Read before this
Read these direct prerequisites in order. Each guide lists any earlier context it assumes.
Decide what the viewer needs to do
New hires need to see a procedure and answer a question about the next step. Use an interactive video when the answer belongs in the player. For a customer who just needs to see where to click, a narrated screen recording can show the same action from beginning to end.
If the destination requires an MP4 file, put the question in the learning platform. A downloaded video cannot record the learner’s answer in the ngram player. Choose an interaction and its delivery format.
Watch the video type choices in Studio
You can describe the video you want in the same ngram composer. Start with the viewer’s task, choose an appropriate style when useful, and check that the plan uses your sources in the right way.
Before you start
Prepare the audience, main message and closing action. Add approved product facts, screenshots, diagrams or recordings when the video depends on them. Check the available creative settings and estimate before starting.
Match the treatment to the message
- Motion-graphics explainer: explain a process with labels, diagrams, designed scenes and narration.
- Presenter video: use a visible speaker for a lesson, introduction or social explanation. Choose the available Presenter and Voice settings.
- Conversation: use two or more on-screen avatars to discuss an approved question and answer. Select Conversation style with Opus 5.5 and keep Presenter and Voice on Auto so ngram chooses the cast and voices.
- Product walkthrough: choose this when viewers need to follow clicks in order. Upload a recording you already have, or use Browser Handoff to collect fresh footage in the app.
- Footage with explanation: ask for a label over a clip or a diagram between clips, and say which original speech to keep.
- Technical explainer: use source-backed labels, cutaways and moving parts to explain a mechanism; Machine anatomy is one style to start from.
Follow the Conversation video setup and product Q&A example
Create a video in the chosen direction
- Open Home and choose Prompt to video.
- Write the audience, message and treatment in Video brief. For example: “Make a product walkthrough using this recording. Keep its spoken explanation and add labels at the three setup steps.”
- Add the sources and review Model, Voice, Presenter, Length and Format. Choose a style when you have a visual direction.
- Choose Create video and review the plan. Request changes if the proposed visuals or script do not match the job.
- Choose Approve plan, then review the finished preview before sharing.
What you should see
The plan and preview should make the intended subject clear: actual screens for a walkthrough, a readable diagram for a process, or distinct roles for a conversation. You can combine these treatments in one video when the explanation benefits from it.
If the result uses the wrong treatment
Name the mismatch and the source that should guide it. Ask for the smallest useful revision, such as replacing an invented screen with the supplied screenshot or keeping the original speaker’s audio. Review the next result before requesting another change.
Keep going
Choose a generation model and approve the plan in the current composer.
Use the Screen Recorder, browser permissions, recording tips, review, and editor handoff.
Select narration, language, presenter, and custom identity options for a video.
Use Auto to cast a two-avatar Q&A, approve its dialogue and review the result.