Email to Video for messages that deserve more than an inbox
Start with an email campaign, newsletter, or company message your team has already approved. Turn the core story into a branded video and adapt it for the channels where the audience also spends time.
Four steps from a flat email to a video subscribers actually watch.
No Canva canvas, no Gmail-blocked autoplay, no Stack Overflow thread about embedding video in email. The send you already wrote becomes the script, and the script becomes a storyboard you can argue with before anything renders.
01
Paste the email or drop the issue URL
Subject line, preheader, body copy, bullets, and the click target, up to 10,000 words. If the issue is published to the web instead, paste the link and ngram fetches the article body with Firecrawl.
02
The agent rewrites the email as a video script
ngram finds the hook in your subject line, lifts the value out of the paragraphs, and keeps your CTA as the closing card. Headings become scene breaks, bullets become callouts, and the newsletter footer gets dropped.
03
Review the plan containing the script before render
Each scene shows the line of script, the visual direction, and the duration. Cut a section, rewrite the hook for the inbox preview, swap a visual, or ask for a 30-second cut in plain language. Every change re-flows the script.
04
Export the video, then prepare the thumbnail
Review the email video for its intended channel, including the crop and caption placement, then export one MP4 from Studio. Prepare and review another aspect ratio as a separate edit.
Output controls
Smart defaults from the email. Real knobs when you need them.
Subject line becomes the hook
The agent treats your subject line and preheader as the first three seconds of the video, the part that has to earn the watch in an inbox preview. Rewrite the hook in the storyboard if the email opener was built for skimming, not viewing.
Body copy mapped to scenes
Headings split the email into scene breaks, paragraphs become narration, and bullet lists become on-screen callouts. A 600-word campaign body comes back paced for a 60 to 90 second watch, not one slide per sentence.
Separate play-button thumbnail
Studio exports the reviewed video as one MP4. Create a branded play-button thumbnail separately in Image Lab or extract a still through the Repurpose Kit, then link it to the hosted video.
AI Visuals per scene
Each scene gets a brand-matched image or short generated clip tied to that paragraph's point. No keyword-matched stock footage that makes every campaign email look like the last one.
Brand Kit on every frame
Logo, fonts, colors and motion style pulled from your saved Brand Kit. Choose saved intro or outro slides for each video that needs them. The video for issue 50 looks as on-brand as the welcome email's first send.
Voiceover from any saved voice
Read the email in a default ngram voice, your cloned founder voice, or a multilingual ElevenLabs voice. Pace and tone follow the script you approved in the storyboard.
Captions for muted inbox playback
Turn captions on before export and review their styling. Subscribers reading in a muted Gmail tab still get the message you sent. Captions start off; select your Brand Kit during creation to use its styling.
Prepare each channel edit separately
Set the intended channel and aspect ratio for the email video, then review the crop, caption placement, and CTA before exporting one MP4. Prepare another channel version as a separate edit.
The rest of ngram
What ngram does to an email that a drag-and-drop builder can't.
Source is a doc, a URL, or a PDF? Pick the converter that matches the input.
Email to video is one node on ngram's script and storyboard pipeline. Every text-source converter here shares the same scene planner, Brand Kit, and storyboard review. Choose the aspect ratio for the current edit, then prepare other channel versions separately.
Trigger email to video where your campaigns already live.
Wire the converter into your ESP, your CRM, your agent stack, or your publishing tools. Every integration ships with a working email-to-video recipe you can fork.
REST APIMCP serverWebhook subscriptionsFor API automation, send supported text or URL inputs with a self-service API key, retrieve the video job status, and subscribe to video.completed or video.failed.
How it compares
If you've been using something else to put video in email.
Wistia and Vidyard host the video and hand you a thumbnail to paste in the email, but you still produce the video somewhere else first. BombBomb centers a webcam record for one-to-one sends. ngram reads the email body itself, plans a storyboard you can argue with before render, and applies the Brand Kit per scene, so the video reads like your campaign, not a generic clip dropped into a player.
