Start with the issue your team already researched and edited. Turn its strongest story into a branded video, then create recurring formats that help each future newsletter travel beyond the inbox.
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How it works
No timeline, no scene-by-scene scripting, no manual layout. Paste the issue, review the plan, hit render.
Drop in the body of this week's send. ngram reads the subject line, section headers, bullets, and the lead-story structure most newsletters already follow.
The lead story becomes the opening scene. Each section header becomes a scene break. Bullet roundups become sequence cards. The agent rewrites the prose into a spoken script.
Approve, reorder, or rewrite scenes in chat. Cut the housekeeping footer, promote a single section to the hook, set the tone. Each change is one chat turn.
Export MP4 in 16:9, 1:1, or 9:16. Host it on a /watch page to link from the next issue, push to LinkedIn, or embed the player in the email body.
Output controls
Section headers and the lead-story split become real scene boundaries, not arbitrary seven-second chunks. A long essay section splits on natural paragraph beats.
A newsletter carries the lead story, two link roundups, and a sponsor blurb. Tell the agent to keep the lead and the top three links and drop the rest, so the video runs 60 to 90 seconds instead of six minutes.
Keep your exact wording when the voice is the draw, or let the agent rewrite dense paragraphs for spoken voiceover. Toggle per scene.
Wry for a personal letter, brisk for an industry digest, measured for a research roundup. Pick a brand voice or clone your own from /app/settings/voice. TTS spoken narration only.
Auto-generated and styled per brand kit. The video reads in a muted LinkedIn feed or a silent inbox preview, which is where most subscribers first meet it.
Link roundups animate in as stacked cards. A stat from the issue lands as an emphasis frame. The subject line opens as a branded title card.
Logo, palette, font stack, and approved phrases from /app/brand-kit show up on every card, so the video matches the publication's look the same way the email does.
Set the intended channel and aspect ratio for the newsletter 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
Turn a written issue into a spoken script that keeps the through-line. The agent compresses long sections, drops the unsubscribe footer, and preserves the order your readers already follow.
Learn moreNarrate the issue in a voice that fits the publication: warm for a personal letter, dry for a market digest. ElevenLabs and MiniMax power the spoken voiceover; no sung takes.
Learn moreThe week's link roundup builds as stacked cards. A pulled stat holds long enough to read. The subject line opens as a branded title frame so the video starts the way the email did.
Learn moreEvery newsletter-to-video render picks up the publication logo, type, and palette. The video recap looks like it came from the same desk as the issue itself.
Learn moreTurn on captions before export, so the recap reads in a muted LinkedIn scroll or an email preview pane before a subscriber unmutes.
Learn moreFinish the newsletter video in Studio and download one MP4. When a site, player, or handoff requires MOV, WebM, or MKV, convert that file separately in Video Converter, one input and one output per job.
Learn moreUse cases
Turn this week's send into a short branded recap subscribers play instead of skim. Re-render every issue from the same template, no re-record cycle.
See use caseDrop a play-button thumbnail at the top of the send that links to the hosted recap. The same issue carries a captioned cut for the landing page and a vertical for social.
See use caseOne issue becomes a LinkedIn post, a Reels teaser, and a hosted recap in an afternoon. The newsletter backlog stops being a one-and-done send.
See use caseThe issue announcing the new release becomes a branded launch video off the same copy, ready for the post and the changelog without a second production pass.
See use caseA monthly product update email becomes a changelog video, with motion graphics on the shipped UI and captions for the silent-autoplay crowd.
See use caseThe section announcing a new capability becomes a standalone feature announcement video, lifted from the issue and re-cut for the in-app what's-new card.
See use caseA solo creator can use the weekly letter as source material for TikTok, Reels, or Shorts. Prepare, caption, and review each channel edit separately before export.
See use caseA 9:16 recap of the issue posts natively to LinkedIn, where a captioned loop outperforms a link to the web archive nobody clicks.
See use caseAn internal or partner newsletter becomes a branded recap video for the company page, same wording, more reach, no agency project.
See use caseOther converters
Newsletter to video shares the same agentic pipeline, brand kit, and export options as every other converter. Different input, same output muscle.
When the source is a one-off campaign send, a product announcement, or a transactional email rather than a recurring issue, route through the email converter for a single-message video.
Open converterWhen the issue links out to a full published post, convert the article itself: drop the post URL or paste the body and the blog converter reads its headings directly.
Open converterWhen the content lives as a structured doc (a longer essay, an SOP, a handbook section) instead of an email body, the docs converter respects its heading hierarchy.
Open converterTools that pair with this converter
Generating from scratch
When you only have the issue and no footage yet
Paste one section of the issue and get a standalone short. Useful for pulling the lead story out of a longer send as its own clip.
Open toolPrompt B-roll for a section the issue describes but has no footage of, then drop it into the storyboard before render.
Open toolWrap the issue's script in a talking-head presenter instead of motion graphics, for a newsletter where a familiar face on camera is the draw.
