Quick Start: Your First AI Video in 7 Minutes
By SocialFaktory
Key takeaways
- Sign up, create a brand workspace with a name, accent color, and logo; everything you produce lives there.
- Connect at least one social account such as Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, X, LinkedIn, or Facebook so the calendar can publish.
- Pick the Talking Head format and write a brief of two lines stating what the video should argue, show, or sell, and how it ends.
- Choose a presenter and voice from the library, then generate; the finished video with voice, lipsync, and captions lands in your library.
- Review the video, tweak captions, reframe, extend, or regenerate as needed, then schedule it so the calendar handles each channel.
In this article
Seven minutes from signup to a finished video in your library. Here's the whole path.
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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Frequently asked questions
- How long until my first video?
- About seven minutes: one to set up a brand, two to write a brief, a few for generation, thirty seconds to schedule.
- Do I have to connect social accounts first?
- No: you can generate and download videos without connecting anything. Connecting accounts unlocks automatic scheduling.
- What if the video isn't right?
- Tweak and regenerate from your library. Failed generations refund their credits automatically.