Feature
ngram
Wistia
Vidyard
BombBomb
Starts from the email body
Paste the send; the agent rewrites it as a video script
Bring your own finished video
Bring your own finished video
Webcam record, not the email copy
Storyboard review before render
Full scene-by-scene plan, editable in plain language
No script planning step
No script planning step
Record-and-send, no storyboard
Inbox play-button thumbnail
Created separately in Image Lab or extracted from the finished video
Animated thumbnail provided
Animated thumbnail provided
Animated GIF preview provided
Visual generation
AI Visuals matched to each email scene per Brand Kit
None, uses your footage
None, uses your footage
None, uses webcam footage
Brand application
Brand Kit for logo, fonts, colors and motion. Choose a compatible outro separately.
Player skin and CTA only
Player skin and CTA only
Limited intro/outro
Channel-specific editing workflow
One reviewed MP4 per channel-specific edit
Source ratio only
Source ratio only
Source ratio only
Voiceover
ElevenLabs voices plus cloned voice, any supported language
Your recorded audio
Your recorded audio
Your recorded audio
API plus agentic access
REST API with self-service API keys; MCP, Zapier, and n8n for documented workflows
API available
API available
Limited API
Common questions about email to video
How does ngram's email to video work?
Paste the email body, up to 10,000 words. The agent reads the subject line and copy, rewrites it as a hook-body-CTA video script, and builds a scene-by-scene storyboard. You review and edit the storyboard in plain language. The flow runs in under five minutes from paste to export. After review, Studio exports the email video as one MP4. Prepare and review another channel version as a separate edit.
What kind of email works best for email to video conversion?
Anything with structure converts cleanest: newsletters with sections, product announcements, campaign sends, customer updates, onboarding emails, and feature what's-new emails. Plain paragraph emails work too. ngram drops the unsubscribe footer and social-icon row automatically, since those don't belong in the video.
Can I drop the rendered video straight into the email?
Most inboxes, including Gmail, block inline video playback. Studio exports the reviewed video as one MP4. Create a branded play-button thumbnail separately in Image Lab or extract a still through the Repurpose Kit, then link it to the hosted video or your landing page.
Does email to video use stock footage or AI-generated visuals?
AI-generated visuals matched to the meaning of each scene and styled to your Brand Kit. Stock-library matching is what makes every campaign email video look the same; ngram avoids it. If you want your own footage or a screenshot in a scene, swap it in during storyboard review.
How long is the output video?
Most outputs land between 30 seconds and 2 minutes, depending on how much email copy you paste. You can ask the agent for a shorter cut for the inbox teaser or a longer cut for the landing page, and the storyboard re-paces around the new target.
What aspect ratios and formats can I export?
Studio exports the reviewed email video as one MP4. Set the aspect ratio for that edit, then check its crop and caption placement before export. Prepare and review a separate edit for another channel. If a destination requires MOV, WebM, or MKV, use Video Converter as a separate one-file, one-output step; use Video to GIF for a GIF. Output is 720p on Basic, 1080p on Premium, and 4K on Ultimate. Share a public watch link on Free.
Can I prepare another audience or channel edit from the same email?
Yes. Keep the email as source material and ask for a shorter, more direct, or more technical revision in chat. Review the revised script, pacing, crop, and captions, then render that channel edit separately.
What happens to my email copy after conversion?
Your pasted email, fetched URLs, and uploaded drafts live in your workspace, and you can delete your account and trigger a full data purge from Settings at any time. Talk to sales about security, access controls, and data handling for your team.
Can I integrate email to video into our existing stack?
Yes. Zapier and n8n connectors handle no-code triggers from your ESP, CRM, and project tools. There's an MCP server for documented agentic tools and a REST API with a self-service API key; public webhook subscriptions emit video.completed or video.failed.
How is ngram different from other email to video tools?
Hosting tools like Wistia and Vidyard expect a finished video and give you a thumbnail to paste in the email. ngram starts from the email body itself: you see and approve the plan containing the script before the video renders, and it applies your Brand Kit to every scene. The output reads like your campaign, not a generic clip dropped into a player.
Email → Video
Ready to turn the next send into a branded video?
Paste the email and review the plan containing the script. Roughly five minutes from paste to schedule. Prepare and review each channel edit separately before exporting one MP4.
Give Claude the campaign brief, recipient audience and next action. Review ngram’s video, then pair a public thumbnail with a ready viewing link for your email.
Approved campaign copy, audience details, imagery and a destinationA campaign video and linked thumbnail ready for an email preview