Give your idea a sequence.

Start with the facts you want to keep.

We asked for a 15-second invitation for independent creators to take a quiet break. The brief supplied three actions: close the notebook, take a breath, and return when ready. It also ruled out product and sales claims.

The actual generated draft was titled “Take a Break”:

1. Close the notebook0–5 seconds · supporting line: “Relax”
2. Take a breath5–10 seconds
3. Return when ready10–15 seconds

This is a usable starting sequence, but the scene timing is evenly divided. A longer spoken line or a detailed demonstration may need more time. The supporting word “Relax” is optional; removing it can make the first frame quieter. These are editorial decisions to make before export.

Choose Spanish for a new draft.

Choose Spanish under Storyboard language before confirming your context. Changing the language preserves your idea and source notes and requires a fresh review. It creates a new draft; it does not translate an existing video. English and Spanish share the five-attempt trial allowance.

For an original 15-second planning exercise, the actual Spanish draft returned “Elige una idea”, “Escribe una frase”, “Léela en voz alta” and “Prueba este ejercicio”, with “Planificación para creadores” as the opening supporting line. Each scene received 3.7 or 3.9 seconds. The short wording leaves the instruction to explain the idea implicit; edit it if that detail matters. No promise of views or sales was added. Check accents, phrasing, facts and timing before applying it.

Watch the complete 15-second Spanish example, with its actual edited export and scene timings.

The saved history identifies each draft’s original language. Your subsequent scene edits remain separate from that original candidate.

Review French and Portuguese drafts.

Choose French or Portuguese under Storyboard language before confirming your context. All four languages share the same five-attempt workspace allowance. Changing the language requires a fresh review; an earlier draft keeps its original language and wording.

For a 15-second revision exercise, we supplied three actions: read a sentence, remove an unnecessary word and check that the meaning stays the same. The French candidate shortened them to “Lisez, retirez, vérifiez”, “Est-ce que le sens change ?” and “Faites l'exercice”. In the editor we revised the scene text to “Lisez une phrase.”, “Retirez un mot inutile.” and “Vérifiez le sens et essayez.”, each lasting five seconds.

The Portuguese candidate returned “Leia e retire”, “Uma palavra” and “O sentido”. Its wording was fragmented and omitted the invitation to try the exercise. We revised it to “Leia uma frase.”, “Retire uma palavra desnecessária.” and “Confira o sentido e experimente.” before saving and watching the complete silent MP4. The original candidate remained available beside the edited scenes.

These examples show why review matters. Check accents, regional phrasing, qualifications and the call to action. Drafting scenes does not add a translated voiceover: generated narration and transcription currently offer English and Spanish. You can upload your own recording and check it against the revised scene wording.

Continue from a saved production brief.

In Briefs, open a saved brief and choose Make a video. The studio opens with that revision selected. You can also choose a Saved production brief directly in the storyboard form, then choose its Brief revision.

Review the objective, audience, hypothesis, opening hook, caption and planned shots. Add directions under Your video idea, choose a length, and confirm your review before drafting. Changing the selected revision requires another review. The hypothesis remains something to test; it is not evidence for a performance claim.

Each accepted draft keeps the exact brief revision it used. Updating the brief later leaves earlier storyboards and videos unchanged. After applying and saving a draft, open Original draft and source to inspect those notes again. Open current brief and its research returns to the brief's current version, which may be newer. Private reference media stays separate, and a saved brand kit must be selected and reviewed independently.

If a revision is unavailable, choose a retained version or remove the brief selection. Large combined brief, article and brand inputs may need shortening before drafting; an input rejected before acceptance does not reserve an attempt.

Use a saved brand kit.

Choose an active kit under Brand context to include its voice, audience, description, promise, claim restrictions, and evidence notes. Review the notes before drafting. Each request saves a copy, so a later brand edit does not change a draft you already reviewed. If someone changes the kit before your request is accepted, refresh the context and review it again.

In the brand kit, you can also save background, text, and accent colors and choose a scene layout. Those settings are copied into new drafts and applied to every scene. Review them in the editor; changing the kit later keeps existing drafts and exports as saved. Choose one of the fixed Sans, Serif or Mono scene fonts and optionally retain a private logo as an editable graphic. Scene, caption and callout defaults can reuse a reviewed licensed private original from the workspace; all must match when private. Caption defaults stay in the retained context until cues are added and explicitly reviewed for whole-track application. Catalog graphic defaults apply to callouts and chart labels. A private callout default changes existing callouts only and keeps every chart’s current font. Font metadata stays outside the model request. A video can use one private original across its text surfaces; inspect the logo’s placement in each new scene.

A required disclosure of up to 160 characters is placed in the final scene’s supporting line even if the model omits it. Check its readability and scene length. The model can still miss a rule or invent unsuitable wording; review the whole draft and edit its scenes before export. Brand notes are supplied by your team and are not independent evidence for a claim.

Review the draft before it changes your video.

1. Open Video studio and expand Start from an idea, brief or source.
2. Describe your audience and message in up to 2,000 characters. Include the exact facts behind any claim and confirm permission to use the source material.
3. Choose English, Spanish, French or Portuguese under Storyboard language and 15, 30, or 60 seconds, then select Draft storyboard. The trial allows five attempts per workspace per UTC day, subject to shared capacity; failed and cancelled attempts count.
4. Read every scene. Check facts, wording, rights, and timing, then select Use storyboard. This replaces the current scenes, soundtrack, and captions. Undo restores your previous edits.
5. Revise the script, add your own media or reviewed generated stills, and save. Add a recording or reviewed English or Spanish narration, then export and watch the entire MP4.

