I Tried HeyGen Video 1 (Here's Everything It Can Do)

HeyGen just released its own video model, HeyGen Video 1, and it's ranked #1 on Artificial Analysis' text-to-video leaderboard.* You describe a shot, and it makes the picture and the sound, all at once. Here's everything it can do, step by step: where to find it, how to write a prompt that works, Script Enhance, the settings, and the shots it does best. The four parts of a good prompt (write it like a shot list for a film crew): 1. Who or what is in the scene, and the one thing that's happening 2. The camera: how close it is and how it moves 3. The look, mostly the light 4. The sound, and what you don't want (no music, no logos, no writing on the walls) Try HeyGen Video 1: https://www.heygen.com/models/heygen-video-1 Prompting guide: https://developers.heygen.com/docs/models/heygen-video My whole video on HeyGen Voice: https://youtu.be/PhFTbcTElok Tell me in the comments what you'd make first. I want to see it. 0:00 HeyGen Video 1, the #1 video model 0:28 What it is and the looks 0:42 Three ways to use it 0:58 Where to find it in HeyGen 1:06 Words, a first frame, or references 1:17 Write it like a shot list 2:11 Script Enhance 2:34 What came back 3:08 Length, quality and shape 3:19 What it does best (and what's harder) 3:45 Change one thing at a time 3:51 What to do with your clips 4:12 Your turn Prompts for you to try are in the pinned comment 👇 *HeyGen Video 1 ranked #1 on Artificial Analysis' text-to-video leaderboard (No Audio), as of Oct 28, 2026. *HeyGen Voice Turbo is #1 on the Artificial Analysis Controlled Voice Arena leaderboard, as of Oct 23, 2026. #HeyGen #HeyGenVideo1 #TextToVideo #AIVideo #HeyGenTutorial 👉 Try HeyGen: heygen.com/yt 🔔 Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@heygen_official?sub_confirmation=1 ⁣ Discord: https://discord.com/invite/czCNgN4yZe X: https://x.com/HeyGen Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HeyGen.FB/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/heygen/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heygen_official/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@heygen.com Content Creator @marieloumandl