Quick Start

Secret Studio AI uses Google's Gemini as it's primary "AI engine".

It's used for writing video scripts, generating voice overs / audios, transcribing audio, generating storyboards (the overall structure of your video), generating images and motion clips. 

To get your API key visit Google's AI Studio and login / signup. At the bottom left of the screen click "Get API Key". At the top right click "Create API Key". Give it a name (anything), and copy your API key somewhere safe.

In Secret Studio enter this key into the "Systems" section of the software, click the test button to make sure it works then save your changes. That's all you need to use all of the standard features of the software but make sure you read the next section before you do anything else.

Rate Limits & $300 Free API Credits

When you create your API key you will initially be on the "Free Tier" of Google Gemini.

This has serve daily rate limits (approx. 10 images per day, no image conversion into motion video) which makes it impractical for creating anything but a very short basic video. See: Gemini Rate Limits.

To unlock a lot more you also need to signup for Google Cloud Console.

You will get US $300 worth of Free API Credits.

Once you login, find the API key you just created and look for a section called "Billing". Select to convert the API key to "Paid Tier 1". Don't worry, your free credits will be used before you're ever charged anything. To be safe also set your billing quota to something small ($5) so if you happen to use all your free credits you will only be charged $5.

$300 is enough to create several hundred videos using Secret Studio depending on your settings.

Increasing Rate Limits

"Paid Tier 1" should be fine for most users but If you want to increase your rate limits further (if you plan to create a lot of images and motion clips in a very short period of time) you'll have to purchase credits.

$250 will convert you to "Paid Tier 2".

$1,000 will convert you to "Paid Tier 3".

IMPORTANT NOTE: There is NO LIMIT to the amount of images / motion clips, and videos you can generate with Secret Studio. If you encounter errors with image generation (or converting images to motion clips) the issue is with the rate limit of your API key, not the Secret Studio software itself. The higher your "Paid Tier" the more you can create, faster.

Creating Your First Video

A video needs several things to become a video...

• A script - the story.
• An audio track - the story narrated.
• The audio track transcribed - used for timing of (optional) captions.
• The story board - how the story will be presented to generate relevant scenes and images.
• Images and optional motion clips - the visual component. 

...fortunately, most of this is automated by Secret Studio using custom prompts.

Create Your Project & Production

Navigate to the "Projects tab" and click "New Project".

Create A New Project - Navigate to "Projects" and click "New Project". Give it a name and optional description. Then click the "Open Studio" button on the project to open the "Production Hub".

"Projects" are used to organize "Productions" (individual videos). You might like to put all your "car" videos into one project and each production becomes a video for a different type of car. You might like to use projects for individual clients or different websites or different YouTube or TikTok accounts etc.

Create A New Production - Click the "New Production" button and give your production a meaningful name and click the "Create Entry" button. You'll see it appear below in the "Current Workflow" section.

The name you use here is actually passed to the AI behind the scenes to help determine the topic (but is not bound to it). You'll can also inject this into your custom prompts using the [TOPIC] tag if you want to. So if you're creating a video about "Cats" in general, "Cats" is fine. If you're creating  a video about "Ginger Cats" specifically, "Ginger Cats" is better than "Cats".

Start Production - Click the "Start Production" button to get started. You will be presented with three options.

1. AI Scriptwriter - Here you can paste in a ready made script, use the AI to generate a script, and convert that script into audio narration.
2. Audio Vault - If you already have an audio you want to use you can upload it here. It will get transcribed into a script which is used for the rest of the production process.
3. Music Studio - You can use the Suno API service to generate a song, if you want to make a music video.

...select the AI Scriptwriter as this is what you'll use the most.

The AI Scriptwriter

The main area of the scriptwriter is just like a normal text editor. You can give the script a title, write directly inside the editor, or paste an existing video script you might have in here. You can use any language you like.

On the right hand side you'll see:

1. Main Subject - The name you gave to your production.
2. Editorial Focus - This is where you can ask the AI to generate a video script for you.
3. Voice Talent - This is where you convert your script into a narrated audio file.

