Source-checked · About 10 minutes, plus generation time
Answer
Open the official Luma app, sign in, and start a board. Describe the video you want in ordinary language, add a reference image only if you need a specific starting look, then generate the clip. Review the whole result and ask Luma for one clear change at a time until it is ready to download.
Before you continue
BriefDescribe the subject, action, setting, and camera view.
GenerateCheck the visible credit cost, then submit the request once.
RefineReview the clip and request one specific improvement at a time.
Create a new board or open an existing one for this project. A board is Luma's workspace for keeping your brief, reference files, generated clips, and later changes together.
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Write a clear video brief
Tell Luma that you want a video, then describe the subject, what happens, the setting, and the camera view. For example: Create a short video of a paper boat moving across a quiet pond at sunrise, filmed from a low side angle. Plain language is enough; you do not need special prompt commands.
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Add a reference image only when useful
Upload an image if the video should begin from a particular character, product, scene, or visual style. Select the file in the board and explain how Luma should use it. Skip this step for a video made only from text, and upload only material you have permission to use.
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Check credits and generate the clip
Ask Luma to create the video. Luma can choose a suitable model automatically, or you can choose a video model from the toolbar if you understand the options. Before confirming, read any visible credit estimate and check your balance. Luma offers a way to try the platform, but generations use credits and current allowances can change.
Play the clip from beginning to end. Check that the requested action happens, the main subject stays recognizable, the frame is suitable for where you will publish it, and there are no unwanted objects, distorted details, or abrupt cuts.
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Request one specific change
If the first result is not usable, tell Luma exactly what to change, such as Keep the camera still or Make the movement slower. Changing one main issue at a time makes it easier to compare the new result with the previous clip.
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Download the version you checked
Select the final clip and use the available download or export control. Play the saved file once before deleting any earlier version. Keep the board until you have confirmed that the file opens and contains the correct result.
If it does not work
If Luma creates an image instead of a video, state Create a video in the next instruction and select a video model or video option in the toolbar before generating again.
If Generate is unavailable, check the credit balance and the cost shown for the selected model. Do not assume an older free allowance still applies.
If a result fails or remains stuck, keep the board, copy the exact error, try a shorter and more literal brief, and remove any unnecessary reference file before submitting once more.
If the subject changes too much, start from a clear reference image and describe the movement and camera separately. Use one subject and one simple action for the next test.
ⓘ Sources and verification
Checked against official documentation on . Scope: Luma in a current web browser.
Luma now uses a board-based agent workflow. The old page title and video described an earlier Dream Machine interface, so the written guide avoids fixed free-credit, queue-time, model, and clip-length promises.
