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Make a Sneak Peek Video that hooks people before the reveal

Describe the drop or upload a product photo and Pexo builds an AI sneak peek video that shows just enough. Pick a length and an aspect ratio, then generate a scored, edited tease in minutes.

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What Pexo Does

Everything the sneak peek video generator handles

Text and image to video

Turn a prompt or a product photo into a finished sneak peek video

Start from one line of text, a product photo, or a script you already wrote. Pexo builds the shot list, generates every frame, and stitches them into one edited cut with music and captions. Text to video, image to video, and script to video all live inside the same project. You stay in plain language the whole way, with no timeline and no editor to open.

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Sneak peek video generator building a 5 second tease from a prompt inside the Pexo editor
Sneak peek video maker holding a coming soon card over a partly lit product
Built to tease

A sneak peek video maker that shows a little and holds back a lot

Pexo reveals just enough to hook attention, teases the best part, and stops before the payoff so curiosity does the work. It paces the tension across the cut and lands on a clean stay tuned line. You go from a flat announcement to a tease people actually wait on.

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Reveal control

Tease the hero shot and hide the rest

Pexo catches just enough of the product in light and shadow to make people lean in and guess, while the full reveal stays back. Hyperframe keeps the same product, character, and brand look consistent from the first frame to the last, so the tease reads as one film instead of five clips. You decide exactly how much slips out before launch.

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Sneak peek video frame with a product half lit and the reveal held back
Sneak peek video ending on a launch date card with a notify me button
Build the wait

Point the hype at a launch date

Pexo closes the tease on the moment that matters, a clean date and one next step, so the curiosity you built turns into people waiting for the drop. It scripts the ending toward a single action, whether that is a reminder, a waitlist, or a follow. Reuse the same project to create promo video cutdowns for every channel once the tease has run.

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Platform-ready

One AI sneak peek video, every aspect ratio

Pexo delivers the same tease natively in 16:9 for YouTube, 9:16 for TikTok and Reels, and 1:1 for feeds, up to 4K and anywhere from 5 to 120 seconds. Each ratio is generated for that screen instead of cropped down from one master. Post the vertical cut as an Instagram promo video and the wide cut as a YouTube promo video on the same day.

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AI sneak peek video exported in 16:9, 9:16, and 1:1 up to 4K
Loved by creators

Marketers are teasing launches with Pexo

We teased the single with a sneak peek instead of a full musician promo video and presaves doubled that week.

Marisol Ortega, Label marketing manager
Marisol Ortega
Label marketing manager

It held the reveal back exactly where I wanted it. The tease shipped Friday and the drop sold out Monday.

Dev Raman, DTC brand lead
Dev Raman
DTC brand lead

Three teases from one project, each one giving away slightly more. I never opened an editor all week.

Hannah Kwon, Social producer
Hannah Kwon
Social producer
Teaser formats

More ways to tease a launch

The same project also cuts a product promo video, an event promo video, or a music promo video for the rest of the campaign.

Sneak peek video questions, answered

What is a sneak peek video?+

A sneak peek video is a short promo video that reveals part of a product, episode, or event without showing the whole thing. It usually runs 10 to 30 seconds, ends on a stay tuned line, and lives on social feeds in the days before a launch. Brands tease drops with one, and bands cut one before a tour instead of a full band promo video.

How long should a promo video be for a sneak peek?+

Ten to thirty seconds. Pexo generates anywhere from 5 to 120 seconds, so you can cut a 12 second tease for TikTok and a 60 second version for the launch page out of the same project. Every length exports up to 4K in 16:9, 9:16, or 1:1.

Can I make a sneak peek video without filming anything?+

Yes. Describe the drop or upload one product photo and Pexo generates every shot with Seedance 2.5, Kling AI 3.0, MiniMax H3, or Happy Horse 1.0, then scores and edits the cut for you. No camera, no crew, no timeline. The finished sneak peek video comes out up to 4K.

What is the best AI tool for a sneak peek video?+

Pexo. It runs Seedance 2.5, Kling AI 3.0, MiniMax H3, and Happy Horse 1.0 behind a single AI promo video workflow and picks the model that fits the shot, so you are not guessing which one to try. Output goes up to 4K, 5 to 120 seconds, in 16:9, 9:16, and 1:1.

How is this different from a promo video or a teaser trailer?+

A sneak peek holds the reveal back on purpose. A promo video shows the whole product and a teaser trailer sells a story beat. If you want to make a promo video or a promo music video that shows everything, start from Promo Video, and use Teaser Trailer when the reveal needs a narrative arc.

How do I write a good prompt for a sneak peek video?+

Use subject plus action plus camera movement plus setting plus style. Example: matte black headphones turning slowly on a lit pedestal, slow dolly in, dark studio with one warm rim light, cinematic and moody, cutting away before the full product is visible. Put the launch date line last so Pexo closes on it.

Tease the drop and hold the reveal

Turn a prompt or a product photo into a sneak peek video that shows a little and hooks a lot.

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