Editorial Focus (Custom Prompt):

Target Duration - here you can select the target duration of your video (an estimated word count of the length of your script). Useful if you want to create standardized videos. If you prefer not to use this select "AI Auto-Duration" and the length will be determined by the instructions you paste into the "Drafting Strategy". Be careful you don't give it conflicting advice i.e. don't set this to 60 seconds and in your custom prompt ask for a 5 minute video script.

Drafting Strategy - this is your custom prompt. It works exactly like asking any AI to generate content for you. You can be as creative and as specific as you want to be here. If you want to inject the Name / Topic of the production you can use [TOPIC] anywhere in the prompt (it's optional). If you want to select a ready made prompt, click on the "Templates" library icon. There you can select a system made prompt or find any of your own custom prompts you've saved into the software.

Generate AI Draft - Clicking the "Generate AI Draft" will generate the script based on your prompt which will appear in the scriptwriter once it's finished. You can accept this as is or edit it as needed. You can also change / edit your prompts and regenerate a new script. This is usually very fast but it depends entirely on the API connection.

Voice Talent (Generate Audio):

Once you're happy with your script you can convert it into a voice over.

Voice Talents - Select a voice talent from the list of names in the drop down menu. You can use the small play button next to the drop down to get a "sample" of what they sound like. There might be a small delay here as it connects with the API.

Voice Direction - this is entirely optional (and a bit experimental). You can try and guide the voice with a specific instruction:  "talk in a soft sleepy tone", "talk like you're giving a speech from a podium", etc. This can help to alter the cadence and tone of voice to make it slightly more unique.

Generate Audio - clicking the "Generate Audio" button will send the script to Gemini to convert to audio. This can take some time depending on the length of the script. If your script is long it can take several minutes so be patient. Keep in mind it's going to "voice" your script exactly as it appears in the scriptwriter. Once the conversion has completed you'll see a play button you can use to listen to the narration. You can also regenerate the voice over if you need to.

Once complete the "Video Studio" button at the top right corner will become active.

Clicking that will move the production into the Video Studio.

The Video Studio

The video studio is where you'll create the images (and optional motion clips) for the various scenes in your video.

You'll notice the "Directors Floor" is the main component, with various options located to the righthand side.

• A script - the story.
• An audio track - the story narrated.
• The audio track transcribed - used for timing of (optional) captions.
• The story board - how the story will be presented to generate relevant scenes and images.
• Images and optional motion clips - the visual component. 

...fortunately, most of this is automated by Secret Studio using custom prompts.

1) Setup

Let's go through the various options located here.

Framework / Video Orientation - Select either 16:9 (YouTube) or 9:16 (Tiktok or YouTube Reels) orientation for your video. It's important you define this first as it impacts image generation aspect ratio.

Visual Bible - Global Art Style: This is your custom prompt to define the style of your images. It works exactly as it does in all AI image generation tools. This is purely for the style, not for objects or characters etc. Clicking the "Browse Styles" button will open a window of system built visual style prompts you can select. If you've created your own and saved them in the software you will also find them here.

Visual Bible - Character / Setting: This is optional but it allows you to define the overall "setting" of your video. If you're creating a video about a frog, it's possible you might get an image of a frog in a swamp, it's also possible you might get a picture of a frog in a field. One might be night time, one might be day time. If you want more consistency you could say "an ancient swamp at twilight..." and all images generated will be within that overall setting. Although not used for consistent characters and objects (see below), this can also be used to say "...with a visible full moon" and most images will also include a full moon (or any other objects you decide to mention) although they might be slightly different. You can play around with this. 

Visual Bible - Production Cast: This is optional but it allows you to bring in any consistent characters or objects you've created in the "Characters & Objects" section of the software. Clicking the "Select Cast Members" will open a window where you can select which characters and objects you'd like the AI to bring into your various scenes. In this case you could create a "frog" character and a "moon" object and have the exact same "frog" and "moon" appear in your images.

Visual Bible - Negative Exclusions: This is optional but it allows you to ask the AI not to do something. "Do not include text or words". "Do not add borders around images". etc.

Pacing Engine: These options define how many scenes (images) your overall video will have. There are 4 options...

