How to make short videos with AI: step-by-step guides
Step-by-step guides for every kind of short video — cartoons, stories, faceless channels, ads and more — with a worked example script, the exact settings, and the mistakes to avoid.
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For businesses
- How can a restaurant make promo videos with AI?
Veedio’s Restaurant Promo Video Maker opens on Cinematic visuals, the Sarah voice, Pop captions and Uplifting music.
- How do real estate agents make videos with AI?
Veedio’s AI Real Estate Video Generator opens on the Documentary style, the Rachel voice, Bold captions and Lo-fi music.
- How do you add captions to TikToks, Reels and Shorts?
Veedio burns word-timed captions into every video it generates, in nine styles: Bold, Pop, Highlight, Bounce, Karaoke, Neon, Boxed, Subtle and None.
- How do you create video ads with AI?
Veedio renders ads in 9:16, 1:1 or 16:9, at 30, 60, 90 or 180 seconds.
- How do you make a product video with AI?
Veedio’s Product Video Generator opens on the 3D render style, the Rachel voice, Bold captions and Uplifting music.
- How do you make a promo video for an online course?
Veedio’s Course Promo Video Generator opens on the Documentary style, the Rachel voice, Bold captions and Uplifting music.
- How do you make a video with an AI voiceover?
Veedio narrates with ElevenLabs voices: 20 stock voices across 29 languages.
- How do you make an explainer video with AI?
Veedio’s Explainer Video Generator opens on the 3D render style, the Rachel voice, Bold captions and Lo-fi music.
- How do you make Instagram Reels for a business?
Instagram only lets third-party apps publish to Business or Creator accounts.
- How do you make one video in several languages?
Veedio narrates and captions in 29 languages, including Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), French, German, Arabic, Hindi, Japanese and Chinese (Mandarin).
- How do you make TikTok ads with AI?
Veedio’s AI TikTok Ad Generator opens on Cinematic visuals, the Josh voice, Highlight captions and Trap music, in 9:16.
- How do you make UGC-style ads with AI?
Veedio’s AI UGC Ad Generator opens on the Documentary style, the Josh voice, Highlight captions and Lo-fi music.
- How do you post one video to TikTok, Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts at the same time?
Veedio publishes to TikTok, Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts from one publish step on every paid plan, with a caption per platform.
- How do you turn a blog post into a video?
Veedio’s Blog Post to Video Generator writes only from what the post says and adds no facts of its own.
- How do you turn a customer review into a video?
Veedio’s AI Testimonial Video Maker reads a pasted review exactly as written and adds no rating, name, number or result.
- How should a small business make YouTube Shorts?
YouTube Shorts are vertical videos up to three minutes long, according to YouTube Help.
For creators
- How do you keep the same character in every scene of an AI video?
Each Veedio scene is generated from its own prompt, so a recurring character is not locked to one face.
- How do you make 3D animation videos with AI?
Veedio's 3D render style id is 3d; Claymation (clay), Toy bricks (toy) and Voxel world (voxel) are related 3D looks.
- How do you make a bedtime story video for kids?
Soft Veedio voices that suit bedtime include Elli (soft, storytelling), Brian (deep, comforting) and Lily (velvety, cinematic).
- How do you make a moral story cartoon video?
Veedio's Moral Story Video Generator turns a fable script into cartoon scenes with voiceover, captions and music.
- How do you make a poem video for YouTube?
Christina Rossetti's 'Who Has Seen the Wind?' appears in her book Sing-Song, which is on Project Gutenberg.
- How do you make a recipe video with AI?
Veedio's recipe tool turns a recipe script into scenes with generated food visuals, a voiceover and word-timed captions.
- How do you make AI videos for TikTok?
Veedio’s TikTok Video Generator starts from a bare idea and opens on Cinematic visuals, the Sarah voice, Highlight captions and Trap music.
- How do you make an AI cartoon video?
Veedio's cartoon-friendly visual styles include 3D render (3d), Claymation (clay), Comic (comic), Watercolor (watercolor), Toy bricks (toy) and Voxel world (voxel).
- How do you make an animal cartoon video with AI?
Veedio has an AI Animal Cartoon Video Generator, plus dedicated cat, dog and monkey video generators.
- How do you make anime videos with AI?
Veedio's anime style id is anime and it can be combined with any of the 20 narrator voices.
- How do you make faceless TikTok videos with AI?
Veedio renders 9:16 video with burned-in captions and can publish directly to TikTok.
- How do you make faceless YouTube videos?
Veedio builds faceless videos from a prompt, a script or a URL, with a generated visual, voiceover and captions per scene.
- How do you make fact videos with AI?
NASA says a day on Venus lasts 243 Earth days, longer than its 225-day year.
- How do you make history Shorts with AI?
The Library of Congress says the British burned Washington in 1814, destroying the Capitol and the congressional library in its north wing.
- How do you make horror story videos with AI?
Low, steady voices that suit horror narration in Veedio include Brian, Daniel, Eric and Adam.
- How do you make kids story videos with AI?
Gentle storyteller voices in Veedio include Elli (soft, storytelling), George (warm, captivating) and Jessica (playful, bright).
- How do you make motivational videos with AI?
Deep, resonant Veedio voices that suit motivation include Adam, Brian and Daniel; Charlie and Liam suit high-energy reads.
- How do you make nursery rhyme videos for YouTube with AI?
Traditional rhymes such as Hickory Dickory Dock appear in public-domain collections like The Real Mother Goose on Project Gutenberg.
- How do you make Reddit story videos for TikTok and YouTube Shorts?
Veedio can read a Reddit post from its URL and draft a script from it, or work from a story you paste.
- How do you make YouTube automation videos with AI?
Veedio’s Auto-Mode, on Pro and Studio, writes, renders and publishes a new video on a schedule from a topic or an RSS feed.
- How do you make YouTube Shorts with AI?
Veedio renders 9:16, 1:1 or 16:9 video at 30s, 60s, 90s or 180s lengths.
- How do you start a kids cartoon YouTube channel with AI?
YouTube lets you set the whole channel as made for kids under Settings, Channel, Advanced settings; video settings override the channel setting.
- How do you turn a long YouTube video into Shorts?
YouTube Shorts can be up to three minutes long, according to YouTube Help.
- How do you turn text into a cartoon video?
Veedio accepts a pasted script, a bare idea, or a URL such as an article or PDF link, and builds scenes from it.