--- title: "Tiny Desk AI template — what it is and how to use it | Tiny Desk AI" description: "The Tiny Desk AI template is a fixed 19-second, 457-frame band clip with five replaceable seats. What is locked, what you choose, and why there is no file to download." canonical_url: "https://tiny-desk-video.com/tiny-desk-ai-template" locale: en meta: "og:description": "The Tiny Desk AI template is a fixed 19-second, 457-frame band clip with five replaceable seats. What is locked, what you choose, and why there is no file to download." "og:image": "https://tiny-desk-video.com/og.jpg" "og:image:alt": "Tiny Desk AI template — what it is and how to use it — Tiny Desk AI" "og:image:height": "630" "og:image:width": "1200" "og:title": "Tiny Desk AI template — what it is and how to use it" "twitter:description": "The Tiny Desk AI template is a fixed 19-second, 457-frame band clip with five replaceable seats. What is locked, what you choose, and why there is no file to download." "twitter:image": "https://tiny-desk-video.com/og.jpg" "twitter:image:alt": "Tiny Desk AI template — what it is and how to use it — Tiny Desk AI" "twitter:title": "Tiny Desk AI template — what it is and how to use it" --- > Index of every page on this site: [llms.txt](https://tiny-desk-video.com/llms.txt) **Short answer** The Tiny Desk AI template is not a file you download — it is a fixed 19-second, 457-frame vertical clip with four hard cuts and five replaceable seats. You pick between one and five seats, add a portrait for each, and only the shots your cast appears in are rendered. Music, cuts, framing and the room never change. [**Use the template**](https://tiny-desk-video.com/#create) # The Tiny Desk AI template One fixed 19-second performance, five seats, four hard cuts. Everything else is your cast. Updated 2026-10-29 People search for a “Tiny Desk AI template” and usually mean one of three things: a CapCut or After Effects project, a prompt they can paste into a video model, or a website that already has the clip wired up. Only the third one exists here, and it is the only one that keeps the result looking like the meme. ## What the template actually is | **Property** | **Value** | | --- | --- | | **Length** | 19.04 seconds | | **Frames** | 457 at 24fps | | **Aspect ratio** | 9:16 · 720×1280 | | **Hard cuts** | 4 — at frames 33 / 161 / 312 / 393 | | **Shots** | 5 | | **Seats you can replace** | 5, each optional | | **Audio** | Original track, muxed after rendering | | **Output** | MP4, no watermark, 480p / 720p / 1080p | ## The five seats in the template - ![Lead singer](https://tiny-desk-video.com/media/seats/lead.webp) 1\.**Lead singer** Shots 1 and 3 - ![Keyboard](https://tiny-desk-video.com/media/seats/keys.webp) 2\.**Keyboard** Shots 2, 4 and 5 - ![Backing vocal · left](https://tiny-desk-video.com/media/seats/vocal-left.webp) 3\.**Backing vocal · left** Shots 2 and 5 - ![Backing vocal · right](https://tiny-desk-video.com/media/seats/vocal-right.webp) 4\.**Backing vocal · right** Shots 2 and 5 - ![Saxophone](https://tiny-desk-video.com/media/seats/sax.webp) 5\.**Saxophone** Shot 4 ## What is locked and what you choose - Locked: the song, the four cuts, the camera moves, the room, the instruments, and the clothes of anyone you do not replace. - Locked: the length. It is always 19 seconds — there is no timeline to trim. - Yours: which of the five seats change, who stands in each one, and the delivery resolution. - Yours: one portrait per seat, front-facing and evenly lit. ## Which version of the template to use | **Cast** | **Seats filled** | **Shots rendered** | | --- | --- | --- | | **Solo** | 1 (lead singer) | 2 | | **Duo / trio** | 2–3 | 3–4 | | **Full band** | 4–5 | 5 | A solo lead only touches the opening and the close-up, so it renders two shots instead of five. That is the fastest way to test the template before casting a full band — the credit price is the same either way. Prices are on [**is Tiny Desk AI free**](https://tiny-desk-video.com/is-tiny-desk-ai-free). ## How to use the template 1. **1**Open the studio and look at the five seat cards — each shows the performer currently in that seat. 2. **2**Tap the seats you want to replace and add one clear portrait for each. Leave the rest empty. 3. **3**Pick 480p, 720p or 1080p, accept the consent box, and press Make my band video. 4. **4**Download the MP4 when it finishes — usually a few minutes. The full walkthrough, including what to do when a face does not land, is in [**how to make a Tiny Desk AI video**](https://tiny-desk-video.com/how-to-make-tiny-desk-ai-video). ## Why there is no downloadable template file - The footage and the music are not ours to redistribute — a project file would be a redistribution. - An editable timeline lets the cuts drift, and the cuts are the joke. - A prompt template sent to a general model re-times the clip; the four hard cuts land somewhere else and the audio no longer matches. The template is the constraint. Change the constraint and you get a different meme. *The wide shot from the template — the shot where the keyboard and both backing vocals appear.* ## Frequently asked questions **Make a video** ## Ready to hear your band? Credits first, then the photos. Pick one seat or all five — the price is the same. [**Create**](https://tiny-desk-video.com/#create) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://tiny-desk-video.com/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Template","item":"https://tiny-desk-video.com/tiny-desk-ai-template"}]} ``` ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Tiny Desk AI template — what it is and how to use it","description":"The Tiny Desk AI template is a fixed 19-second, 457-frame band clip with five replaceable seats. 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