1. Relaxed - will create a scene every 12 - 15 seconds.
2. Standard - will create a scene every 5 - 8 seconds.
3.  Hyper - will create a scene every 2 - 4 seconds (useful for shorts and reels).
4. Custom - here you can select exactly how many scenes. Use the slider to determine how many you want.

...the pacing engine works based on the overall length of your audio file. So if your audio is 1 minute (60 seconds) long, and you ask for 10 scenes, you'll get a new scene every 6 seconds. You can play around here, and you can also change these and regenerate the storyboard.

Generate AI Storyboard: Clicking this button will generate a storyboard for your video which will appear to the left. What's happening here is Secret Studio is sending everything you've created to far (and your various settings) and asking the AI to break this story up into relevant scenes, with relevant image prompts (and matching motion prompts), that match the timing of what is been spoken about in the audio.

2) Sync

This section is purely related to captions. If you don't want to give your video captions you can ignore it. If you want to use captions, you probably won't need to use this either. 

It's there incase the AI makes a spelling mistake when transcribing the audio. If it heard the word "dog" instead of "frog", you can edit "frog" back into "dog" here. Usually it's 99% accurate so you wont need to do this. 

The individual cards you see here are the timing for when each group of captions will be displayed on the screen. You can merge the timing cards into bigger chunks of captions (more captions will appear at that time), or snip them to reduce them (less caption text on screen).

3) Design

This section is where you can determine the motion settings for your video (and whether you want to include captions or not).

Motion Engine:

This has three different options...

1. Auto Drift. This is the default. It adds random "Ken Burns" effects to your static image scenes. In most cases you can leave it set to this and each image will have a random motion added to it (slow pan left, slow pan right etc.).
2. Directional: This gives you slightly more control. If you want every image to "slow pan left" in your video then you could do that here. If set to random it's basically doing the same thing as the "Ken Burns" effect.
3. Static: All of your image scenes will just be static without any motion.

Film Stock / Lenses:

If you want to you can apply a lens to your video (black and white / vintage grain etc.) you can do that here.

Transitions:

This is set to random by default. It will add a random transition between each scene. If you wanted all scenes to only "slide right" you could do that here. You can also modify the timing of the transitions to make them longer or shorter than the 1 second default. If set to "none" there will be no transition, and scene 1 image will hard cut to scene 2 image etc.

Captions:

Here you can select to add captions to the video. If on you can change the color, font, size, and where they will appear on the video (bottom, middle or top). If you would like the Karaoke effect (each word is highlight when being spoke, as accurate as it can be), you can also toggle this on here too.

The Storyboard

The storyboard is where you'll really start to see your video coming to life.

Each scene has been created and split into a time sequence / scene "card". Each scene card has several components:

1. The image position for the scene to the left (nothing there yet - "Pending Visual").
2. A "prompt to generate the image" for the scene.
3. A "prompt to convert the image into a motion clip" for the scene.

...the following information applies to each scene card, so you only need to know how it works for the first one.

Generating Images:

If you mouse over the image position for the first scene (on the left of the first "card" - "Prompt Visual") you'll see a "Generate" icon (circular arrow icon). Clicking that will generate the first image, for your first scene. This image is being generated based on 3 things...

1. The visual style you already defined (global art style).
2. The Character / Setting instructions you included (if you did).
3. The image generation prompt "Visual Strategy".

Visual Strategy: Secret Studio has already analyzed everything up until this point. It knows your video script, your audio, the transcription of the audio, and will generate a relevant "image generation prompt" for the scene at the right time.

Click the "Generate" (circular arrow icon) to generate the image for your first scene. If you don't like the outcome, you can edit the "Visual Strategy" prompt as you like. It's works exactly the same way you would prompt any AI image generation service. You can modify this prompt and click the Generate icon again to generate something else until you are happy.

Note: You can also modify your "Global Art Style",  "Character Setting", "Production Cast" and "Negative Exclusion" prompts to try different things until you are happy, then regenerate the image for the scene. Modifying any of those custom prompts will be applied live.

