How To Create Pixar-Style AI Generated Video

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Not long ago, creating a Pixar-style animated short would’ve required a team of artists, expensive software, and months of work.

Now? One person. One laptop. And a handful of powerful AI tools.

In this guide, you’ll learn exactly how to create your own high-quality animated video—from generating characters that look like they belong in a Disney film, to animating them, making them talk, and scoring the whole thing with an original soundtrack.

You don’t need animation experience. You don’t need a design background. You just need an idea—and a willingness to try.

Let’s walk through it, step by step...

What You’ll Need

• Midjourney – AI image generator for creating characters and scenes
• Pixverse – AI video tool that animates still images
• Kling – AI lipsync tool for making characters talk
• Udio – AI music generator for creating custom soundtracks
• Basic video editing software – (e.g., CapCut, Premiere Pro, Final Cut, or any free video editor)

Step 1: Generate Your Character and Scene Art with Midjourney

Midjourney is an AI tool that turns text prompts into incredibly detailed images.

1. Go to Midjourney.com and log in or create an account.
2. Once you're signed in, click on the "Create" tab to access the prompt input.
3. Type a prompt like: a Pixar-style young boy, big expressive eyes, colorful background, cinematic lighting
4. Let Midjourney generate four variations of your prompt.
5. Click on the version you like best, then choose to upscale and download it.

This image will become the starting frame for one of your scenes.

Keep Your Character Consistent Using Omni Reference

Once you’ve created your main character, you’ll want them to look the same across every scene.

That’s where Omni Reference comes in.

This powerful feature in Midjourney Version 7 allows you to upload an image—like your original character design—and use it as a reference so that future images stay consistent with that look.

How to Use Omni Reference in the Midjourney Web App:

1. Go to Midjourney.com and make sure you're using Version 7.
2. Click the image icon in the prompt bar to open your upload library.
3. Upload your character reference image, or select one you’ve already uploaded.
4. Drag and drop your image into the section labeled "Omni Reference".
5. Type your prompt to describe the new scene, for example: Pixar-style boy standing in a forest with dappled sunlight, soft cinematic lighting
6. Adjust the Omni Reference Weight slider if needed. A value around 100–300 usually works well for style consistency without being too rigid.
7. Click Submit to generate your new image with the same character in a different setting.

Tips for Better Results:

• Always include a full prompt describing the scene. The reference image helps with consistency, but text is still important for setting and action.
• If you want a different style than your original image, mention it at both the start and end of your prompt (e.g., “in Pixar style”).
• For multiple scenes, repeat this process with the same reference image and vary your prompts to match the story progression.

Using Omni Reference ensures that your character looks like the same person across every scene you create, making the final animation feel seamless and professional.

Step 2: Animate Your Scenes with Pixverse

Once you have your key image for each scene, use Pixverse to animate them:

1. Go to Pixverse and create an account.
2. Select the image-to-video feature.
3. Upload your Midjourney image.
4. Enter a prompt that describes how you want the image to move. Example: A slow camera zoom-in on the character as they look up, with slight background motion
5. Download your animated clip.
6. Repeat for each scene you want to animate.

Step 3: Make Your Character Talk with Kling

Kling is an advanced AI video tool that has a fun feature which allows you to take a static image and an audio clip—and turn it into a video of a talking character with natural mouth movement and expressions. No animation skills required.

How to Use Kling:

1. Go to Kling.ai.
2. Upload your Midjourney character image as the visual input.
3. Upload or record a voiceover file—this can be your voice or AI-generated narration.
4. Kling will process the image and audio together, automatically animating the mouth and adding subtle facial expressions that match the speech.
5. Once it’s finished, download the new video of your character speaking.

Tips for Best Results:

• Use a forward-facing image with a clear view of the character’s face.
• Shorter voice clips (under 15–30 seconds) work best for timing and realism.
• Keep background visuals simple so the focus stays on the character’s face and lipsync.

This one step alone can instantly make your video feel more lifelike—and it’s one of the easiest ways to add serious storytelling power to your animation.

Step 4: Generate Custom Music with Udio

Now it’s time to score your video. Udio lets you generate music that fits the exact tone of your scene:

1. Go to Udio and sign up.
2. Type a prompt like: emotional cinematic orchestral music, soft piano, hopeful
3. Preview and download the music track you like.

Step 5: Edit Everything Together

Now it’s time to bring everything together in your video editor:

1. Open CapCut, Premiere Pro, iMovie, or any video editor you like.
2. Import your animated scenes from Pixverse and Kling.
3. Arrange them in order to tell your story.
4. Layer in your Udio music underneath the video timeline.
5. Trim, adjust timing, and add any extra transitions or effects as needed.
6. Export your final Pixar-style animated short film.

Tips for Best Results

• Keep your characters visually simple and consistent for better animation.
• Write a quick storyboard to map out each scene before generating images.
• Use short sentences for voiceovers so lipsync stays tight.
• Experiment with Udio prompts to match the energy of each scene.
• Keep your final video short—30 to 60 seconds is perfect for social media.

Final Thoughts

What used to take months, money, and teams of professionals—you can now do solo, with AI. It’s not just a new way to create. It’s a new era of storytelling.

So if you’ve got an idea, a character, or a story you’ve always wanted to tell—this is your sign.

The tools are here. The gatekeepers are gone.

It's time to start building...