# Generate a clip

> The Quick tab: engine, length, format, resolution, sound, start and end frames, takes — and what each control costs.

_Help center › Video_

1. Open Video → Quick and describe one beat — one action, one camera move. Engines render a single beat cleanly; two actions in one prompt come out as two shots crammed together.
2. Pick an engine card. Cards are either pickable, locked behind a plan (the sparkle names the plan; click it to see the plan) or "soon" when the engine is not available right now.
3. Set the length with the duration pills (each engine has its own grid), the format and the resolution in Settings, and 1 to 4 takes. The button shows the total: click Generate.

## Controls that depend on the engine

- Sound: engines that render audio show a Soundtrack switch; where sound is optional it is billed per second and the price updates as you toggle it.
- Start and end frames: the Frames block takes a first and, on engines that support it, a last image — from Creations, Storage or an upload. With a start frame the engine animates the picture.
- Seed: on engines that honour it, the same prompt, settings and seed reproduce the same take. Four takes with one seed are four identical clips.
- Avoid (negative prompt): what to keep out, on engines that read one.
- A control the engine does not support simply does not appear — nothing is silently ignored and charged.

## Length and your plan

Your plan caps the clip length: 10 s free, then Hobby 15 s, Creator 20 s, Studio 30 s, Team 30 s, Agency 30 s. Pills beyond your cap stay visible with a sparkle; clicking one opens Billing on the plan that unlocks it.

## Related

- https://eroq.ai/help/video/video-engines-and-plans — Video engines and plans
- https://eroq.ai/help/video/camera-moves-and-director-syntax — Camera moves and director syntax
- https://eroq.ai/help/video/render-queue — The render queue

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