If you're happy with what you see you can click the "Generate All Images" button at the bottom right (below the "Generate AI Storyboard" button). It will generate each image for each scene based on the settings you've defined, scene by scene, until complete.

Motion Strategy: This only applies if you plan to convert images into motion clips. This costs around $0.30 each time you click this button, so just be aware. For each image scene, Secret Studio also generates an "image to motion" prompt. If you want to do this mouse over the image you created in the scene card and click the "Film" icon. It will convert the image you have generated into an 8 section "motion clip" based on the instructions inside here. This prompt works exactly the same way you would prompt any "image to video" AI generation service. You can modify the prompt as you please to instruct the AI to generate the motion based on your image. You can also edit this prompt and regenerate a video if you don't like the results.

• Hold / Loop: Motion clips are 8 seconds long (this can be extended in the future update). If your scene is 10 seconds long we need to determine what to do with that extra 2 seconds. By default Secret Studio will "Hold". It will start with the static image for the first 2 seconds then for the remaining 8 seconds the "motion" will come to life. If you would prefer to "loop" the motion clip you can select that option and the motion clips will loop, although this can look odd.

If you generate a motion clip, the original image still exists. Clicking the "Still | Motion" toggle on the image or video will switch between the two. Whatever toggle you have selected at the time of rendering the final video will be the one used in the scene.

You can bulk generate motion clips. Click the "Generate All Images" button at the bottom right (below the "Generate AI Storyboard" button). It will generate the motion clips for each scene based on the settings you've defined, scene by scene, until complete.

Studio Monitor:

The studio monitor is a simple video preview player.

It will update in real-time as you change various settings (turn captions on or off, or as new scene images are generated).

Clicking the "Detach" link at the top will detach it from the sidebar allowing you to move it around the screen. Clicking "Dock" will dock it back into place. Clicking "Theater" will increase the size.

Rendering The Video

Once you're happy with everything it's time to render the video into an MP4 file.

Export Final Video:

Click the "Export Final Video" button at the top right hand side will present you with two options.

1. Station Focus - this will render the video inside the software (you can watch the progress).
2. Background Pipeline - this will render the video in the background allowing you to continue with other tasks while it happens. When background rendering a small "Activity Hub" will appear on the left hand side menu of the software with a spinning icon. Clicking that will open a small card where you can see the progress. Once complete you can open / play the video to watch it or click the folder icon to open it in the folder on your computer.

...you can re-render videos as much as you like if you decide to change things.

Where Are My Videos Stored?

You'll find them saved into an "Exports" folder at "Documents" > "Secret Studio" > "Projects" > "Project Name" > "Exports".

Once you've rendered at least one video for the production, you'll also see a "Video" play button appear back in the "Production Current Workflow" section of your "Production Hub". Clicking that will open and play the latest version. You'll also see two icons, one will open the relevant exports folder, the other the image assets folder. You can copy your final video from here to upload to YouTube or wherever you like.

Characters & Objects (Consistent Characters)

In this section of the software you can create consistent characters and objects to inject into your video scenes.

You can create as many of these as you like.

Character / Object: Select whether you're creating a character or object. This is simply a method to help organize you creations and filter / find them later.

Name: Give your character or object a meaningful reference name. "Tom", "Jane", "Red Race Car".

Slug: Secret Studio will automatically create a slug you can use inside your image and motion generation prompts. If you call your character "Tom" the slug will become [TOM]. You can then add the character to your storyboard and use [TOM] inside your image prompts...

"[TOM] is driving [REDRACECAR] whilst [JANE] is cheering him on in the background".

Visual Description: This is where you describe the character or object you want to create.

You want to generate a standalone character or object, on a white background, without other "objects" or "unnecessary distractions". This feature is designed to do that but it's not perfect 100% of the time and it depends entirely on what you write here (if you prompt it with conflicting instructions).

For example a "Red Panda" should just be a "Red Panda" on a white background and NOT a "Red Panda Standing On A Tree Branch".

If your character is standing on a tree branch you might find it standing on a tree branch in every scene you add it too, which might not make sense. Secret Studio is smart enough to say "[REDPANADA] is sitting on a tree branch eating leaves". Or "[REDPANDA] is shopping in the mall..." Or "[REDPANDA] is shooting a machine gun...".