Your draft is private to the workspace. A generation finishing in the background does not replace your editor automatically. You can cancel a pending draft; an inference already underway may still consume a trial attempt.

Plan a finite series of daily or weekly storyboards.

Expand Recurring storyboard drafts in the studio. Name the series and write one to seven topics. Choose 15, 30 or 60 seconds, English, Spanish, French or Portuguese, daily or weekly frequency, an explicit UTC or IANA timezone such as America/New_York, and a first draft date and time in that zone. The studio’s current video format applies to the whole series. Local schedules keep the chosen wall-clock time across daylight saving changes. A repeated or missing local hour requires another hour or UTC before any series is created. UTC schedules keep their exact 24-hour or seven-day intervals. Each topic gets one slot every local calendar day or every seven local days; the series stops after its final topic.

Start at least five minutes ahead, within 30 days, then review the topics, frequency, timezone and every displayed local/UTC date, finite end and trial allowance before selecting Start daily draft series or Start weekly draft series. Optionally choose one active saved text or product source under Source for every draft, open its retained notes, and review the facts and qualifications before confirming. Every topic uses that same exact source snapshot. Raw documents, image-text candidates, saved brand and brief context remain separate manual drafting steps. A scheduled result contains editable script and scenes, without generated images, speech, an exported video or a social post.

Changed source notes save as a separate source; they do not update an existing series. Archiving the selected source pauses active drafting and cancels pending work. Restore the exact notes in the source library, refresh the series and explicitly select Resume original schedule to continue at the original dates. Missed slots stay missed. Results already ready retain their source copy and still need individual review. A page or feed URL is attribution: recurring drafts do not revisit it, watch for new entries or publish the results.

Optionally select Use quiet hours for this series and choose a whole-minute start/end in the same explicit timezone. Start is included, end excluded, and the window can cross midnight—for example 22:00–07:00. Every planned date must be outside it; the app rejects conflicting times rather than moving them. No new AI submissions start inside the window. A delayed slot reaching quiet hours is skipped without an attempt or catch-up; an attempt already admitted to the queue still uses its allowance if cancelled before AI submission. A model already underway may finish. Review the quiet window with every date before starting; changing either time requires confirmation again.

Each admitted draft shares the same five-attempt workspace allowance per UTC day as manual storyboards, including failures and cancellations, subject to shared capacity. A slot missed by more than 15 minutes, or blocked by allowance or an active draft, is recorded as skipped without an AI attempt. There is no catch-up burst or automatic retry of an uncertain model result. One active or paused series is allowed per workspace, with up to 30 retained series.

Pause series stops future drafting and cancels pending attempts; an inference already underway may incur cost. Resume original schedule keeps the original frozen dates and never replays cancelled drafts. Cancel remaining drafts ends the series and preserves completed candidates and skip receipts. If drafting is disabled, explicitly resume when it becomes available. A revoked or expired agent token, deleted account or lost workspace access stops unattended work.

Open Review storyboard for a completed slot. Check the facts, wording, rights and scene timing before choosing Use storyboard. That action replaces your current scenes, soundtrack and captions; Undo restores the previous edit. Save only after reviewing the result. A series finishing never changes, approves or publishes your video automatically.

Find and reuse an earlier draft.

Under Find a previous storyboard, enter a title, topic, brand name, saved brief title, or phrase from its recorded source, then select Search storyboards. Search covers your workspace’s saved drafts, including older history. Narrow the results by status or select Show more storyboards to load the next page. If nothing matches, clear the filters or try a shorter phrase.

Open the saved source and brand notes, check the scene wording and timing, and confirm your review before choosing Use storyboard. Reusing a ready draft does not generate it again or consume another AI attempt. It replaces the editor’s current scenes, soundtrack, and captions; Undo restores your previous edits. Save the video when it is ready. Its original draft and source remain available after reload, even if you later edit the scene wording.

Carry a saved brand kit into new scenes.

Select a saved kit to retain its editorial notes, colors, layout and optional private logo. New scenes receive an editable logo graphic; older drafts and saved videos keep their original appearance. Follow the brand-kit guide to review permission, placement and the exact saved context.

Introduce a product from structured facts.

Use product facts to keep specifications, evidence notes, claims to avoid, a call to action and a disclosure beside your draft. The notes are owner supplied and still need fact-checking.

Adapt an article with its source beside the draft.

Paste an article or open a UTF-8 text or Markdown file, then review the source before drafting. Follow the article-to-video guide to preserve qualifications, compare the source against the generated scenes, and keep your attribution notes.

Compare another opening.

Try a useful question, concrete action or supporting detail with opening variants. Review two or three written choices, then apply one to the first scene in a single undoable edit. Existing narration and captions need a separate agreement check.

Keep the script, visuals, and voice in agreement.

A storyboard is the plan for the video. It does not automatically create footage, verify claims, or guarantee that a voiceover fits each scene. Read your draft aloud, use the script timer, and adjust scene durations against your actual recording. If wording changes, check the captions and soundtrack again.

Use real photography for an exact product. For a general mood or setting, follow the scene image guide. You can also add trimmed footage or create reviewed narration. Review the final file at phone size before sharing.