{"id":267030,"date":"2026-10-09T05:40:49","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T12:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/?p=267030"},"modified":"2026-10-09T05:40:49","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T12:40:49","slug":"heygen-video-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/heygen-video-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"HeyGen Video explained: give it a photo, a clip, and a song"},"content":{"rendered":"

HeyGen Video<\/a> is a text-to-video model in Picsart AI Playground. It makes short clips with the sound already built in.<\/strong> It works from three kinds of input: a written prompt, an optional first-frame image, and up to 12 references in any mix of images, video, and audio. This guide covers each input and setting. It also compares HeyGen Video with an avatar tool and walks through a first HeyGen text to video clip.<\/p>\n

What is HeyGen Video?<\/span><\/h2>\n

HeyGen Video generates picture and sound in the same run. Describe a scene, and the clip comes back with its audio included. Nobody has to add a voiceover or music track afterward.<\/p>\n

Clips last 5 to 15 seconds. They come out at 480p or 768p, in seven aspect ratios plus an adaptive option. The model sits in Picsart AI Playground, so a finished clip can go straight into editing.<\/p>\n

What sets this HeyGen AI video generator apart is how much it accepts besides text. A prompt alone works. Files can show what words struggle to describe, like a product’s exact shape or the mood of a soundtrack.<\/p>\n

How HeyGen Video works, from input to clip<\/span><\/h2>\n

Every HeyGen Video clip starts from the same three ingredients. Only the prompt is required. The other two add control.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Input<\/th>\nRequired?<\/th>\nWhat it controls<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Text prompt<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nThe action, the scene, and what should be heard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
First-frame image<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nHow the clip opens<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
References (up to 12)<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nHow the subjects, settings, and sound look and feel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n

All of them go into one generation, which returns one clip. Video and audio arrive in a single pass. So a prompt that mentions rain, footsteps, or a caf\u00e9 hum comes back with those sounds attached.<\/p>\n

Think of it as a small production. The prompt is the director’s note. The first frame is the opening shot. The references are the cast, the set, and the score.<\/p>\n

References explained<\/span><\/h2>\n

A reference is simply a file you upload to show the model what something should look or sound like. HeyGen Video takes up to 12 of them per clip. They can be images, video clips, audio files, or any mix of the three.<\/p>\n

How references get their names<\/h3>\n

Each reference gets a name based on the order it was uploaded: Picture 1, Video 1, and so on. The prompt uses those names to point at a file.<\/p>\n

That changes how a prompt reads. Skip “a matte sage-green ceramic mug with a thin handle and a speckled glaze.” The prompt can simply say “the mug from Picture 1.” The look lives in the file, so the sentence is free to focus on what happens.<\/p>\n

What each type of reference is for<\/h3>\n