Art Style: This is the image style prompt. Use whatever you like here or select an option from the style library.

Generate Concept: Clicking this will generate the character or object. If you like it you can save it to the vault (the righthand side) or discard it, make changes and try again.

Upload Reference Image:

This allows you to upload any image to use as a character or object. For example for accurate product videos you could download the actual product images from Amazon and upload them here. Keep in mind it's best these are also distraction free and on a white background.

The LookDev Lab

The LookDev Lab is simply a playground where you can test different image styles and prompts outside of the video studio in order to dial in the aesthetic you're going for. You can also save combinations you like for future reference.

Subject - Enter instructions to describe the image you want to generate OR click the small dice button above the input box to auto generate an idea. i.e. "An astronaut playing a flaming electric guitar on the surface of Mars". You can also use the magic enhance button to enhance your initial prompt further.

Style - This is the actual image style you would like. i.e. "Massive scale landscape, 600mm telephoto lens, cinematic golden hour atmosphere, extreme detail, sharp focus, atmospheric fog, majestic nature documentary aesthetic". You can enter anything you like here or select a prebuilt style by clicking the "Styles Library" icon.

Character / Setting Bible - This describes the images overall all setting. It's optional, but it's useful if you want to give a consistent background setting to your images. i.e. "Warm sunlit living room, oversized comfortable furniture, many house plants, sleeping cat on a rug, wooden interior, peaceful wilderness retreat". You can enter anything you like here or select a prebuilt style by clicking the "Profiles Library" icon.

...clicking the test button will generate an image which will appear on the right hand side. You also have the option to convert that image into a motion clip. Simply enter a prompt to describe how you want to animate the image and click the "Animate Image" button. This will also appear to the right (your original image is kept as a separate entity).

The "Recents" strip along the bottom shows your most recent creations. Clicking any image will bring it back into focus. All images and video clips are also saved into "The Vault" for future reference. Clicking any image or motion clip inside the vault will bring up the details you used to create them.

Prompt Library

This section contains predefined system prompts for video scripts, image styles, and character settings.

These are read only as they will be updated and reset in future updates to Secret Studio.

It's here to give you a starting ground and prompt structure / crafting ideas. Not every video script prompt has been tested for it's final output so mileage (output quality as a video script) might vary.

This section contains predefined system prompts for video scripts, image styles, and character settings.

Preferences

This section allows to to save your own unique custom prompts for video scripts, image styles, and character settings.

These will then appear in the library modals throughout the software so you can quickly select them and use them. We recommend you also save your custom prompts into a backup file somewhere else on your computer outside of Secret Studio (a word or text document).

This section allows to to save your own unique custom prompts for video scripts, image styles, and character settings.

These will then appear in the library modals throughout the software so you can quickly select them and use them. We recommend you also save your custom prompts into a backup file somewhere else on your computer outside of Secret Studio (a word or text document).

Quick Start

Secret Studio AI uses Google’s Gemini as its primary AI engine.

Gemini powers almost everything inside the software:

• Writing video scripts

• Generating voice overs

• Transcribing audio

• Creating storyboards

• Generating images

• Converting images into motion clips

Getting Your API Key

To use Secret Studio, you need an API key from Google AI Studio.

1. Log in or create an account.

2. Click “Get API Key” (bottom left).

3. Click “Create API Key” (top right).

4. Give it any name.

5. Copy and store the key somewhere safe.

Inside Secret Studio:

• Go to System Settings

• Paste the API key

• Click Test

• Save

That activates all standard features.

Important: Read the next section before creating your first video.

Rate Limits & $300 Free Credits

When you first create your API key, you’ll be on Gemini’s Free Tier.

The Free Tier has strict daily limits (approximately 10 images per day and no image-to-motion generation). It’s fine for testing, but not practical for creating full videos.

Unlocking Higher Limits

To remove most restrictions, connect billing through Google Cloud Console.

You will receive US $300 in free API credits.

These credits are used before you are charged anything.

