Newsletter to video: turn this week's issue into a branded video
Paste the body of your newsletter. ngram reads the sections, lifts the key points, writes a video script, and hands back a scene-by-scene storyboard you edit in plain language before it renders to a branded, captioned MP4.
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How it works
Four steps from a pasted newsletter to a video subscribers watch.
No timeline, no scene-by-scene scripting, no manual layout. Paste the issue, review the plan, hit render.
Paste the issue
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.
Sections become scenes
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.
Review the storyboard
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.
Render and send
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
Sensible defaults. Real controls when the issue earns them.
Section-aware scene breaks
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.
Pick what makes the cut
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.
Verbatim or rewritten script
Keep your exact wording when the voice is the draw, or let the agent rewrite dense paragraphs for spoken voiceover. Toggle per scene.
Voiceover that matches the newsletter's voice
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.
Burned-in captions
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.
Motion graphics for link lists and stats
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.
Brand kit applied per scene
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.
Multi-format export from one issue
Render the same issue as a 9:16 vertical teaser for Reels, a 1:1 LinkedIn post, and a 16:9 hosted recap. One source, three cuts.
The rest of ngram
Newsletter to video is one node. The product is the whole pipeline.
Script generation
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 moreAI voiceover
Narrate 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 moreMotion graphics
The 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 moreBrand kit
Every 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 moreCaptions
Auto-generated captions burn into every export, so the recap reads in a muted LinkedIn scroll or an email preview pane before a subscriber unmutes.
Learn moreMulti-format export
Render the same issue as a vertical teaser for Reels, a square card for LinkedIn, and a 16:9 hosted recap, each reframed for the surface from one storyboard.
Learn moreUse cases
Where the issue you already wrote turns into a video people watch.
A weekly issue as a 90-second watch
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 caseEmail sends that open with motion
Drop 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 caseRepurpose every issue into a campaign
One 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 caseTurn the launch issue into a launch video
The 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 caseProduct newsletters as changelog videos
A 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 feature issue as an announcement clip
The 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 caseCreator issues as platform clips
A solo creator's weekly letter becomes TikTok, Reels, and Shorts cuts, each reframed and captioned, so the audience that never opens email still gets the issue.
See use caseIssues that earn a feed slot
A 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 caseHouse newsletters as brand video
An internal or partner newsletter becomes a branded recap video for the company page, same wording, more reach, no agency project.
See use caseOther converters
Coming from a different source? There's a converter for that.
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
Sharpen the source. Polish the output.
Generating from scratch
When you only have the issue and no footage yet
Text to Video
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 toolAI Video Generator
Prompt B-roll for a section the issue describes but has no footage of, then drop it into the storyboard before render.
Open toolAI Avatar Video Generator
Wrap 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 toolText to Speech Video
Narrate 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
Video Editor
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 toolVideo Cutter
Slice the full recap into one clip per section, so the lead story and each link roundup post as their own social cuts across the week.
Open toolAdd Subtitles to Video
Layer extra subtitle tracks for translated versions of the same issue when the publication has a multi-region list.
Open toolAdd Music to Video
Drop 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
Video Script Generator
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 toolYouTube Title Generator
Once the recap exists, get title options that match how subscribers search for the topic, not the subject line you mailed it under.
Open toolYouTube Description Generator
Auto-write a description that summarizes the issue and timestamps each section-derived chapter for the hosted /watch page.
Open toolVideo Translator
Take 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
Who turns the newsletter into video.
Creators & Publishers
Solo writers and publications turn each issue into a branded recap for the readers who follow on social but never open email.
See workflowsGrowth & Marketing
Repurpose every send into LinkedIn posts, vertical teasers, and hosted recaps, so one issue feeds a week of channels instead of a single inbox.
See workflowsProduct Marketing
Launch and product-update issues become branded launch and changelog videos off the same copy, with no separate production cycle.
See workflowsFounders
The founder's weekly update letter becomes a short video for the company page, written once and shipped in both formats.
See workflowsCustomer Success
Customer newsletters and product-tip digests turn into onboarding and education recaps that lift activation and self-serve completion.
See workflowsSales Enablement
An internal sales newsletter becomes a 60-second enablement clip reps actually watch, instead of a digest they leave unread.
See workflowsSaaS Teams
Monthly product newsletters render into changelog and feature videos for the in-app what's-new card and the release post.
See workflowsIntegrations
Triggers, not logos. Wire newsletter to video into the workflow you already run.
Every newsletter-to-video recipe ships ready to run. Start from one, or build your own editorial flow with the REST API and webhooks.
whenYour send platform marks this week's issue as published
thenConvert the issue body to a branded recap video and drop the hosted link back into the next draft
whenClaude or another agent is handed a newsletter draft and asked for a video
thenCall the newsletter-to-video tool and return the rendered MP4 plus a /watch link
whenYour editorial workflow webhook fires when an issue moves to scheduled
thenRender the recap video from your self-hosted pipeline before the send goes out
whenA new issue lands in your content calendar with a 'needs video' flag
thenGenerate the newsletter recap, attach it to the social queue, and log the share link
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
whenA 9:16 recap of the issue finishes rendering
thenPublish the loop natively to the publication's LinkedIn page with brand-styled caption text
whenA weekly issue gets its video recap
thenPush the MP4 to the channel with an auto-generated title and section chapters
How it compares
If you've been doing this another way.
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 | Workspace brand kit auto-applied | 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 |
| Multi-format export | 16:9, 1:1, 9:16 from one issue | Format presets | Format presets | Manual reframe per format |
| API + agentic access | REST API, MCP server, webhooks | 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 |
FAQ
Common questions about newsletter to video
Still curious?
Newsletter → Video
Ship the video version of the issue you already wrote.
Paste the newsletter, review the storyboard, and render a branded recap that gets watched on social and in the inbox.