The Tiny Desk field guide
A better video starts with a clear plan.
Understand the format, choose your cast and know what the generation will cost. Start with the practical tutorial, or find the specific answer you need below.
How to make a Tiny Desk AI video
A practical Tiny Desk AI tutorial: choose Solo or Band, prepare clear portraits, select a quality, and understand generation, audio and downloads.
What is the Tiny Desk AI trend?
Understand the Outstanding desk-concert AI format, the difference between a real performance and an AI recast, and how Solo and Band work here.
Best Tiny Desk AI Video Generators
Compare Tiny Desk AI tools by cast control, clip length, output quality, sound, price transparency and delivery. A practical checklist with sourced provider details.
The Tiny Desk AI Prompt, Shot by Shot
Explore a five-shot Tiny Desk AI prompt framework: map the cast, define reference motion, maintain identity and check continuity across the performance.
Tiny Desk AI pricing
Tiny Desk AI credit packs from $8.99. Compare 480p, 720p and 1080p video costs. No subscription; credits never expire.
Choose clear band portraits
Use one front-facing, well-lit portrait per role with the whole face visible. Avoid heavy filters, sunglasses, group shots and motion blur. The uploader checks dimensions and file size before you submit.
Cast one to five roles
Choose Solo for one lead singer photo, or Band to assign one to five photos to the lead singer, saxophonist, keyboardist and two backing vocalists. Unused Band slots can stay empty. The finished vertical band performance is 19 seconds; choose 480p, 720p or 1080p and review the credit cost before generating.
Return to your creations
Your task continues after you close the page. Open My creations to check progress and download the finished video. If finishing needs another attempt, use the recovery action on the same task.