Tip: Set a billing quota (for example $5). If you ever use all your free credits, your maximum charge will be limited to that amount.

$300 in credits is enough to create several hundred videos depending on your settings.

Increasing Rate Limits Further

For most users, “Paid Tier 1” is more than enough.

If you plan to generate large volumes of images or motion clips very quickly, you can move to higher tiers:

• $250 spend → Paid Tier 2

• $1,000 spend → Paid Tier 3

Important: There is no limit inside Secret Studio itself. If you hit errors during image or motion generation, it is almost always a rate limit issue with your API key — not the software.

The higher your paid tier, the more you can create simultaneously.

Creating Your First Video

A complete video requires:

• A script

• A narrated audio track

• Transcription (for caption timing)

• A storyboard

• Images (and optional motion clips)

Secret Studio automates most of this process.

Projects & Productions

Projects

Projects are containers used to organize your videos.

For example:

• One project per YouTube channel

• One project per client

• One project per niche (e.g., “Car Reviews”)

Inside each project, you create individual videos called Productions.

Create a New Project

1. Go to the Projects tab.

2. Click New Project.

3. Add a name and optional description.

4. Click Open Studio.

Create a New Production

1. Click New Production.

2. Give it a meaningful name.

3. Click Create Entry.

You’ll see it appear in the Current Workflow section.

Important: The production name is passed to the AI and influences the topic.
“Cats” is fine.
“Ginger Cats” is better if that’s what you’re making.

You can also inject the topic into prompts using the [TOPIC] tag.

Start Production

Click Start Production.

You’ll see three options:

• AI Scriptwriter

• Audio Vault

• Music Studio

For most users, start with AI Scriptwriter.

The AI Scriptwriter

This is where your video begins.

You can:

• Write your script manually

• Paste an existing script

• Generate one using AI

On the right side you’ll see:

• Main Subject

• Editorial Focus

• Voice Talent

Editorial Focus (Custom Prompt)

This is where you instruct the AI how to write your script.

Target Duration

Choose a target duration for your video.

If you select AI Auto-Duration, the AI will determine length based on your instructions.

Important: Do not give conflicting instructions.
If you set duration to 60 seconds but ask for a 5-minute script in your prompt, results may be unpredictable.

Drafting Strategy

This is your custom prompt.

It works like any AI prompt. Be specific. Be clear. Be intentional.

You can use [TOPIC] inside your prompt if you want the production name injected automatically.

You can also select templates from the Templates library.

Generate AI Draft

Click Generate AI Draft.

The script will appear in the editor.

You can:

• Accept it

• Edit it

• Modify your prompt and regenerate

Generation speed depends entirely on API response time.

Voice Talent (Generate Audio)

Once your script is ready, you can generate narration.

Voice Talents

Choose a voice from the dropdown.
Use the preview button to hear a sample.

Voice Direction (Optional)

You can guide tone and style:

• “Speak in a calm documentary tone.”

• “Energetic YouTube presenter style.”

• “Soft bedtime storytelling.”

Results vary — this is experimental.

Generate Audio

Click Generate Audio.

Long scripts can take several minutes.

The AI will read your script exactly as written.

Tip: Remove unwanted formatting or unusual punctuation before generating voiceover.

Once complete, the Video Studio button becomes active.

ElevenLabs (Optional)

Secret Studio also supports ElevenLabs voice generation, giving you access to 3,000+ voices and voice cloning.

This requires:

• A separate API key

• Additional cost

Enter your ElevenLabs key in System Settings and select it as your Voice Creation service.

You can switch back to Gemini at any time.

The Video Studio

This is where your visuals are created.

The main workspace is called the Director’s Floor.

1) Setup

Video Orientation

Choose:

• 16:9 (YouTube)

• 9:16 (Shorts, Reels, TikTok)

Set this first. It affects image generation aspect ratio.

Visual Bible – Global Art Style

This defines your image style only.

Examples:

• Cinematic documentary

• Watercolor illustration

• Hyper-realistic photography

This does not control objects or characters — only style.

Visual Bible – Character / Setting

Optional, but powerful.