Open toolNarrate a passage from the issue without a full storyboard pass. Faster, lighter, useful for a quick audio-led recap.
Open toolEditing the output further
After the newsletter video render lands
Open the rendered recap on the timeline. Trim a section that read better as text, swap a single scene's visual, or re-cut a 9:16 alt for Stories.
Open toolUse the full recap as source material for one clip per section. Prepare and review the lead story and each link-roundup cut separately before posting them across the week.
Open toolLayer extra subtitle tracks for translated versions of the same issue when the publication has a multi-region list.
Open toolDrop a licensed bed track under the voiceover so the recap has the same energy as the issue's tone, kept low under the narration.
Open toolPolishing the source first
Tighten the issue before it becomes video
Run the issue through the script generator to compress long sections and cut filler before the storyboard step. Tighter script in, tighter recap out.
Open toolOnce the recap exists, get title options that match how subscribers search for the topic, not the subject line you mailed it under.
Open toolAuto-write a description that summarizes the issue and timestamps each section-derived chapter for the hosted /watch page.
Open toolTake the finished recap and republish it for a multi-region list. Captions, voiceover, and on-screen text all swap to the target language.
Open toolBuilt for teams
Solo writers and publications turn each issue into a branded recap for the readers who follow on social but never open email.
See workflowsRepurpose every send into LinkedIn posts, vertical teasers, and hosted recaps, so one issue feeds a week of channels instead of a single inbox.
See workflowsLaunch and product-update issues become branded launch and changelog videos off the same copy, with no separate production cycle.
See workflowsThe founder's weekly update letter becomes a short video for the company page, written once and shipped in both formats.
See workflowsCustomer newsletters and product-tip digests turn into onboarding and education recaps that lift activation and self-serve completion.
See workflowsAn internal sales newsletter becomes a 60-second enablement clip reps actually watch, instead of a digest they leave unread.
See workflowsMonthly product newsletters render into changelog and feature videos for the in-app what's-new card and the release post.
See workflowsIntegrations
Every newsletter-to-video recipe ships ready to run. Start from one, or build your own editorial flow with the REST API and self-managed webhook subscriptions for video.completed or video.failed.
whenYour send platform marks this week's issue as published
thenUse Zapier's documented Create Video or Get Status action for this Newsletter to Video job with its supported input, then pass the result to the next step.
whenClaude or another agent is handed a newsletter draft and asked for a video
thenUse MCP's documented create and status tools for this Newsletter to Video job with its supported input, then return the status or result to the agent.
whenYour editorial workflow webhook fires when an issue moves to scheduled
thenUse n8n's documented Create From Text, Create From URL, or Get Status node for this Newsletter to Video job, then pass the status or result onward.
whenYou hit 'Convert to video' on an open issue in your newsletter editor
thenGet the branded recap back in a new tab, ready to link from the send
whenThe video from your newsletter is ready for LinkedIn Social Publishing Beta
thenAdd the approved newsletter video to the LinkedIn calendar, then choose a recurring schedule.
whenThe video from your newsletter is ready for YouTube Social Publishing Beta
thenAdd the approved newsletter video to the YouTube calendar, then choose a recurring schedule.
How it compares
Template makers drop your text onto stock clips section by section. Manual editing means rebuilding the issue scene by scene every week. ngram reads the issue's structure, writes the script, and builds a branded video you steer in plain language.
| Feature | ngram | Lumen5 | Pictory | Manual edit (Premiere or Canva) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reads newsletter structure (subject, sections, lists) | Yes, sections become scenes, link lists become sequences | Splits text onto template slides | Splits text into stock-footage scenes | Manual, depends on the editor |
| Rewrites the issue into a spoken script | Yes, verbatim or rewritten per scene | Keeps text on-screen, light edit | Auto-summarizes the text | You write it |
| Time from pasted issue to first cut | Minutes | Tens of minutes of slide editing | Tens of minutes of scene review | Hours per issue |
| Re-render when the next issue ships | Paste the new issue, re-render | Rebuild the project | Rebuild the project | Re-edit from scratch |
| Brand kit across every issue | Set up and select your Brand Kit | Template-level branding | Template-level branding | Manual per project |
| Storyboard preview before render | Full scene plan, editable in chat | Edit the timeline directly | Edit the storyboard grid | Editor decides |
| Channel-specific editing workflow | One reviewed MP4 per channel-specific edit | Format presets | Format presets | Manual reframe per format |
| API + agentic access | REST API with self-service API keys; MCP, Zapier, and n8n for documented workflows | Paid-tier API | Limited API | None |
| Best when | You want a branded, scripted video straight from the issue you already wrote | You want text-on-stock slides fast | You want auto-summarized stock-footage clips | You have an editor and time per issue |
Newsletter → Video
Paste the newsletter, review the plan containing the script, and render a branded recap that gets watched on social and in the inbox.
Follow a workflow from source material to a video you can review, share and make again.
Each approved campaign, recipient segment or newsletter edition
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
Ways to run: Claude
