Learn AI filmmaking with
M Studio tutorials
Go from a simple idea to a fully produced film. Follow our structured video course, kickstart your workspace with template presets, or explore community examples.
Step-by-step video course
Click a tutorial step on the right to play the lesson inline.
Log in and start a film
Log in to M Studio and start your first film.
Start from a template
Start your film from a template. Answer a few questions and M Studio writes the script and draws every shot.
Films made in M Studio
Real storyboards and finished films made entirely in M Studio.
Written guides
Read our in-depth procedural playbooks on character creation, storyboards, exports, and workflows.
Welcome to Studio AI
Your journey to AI filmmaking starts here
Learn what Studio AI is, how AI-powered film production works, and what you can create — from your first written story to a finished, fully voiced storyboard.
Create Your First Project
From idea to storyboard in minutes
A step-by-step walkthrough of your first AI film project: write your story, generate a script, build the storyboard, and watch your scenes come together.
Understanding the Interface
Navigate Studio AI like a pro
A complete tour of the Studio AI interface — the canvas, timeline, sidebar panels, and the keyboard shortcuts that speed up your everyday storyboard work.
Choosing the Right Resolution
Landscape, portrait, or square?
Compare landscape, portrait, and square formats, and learn which resolution suits cinema, social, and client delivery before you start generating frames.
AI Script Generation
Let AI write your screenplay
Write story descriptions that produce compelling AI screenplays, with clean scene breakdowns, structured shot lists, and dialogue you can actually direct.
Generating Your First Image
From prompt to stunning visual
Generate your first high-quality frame image, and learn how prompt structure, style, lighting, and detail combine to shape the look of your opening shot.
Writing Effective Image Prompts
The art of prompt engineering
Master prompts that generate exactly the image you envision. Learn how style, composition, lighting, and detail combine to control the look of every frame.
Maintaining Character Consistency
Keep your characters looking the same
Use reference images to keep faces, wardrobe, and proportions consistent across every frame, so your characters hold up from shot to shot in every scene.
Image Editing & Inpainting
Fix and enhance your generated images
Use the built-in editor to mask and regenerate any part of a frame. Fix details, swap props, and refine a single shot without regenerating the whole image.
Using the AI Image Studio
Your creative command center
A deep dive into the AI Image Studio: generate, edit, inpaint, and manage reference images all from one place, without ever breaking your storyboard flow.
Uploading Custom Images
Use your own artwork
Upload your own artwork, photos, or concept art to use as frame backgrounds, or as reference images that steer AI generation toward your established look.
Image Generation Best Practices
Pro tips for stunning visuals
Advanced techniques for consistently stunning visuals: prompt structure, reference discipline, and the working habits that separate good frames from great.
Generating Videos with Veo 3
Bring your images to life
Use Google Veo 3 to turn static storyboard frames into cinematic motion, with control over shot length, camera behavior, and what the model handles best.
Writing Effective Motion Prompts
Control camera and movement
Master motion prompts that control camera movement, subject action, and overall scene dynamics, so every shot moves the way you actually intended it to.
Video Duration & Settings
Perfect timing for every scene
Set the right clip duration for every shot and tune generation settings so your pacing, motion, and generation cost all land exactly where you want them.
Regenerating & Iterating Videos
Getting the perfect take
When the first take is not right, regenerate with new prompts or settings, and learn to iterate efficiently without burning through your generation quota.
Video Generation Pro Tips
Cinematic quality results
Advanced techniques for cinematic, professional-quality video generation: shot design, motion control, and the details that make AI footage believable.
Generating AI Voiceovers
Give your characters a voice
Use ElevenLabs to generate natural-sounding voiceovers for narration and character dialogue, with control over tone, pacing, and performance delivery.
Choosing the Right Voice
Find the perfect voice for each character
Browse and preview the AI voice library to find the right match for every character and narrator, and learn what makes a voice read as genuinely authentic.
Generating Sound Effects
Add atmosphere with AI SFX
Create custom sound effects with AI, from subtle room ambience to dramatic impacts, and place them precisely on your timeline to build real atmosphere.
Adding Background Music
Set the mood with music
Upload and layer background music to shape the emotional arc of your film, with timeline placement, trimming, and volume control over every single track.
Audio Mixing Basics
Balance your sound mix
Balance voiceover, music, and sound effects: adjust levels, add fades, and use mute and solo to build a clean, balanced, professional-sounding final mix.
Timeline Basics
Arrange your story
Learn the timeline: arrange frames, sync audio to picture, and control your film pacing using the three-tier time ruler, frames track, and audio tracks.
Reordering & Managing Frames
Perfect your sequence
Drag and drop to reorder frames, insert new scenes, and manage your storyboard sequence as your edit evolves and the story gradually finds its final shape.
Ripple Editing Mode
Keep everything in sync
Use ripple editing to shift following frames and keep audio in sync automatically when you change a frame duration, with no manual re-timing required.
Exporting Your Film
Render your final video
Export your finished project as MP4, WebM, or MOV, with your choice of resolution and frame rate for festival, client, or social media delivery targets.
Export Settings Explained
Quality vs file size
Understand the trade-off between quality and file size, and learn exactly when 720p, 1080p, or 4K is the right call for your intended delivery target.
Understanding Your Usage
Track generations and storage
Monitor your AI generation usage, storage consumption, and remaining quota, so you always know exactly where your credits went and how much you have left.
Plans & Pricing Explained
Choose the right plan
Compare subscription plans, see what each one includes, and learn how pay-as-you-go credits work, so you can pick the right plan for your actual output.
Team Collaboration
Work together on projects
Invite team members, share projects, and collaborate on productions with your director, editor, and clients all working from the same shared storyboard.
