# Turn a page into an animated video

Canonical page: https://www.socialfaktory.com/docs/extension/animated-video

An animated video is text, shapes and motion, with no actor and no camera. Point the popup at a page and it builds one from what that page is about.

## Step by step

1. **Open the page to animate** Your homepage, a launch note, a pricing page. The extension sends the address of the tab and nothing else.
2. **Choose the shape** Vertical (9:16) for Reels, Shorts and TikTok. Square (1:1) for the feed. Wide (16:9) for YouTube and your own site.
3. **Choose the length** A short one holds a single idea, a longer one has room for three. Length moves the price, so the quote changes with it.
4. **Check the price, then accept** The quote comes back before anything runs, and the button names the credits it will spend. Nothing is spent until you press it.
5. **Watch it land** The strip shows the stage while it renders. When it is done the popup shows the first frame, with Open it, and the rest happens in the app.

Setup and the other guides: https://www.socialfaktory.com/docs/extension.md