A workflow for faceless videos
- Write the script in short paragraphs — one visual idea each.
- Gather visuals: your own photos, public-domain images, charts you made, screenshots. Upload them in order.
- Choose a style: Cinematic for history and documentary, Whiteboard for explainers, Blueprint for tech, Neon for gaming.
- Pick a narrator and listen once all the way through. Fix any mispronounced names by spelling them phonetically.
- Export 1080p 16:9, then switch to 9:16 and export a Short from your best 30 seconds.
Retention is a script problem
YouTube rewards videos people keep watching. The biggest lever is the first fifteen seconds: state the question the video answers, and promise the payoff. Then keep scenes moving — a new picture every five to eight seconds keeps the eye engaged. Animated captions help too, especially on mobile.
About AI voices and monetisation
YouTube's policies focus on originality and value rather than whether a voice is synthetic. Channels that add real research, original scripts and their own visuals do well; mass-produced, repetitive content does not, whatever tools made it. Use the maker to save production time, and put that time into the script.
Music without copyright claims
Background music is composed live by the maker for your exact video length. It isn't sampled from anywhere, so there's nothing for Content ID to match. Choose Cinematic for documentaries, Calm for study content, Bright for upbeat topics.
Open the animated video maker, or see vertical videos for Shorts.