# AI Video Ad Guides: Photos, Briefs and Tiers

> Step-by-step guides to making product video ads with AI: shooting the photo, writing the brief, choosing a quality tier and getting the grip right.

URL: https://advideolab.com/blog/category/guides

Blog / Guides

## Guides to making video ads with AI

Practical walkthroughs for each step between a product photo and a finished ad: how to shoot a photo the model can trust, how to write a brief that sells instead of describes, which quality tier fits which job, and how to get details like a hand holding the product right. Each guide is written from what we see in real renders, with the settings we used.

5 articles

- [Oct 13, 2026 **Product Photo Checklist for AI Video: 12 Points** What makes a product photo animate well in image to video tools, with a 12-point checklist, a phone shooting setup and a table of fixes for common problems.](https://advideolab.com/blog/product-photo-checklist-for-ai-video)
- [Sep 8, 2026 **How to Make UGC Ads With AI: A Step-by-Step Guide** Pick a clean product photo, choose who is on camera, write a five-part brief, render 10 to 15 seconds and test three hooks. Here is each step in detail.](https://advideolab.com/blog/how-to-make-ugc-ads-with-ai-2026)
- [Aug 18, 2026 **How to Write AI Video Prompts That Actually Sell** Make the decisions a director would: the idea, what must not change about the product, timed shots, the look, the sound and the exact words spoken.](https://advideolab.com/blog/how-to-write-video-prompts-that-sell)
- [Jul 21, 2026 **Brand Voice for AI Ads: How to Make Every Video Sound Like You** Give the AI specifics it can't fake: what makes you different, your customers' own words, banned words and a past winning script. Then correct and rate it.](https://advideolab.com/blog/brand-voice-on-brand-ai-ads)
- [Jun 23, 2026 **Choosing an Image-to-Video Model for Product Ads: What Actually Matters** Judge image to video models for ads on product fidelity first, then hands and faces, length and resolution, how much brief they read, and price per second.](https://advideolab.com/blog/choosing-an-image-to-video-model-for-product-ads)

### Put it into practice

- [Product video generator](https://advideolab.com/product-video-generator)
- [Ad script generator](https://advideolab.com/tools/ad-script-generator)