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Wan 2.2 Video Generation Guide

Wan 2.2 is our glow-up for AI video: faster renders, smarter motion, and prompts that feel like you’re directing a real crew. Let’s break down the new tricks and how to steer them. 🎬

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What’s New in Wan 2.2 🚀

  • Cinema-grade control — Lighting, lenses, and shot design respond to natural cinematography language.
  • Smoother motion — Athletic moves, hero shots, and subtle acting land without the wobble.
  • Sharper realism — The model keeps subjects on mark, even in busy scenes.
  • Quicker turnaround — Iterations ship faster, so experimenting never feels like waiting on renders.

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Prompt Recipes 🍳

Prompts are the script for every clip. Choose the formula that matches your comfort level, then layer detail as you experiment.

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Quick Text-to-Video Formula

Prompt = Subject + Scene + Motion
  • Subject — Who or what we’re looking at (person, creature, object).
  • Scene — The setting, foreground to background.
  • Motion — How everything moves (walking through rain, floating gently).
Perfect when you’re prototyping ideas or riffing on inspiration.

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Advanced Control Stack

Prompt = Subject (Description) + Scene (Description) + Motion (Description) + Aesthetic Control + Stylization
  • Subject description — Key traits (A black-haired Miao girl in embroidered attire).
  • Scene description — Environmental details and vibe.
  • Motion description — Tempo and character of the movement (slow spin, glass shattering on impact).
  • Aesthetic control — Cinematography cues: lighting, camera angles, lenses, shot sizes.
  • Stylization — The finishing coat (cyberpunk, watercolor, post-apocalyptic).
Stacking these gives you frame-to-frame consistency and lets you direct like a DP.

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Image-to-Video Flow 🖼️➡️🎬

Prompt = Motion Description + Camera Movement With an input image, your subject, scene, and style are already locked. Focus on:
  • Motion description — What changes in the scene and how fast (character waves slowly, petals swirl around her).
  • Camera movement — Moves like dolly in, pan left, or call out a static shot for a locked camera.
🔖 Sample starter prompt
A black-haired Miao girl in traditional embroidered clothing stands on a misty mountain terrace at sunrise, slow breathing, petals drifting in the wind, cinematic lighting, soft focus, pan left

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Cinematic Dials 🎥

Use these levers to sculpt the look:
  • Light source — Direction and intensity of key lights.
  • Lighting style — Natural, studio, neon, or mixed setups.
  • Time of day — Morning haze, golden hour, midnight city glow.
  • Shot size — Extreme close-up, medium shot, wide establishing.
  • Composition — Rule of thirds, symmetry, leading lines.
  • Lens choice — Focal length cues (35mm prime, anamorphic) and their impact.
  • Color tone — Warm nostalgia, cold sci-fi blue, monochrome noir.

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Motion & Emotion Controls 💃

  • Action speed — Call out how fast or dramatic the motion should feel.
  • Character emotion — Specify facial expressions and body language.
  • Basic camera moves — Pan, tilt, zoom, dolly.
  • Advanced choreography — Multi-part moves like steadicam orbit or drone swoop.

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Style Finishing Touches 🎨

  • Visual style — Realistic, anime, painterly, voxel, sketch.
  • Effects — Lens flares, motion blur, grain, glitch, color grading passes.

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Success Checklist ✅

  • Start simple. Validate the concept with the basic formula first.
  • Layer specifics. Add adjectives, motion notes, and camera language for precision.
  • Reference cinema. Borrow from shot lists, director notes, or favorite scenes.
  • Iterate fast. Generate variants, keep the keepers, and tweak what misses.
  • Stay curious. Swap prompts, remix styles, and treat each render like a storyboard panel.
Have fun directing—Wan 2.2 is ready to roll whenever you yell “Action!” 🎥✨