What you can make with LongStories

The kinds of video, what you choose, where to watch examples before you pay, and what you cannot do.

Reviewed 2026-11-10

LongStories makes animated videos from your idea, your script, or your audio. You make each video yourself on the create page.

The kinds of video

Video Story: a story with pictures and voices. Start from an idea, a script, or a voice recording. See Start from an idea, script, or audio.
Music Video: a video built around a song. Upload a song, or make one on the Songs page. In a video made from an idea, a narrator speaks and nobody sings. For a video with singing, such as a rhyme, make a music video. See Make a song and a music video.
Explainer Video: an idea explained with animated characters and diagrams. It is in Beta. See Make an explainer video.

LongStories generates the pictures of a video. It does not film real people or places.

Characters: make your own on the Characters page, from a description or from a picture. See Use universes and consistent characters.
Look: pick a visual style, or make your own style from a description and reference images. See Choose a visual style.
Voices: a narrator, character voices, both, or no voices. See Use voices, audio, and captions.
Shape: Horizontal (16:9) or Vertical (9:16).
Animation: Mini, Fast, Pro, or Ultra. No animation makes still images only.
Length: a Video Story can be from about 15 seconds to 15 minutes. Your plan sets the limit. See How long your video can be.

To continue a story, select Next episode on a finished video in My Videos. The new episode keeps the cast, the places, and the look.

Open Community Stories. It shows public videos that people made with LongStories. You do not need an account. Select Latest, Most Viewed, or For Kids to change the list.
Open the page of a universe. Made in this universe shows videos that people made there.

Preview your video before you pay. No preview exists. The app shows the price in credits before the video starts. For a first check, make a short video. Or select No animation to get the storyboard only, then animate the shots you like in the editor. See How many credits a video costs.
Make a video on a free account. Generating a video needs a paid plan. A free account can make characters, scripts, and songs. See What a free account includes.
Upload your own video clips. The create page accepts text, a voice recording, or a song. The editor accepts your own images, but not video. You describe motion in words, not with an example video.
Continue a video made in another app. You cannot upload it. Describe the story so far in your idea, or write it in your script.
Upload your own thumbnail. The app makes the thumbnail. In My Videos, the button with three dots on a finished video has Download Thumbnail. For a Video Story or a Music Video, it also has Regenerate Thumbnail.
Use famous characters. If your story names a character or a brand from a game, a film, or a show, the page can show This request may be rejected. Select Edit story and use an original character with a different look.
Chat with a character. Characters speak only in your videos.
Ask the team to make a video for you. The support chat cannot make a video. See Where to write your story.

The kinds of video, what you choose, where to watch examples before you pay, and what you cannot do.

Reviewed 2026-11-10

LongStories makes animated videos from your idea, your script, or your audio. You make each video yourself on the create page.

Video Story: a story with pictures and voices. Start from an idea, a script, or a voice recording. See Start from an idea, script, or audio.
Music Video: a video built around a song. Upload a song, or make one on the Songs page. In a video made from an idea, a narrator speaks and nobody sings. For a video with singing, such as a rhyme, make a music video. See Make a song and a music video.
Explainer Video: an idea explained with animated characters and diagrams. It is in Beta. See Make an explainer video.

LongStories generates the pictures of a video. It does not film real people or places.

Characters: make your own on the Characters page, from a description or from a picture. See Use universes and consistent characters.
Look: pick a visual style, or make your own style from a description and reference images. See Choose a visual style.
Voices: a narrator, character voices, both, or no voices. See Use voices, audio, and captions.
Shape: Horizontal (16:9) or Vertical (9:16).
Animation: Mini, Fast, Pro, or Ultra. No animation makes still images only.
Length: a Video Story can be from about 15 seconds to 15 minutes. Your plan sets the limit. See How long your video can be.

To continue a story, select Next episode on a finished video in My Videos. The new episode keeps the cast, the places, and the look.

Open Community Stories. It shows public videos that people made with LongStories. You do not need an account. Select Latest, Most Viewed, or For Kids to change the list.
Open the page of a universe. Made in this universe shows videos that people made there.

Preview your video before you pay. No preview exists. The app shows the price in credits before the video starts. For a first check, make a short video. Or select No animation to get the storyboard only, then animate the shots you like in the editor. See How many credits a video costs.
Make a video on a free account. Generating a video needs a paid plan. A free account can make characters, scripts, and songs. See What a free account includes.
Upload your own video clips. The create page accepts text, a voice recording, or a song. The editor accepts your own images, but not video. You describe motion in words, not with an example video.
Continue a video made in another app. You cannot upload it. Describe the story so far in your idea, or write it in your script.
Upload your own thumbnail. The app makes the thumbnail. In My Videos, the button with three dots on a finished video has Download Thumbnail. For a Video Story or a Music Video, it also has Regenerate Thumbnail.
Use famous characters. If your story names a character or a brand from a game, a film, or a show, the page can show This request may be rejected. Select Edit story and use an original character with a different look.
Chat with a character. Characters speak only in your videos.
Ask the team to make a video for you. The support chat cannot make a video. See Where to write your story.