How to turn a how-to guide into a video

To turn a how-to guide into a video, paste your numbered steps into the box below, pick a visual style, a narrator voice and a length, and generate. Faceless writes the narration, draws an illustration for every step, adds word-timed captions and renders a vertical how-to short for 20 credits.

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Which how-to guides work as a short video?

A how-to short works for a task with three to seven steps that a viewer can remember: cleaning a cast iron pan, tying a knot, setting a weekly budget. Faceless writes the narration from your steps, draws an illustration for each one in the style you pick, times captions to every word and renders a 9:16 video. The pictures are generated illustrations, not screen recordings or real footage, so a guide that depends on showing exact buttons in an app is better as a screen capture. Number your steps and keep one action per step. For safety steps, such as electrical or chemical work, check every detail yourself. A video costs 20 credits on plans from $29/month (Starter).

How do I turn a how-to guide into a video?

1

Cut the guide to three to seven steps

Keep one action per step and drop the background a written guide needs. A 1,500 word tutorial usually becomes one 60 second video of the core steps, or a series with one stage per video.

2

Number the steps and paste them

Write them in order as "1.", "2.", "3." with the result first: "How to get rust off a cast iron pan in 5 steps". The box takes up to 800 characters.

3

Pick a clear voice and a plain style

Choose a clear, even narrator voice, a simple visual style that shows objects plainly, the language and the length. About 25 to 35 words per step suits a 60 second video.

4

Approve the steps word for word

On the Posting step, turn on Approve each script first. You check every quantity, time and order before anything is made or charged, or paste your own steps, and it is narrated exactly as approved.

5

Match each picture to its step and post

In the editor, replace any illustration that shows the wrong tool, then download or post. The series can make a new guide on your topic on a schedule, or you can pause it after one.

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No. Faceless makes generated illustrations for each step, not screen recordings or real footage. It suits physical and everyday tasks; for a software tutorial that needs exact buttons, record your screen instead.
Three to seven. At about 150 spoken words per minute, five steps give each one about 30 words, enough for the action and one tip. A longer guide works better split into parts.
Turn on Approve each script first on the Posting step. You read the script before anything is made, fix any number, or paste your own steps, and the approved script is narrated word for word.
Write the steps in your own words rather than copying the text, and credit the original if you based your video on it. The steps themselves are usually fine to explain; the exact wording and pictures belong to the author.
A Storyboard style video costs 20 credits. Plans start at $29/month on the Starter plan with credits every month, and one-off packs start at $10 for 100 credits.

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