Quick Start: Your First AI Video in 7 Minutes

Seven minutes from signup to a finished video in your library. Here's the whole path.

Key takeaways

• Your first AI video is a short video generated from a brief, a selected presenter, and a voice, with lip sync and captions included.
• Create a brand workspace with a name, accent color, and logo before generating the first video.
• Write a two-line video brief that states what to show, argue, or sell and how the video should end.

1. Create your brand (1 minute)

Sign up and create a brand workspace. Name it, pick an accent color, add the logo. Everything you produce lives here.

2. Connect a channel (1 minute)

Head to Social and connect at least one account: Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, X, LinkedIn, or Facebook. You can publish manually later, but connecting now lets the calendar do the shipping.

3. Open the composer and pick a format (30 seconds)

Start with Talking Head, the classic. One presenter, straight to camera.

4. Write the brief (2 minutes)

Two lines is enough. Say what the video should argue, show, or sell, and how it should end:

"A punchy 30-second take on why consistency beats virality for small brands. End on: post daily, win monthly."

5. Choose your cast (30 seconds)

Pick a presenter and a voice from the library. (Cloning yourself takes two minutes of reference footage; do it later; the library cast is ready now.)

6. Generate (2 minutes)

Hit generate and watch the line run. A few minutes later the finished video (voice, lipsync, captions) lands in your library.

7. Review and schedule (30 seconds)

Watch it. Tweak the caption style, reframe the ratio, extend a clip that ends too soon, or regenerate if it's not right. When it is: schedule it, and the calendar handles each channel.

That's the whole factory. Tomorrow, skip straight to step 4, and next week, write seven briefs in one sitting.

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