This defines the overall environment.

Example:
“Ancient swamp at twilight with mist and visible full moon.”

All scenes will follow this setting.

Visual Bible – Production Cast

This lets you inject consistent characters and objects you’ve created.

If you’ve created a character called [FROG], it will appear consistently across scenes.

Visual Bible – Negative Exclusions

Use this to prevent unwanted results.

Examples:

• “Do not include text.”

• “No borders.”

• “No watermarks.”

Pacing Engine

Controls how many scenes your video has.

• Relaxed → 12–15 seconds per scene

• Standard → 5–8 seconds

• Hyper → 2–4 seconds

• Custom → Set exact number

The pacing is based on your audio length.

Example:
60-second audio + 10 scenes = new scene every 6 seconds.

Generate AI Storyboard

This breaks your script into timed scene cards.

Each card includes:

• Image prompt

• Motion prompt

• Caption timing

Secret Studio analyzes your script, audio, and settings to build this automatically.

2) Sync (Captions)

This section is optional.

If captions are enabled, this allows you to fix transcription mistakes.

Example:
If “frog” was transcribed as “dog,” you can correct it here.

You can also merge or split caption timing blocks.

3) Design

Motion Engine

• Auto Drift → Random Ken Burns effects

• Directional → Controlled motion

• Static → No motion

Most users can leave Auto Drift enabled.

Film Stock / Lenses

Apply stylistic filters like black and white or vintage grain.

Transitions

Set to random by default.

You can:

• Choose a specific transition

• Adjust duration

• Turn transitions off

Captions

Enable or disable captions.

Customize:

• Font

• Size

• Color

• Position

• Karaoke highlighting

The Storyboard

This is where your video comes to life.

Each scene card includes:

• Image slot

• Image generation prompt

• Motion generation prompt

Generating Images

Hover over a scene’s image slot and click Generate.

The result is based on:

1. Global Art Style

2. Character / Setting

3. Scene-specific prompt

If you don’t like the result, edit the prompt and regenerate.

Tip: Finalize your Global Style before bulk generating all images.

Click Generate All Images to render the entire storyboard at once.

Motion Strategy (Optional)

Converts images into 8-second motion clips.

Important: Each generation costs approximately $0.30. Regenerating repeatedly increases API usage.

You can edit the motion prompt before generating.

Hold vs Loop

Motion clips are 8 seconds.

If your scene is longer:

• Hold → Static image first, then motion

• Loop → Motion repeats

Looping can look unnatural in some cases.

Rendering the Final Video

Click Export Final Video.

You’ll see two options:

• Station Focus → Render inside the software

• Background Pipeline → Render in background

Background mode allows you to continue working.

You can re-render as many times as needed.

Where Videos Are Stored

Videos are saved to:

Documents → Secret Studio → Projects → Project Name → Exports

After rendering, a play button appears in your Production Hub.

You’ll also see:

• Export folder icon

• Image assets folder icon

Characters & Objects (Consistent Assets)

This section lets you create reusable characters and objects.

Best Practice for Characters

Generate characters on a clean white background with no props.

Important:
If you create “Red Panda standing on a tree branch,” that branch may appear in every scene.

Keep descriptions neutral and distraction-free.

Slug System

Each character gets a slug:

Example:
Character name: Tom
Slug: [TOM]

You can use this inside prompts:

“[TOM] is driving [REDCAR] through the desert.”

LookDev Lab

This is a playground for testing image styles outside production.

You can:

• Test prompts

• Experiment with styles

• Generate motion clips

• Save successful combinations

All results are stored in The Vault.

Prompt Library

Contains predefined system prompts for:

• Video scripts

• Image styles

• Character settings

These are read-only and updated over time.

Use them as starting points.

Preferences

Save your own custom prompts here.

They will appear throughout the software for quick access.

Recommendation: Also back up your prompts outside Secret Studio (Word or text document).

Final Notes

Secret Studio itself does not limit how much you can create.

If you encounter generation errors, it is almost always related to:

• API rate limits

• Billing tier restrictions

• Credit exhaustion

Once properly configured, you can scale video production significantly.