, using diffusion-based generation.
What it does
You can turn a written prompt into an animated video sequence, or animate a still image using an image-to-video workflow.
Key capabilities
- Generate videos from text prompts
- Automatically create animated clips
- Adapt or process video with AI-based transformations
- Integrate with other Stability AI tools
- Support multiple formats and resolutions
- Edit existing videos by adding elements or changing style and mood
Access and setup
Stable Video Diffusion is available as a web experience and via Hugging Face. There is currently no standalone download for desktop or mobile. Typical usage includes:
- Create an account at stability.ai
- Enable access to the API or the interface
- Enter a detailed prompt (plot, style, mood, objects, actions)
- Run generation and export the result
You can usually adjust settings such as duration, resolution, and frame rate. Generation time depends on prompt complexity and compute resources, but is typically a few minutes.

