Turn a blog post into a video for your next campaign
Reuse the useful ideas in a published article as a short video. Choose the takeaway, adapt the format to your channel and send viewers back to the full post for the detail.
See what you can make
GitHub’s published article becomes a paper-cutout explainer of its four-step workflow.
Prompt
Turn this blog post at https://github.blog/enterprise-software/ci-cd/build-ci-cd-pipeline-github-actions-four-steps/ into a 30-second explainer video. Pull the key takeaways and summarize them as short, punchy paper-cutout scenes. Keep the article's own tone: friendly and practical. Format it for LinkedIn in landscape 16:9. Close on a call to action to read the full GitHub guide.
Selected style
Paper cutout
Read the video transcript
CI/CD used to belong to DevOps experts. With GitHub Actions, it lives right in your repo. Setup is simple: drop one file in your repo, and it works. No hardware to buy, no webhooks to wire. Then, four steps. Pick a repository. Open the Actions tab and choose a workflow. Push a change to trigger it. And watch it run in the visualizer and live logs. Start small, and make it work for you. The payoff: trusting your code works after you merge. Read the full guide on the GitHub Blog.
How it works
One source. A repeatable workflow.
Start with
Published blog post
Create in
ngram
Make
Short explainer video
Choose an article and destination
Use a public article URL and decide which takeaway belongs in a short video. Choose the intended channel, visual style and call to action. Confirm that you can reuse the source and its images.
Open the starter in ngram
Choose Open in ngram to carry the starting prompt into your workspace. Sign in if prompted, replace the bracketed details with your own, and add source files. Review the brief and choose your settings before creating.
Create and review your video
Check your selected settings and the total estimate, then choose Create video. If a plan is offered, read it and use Request changes or Approve plan. ngram-flash starts production directly. Keep the same conversation while the video is being made.
Compare the summary with the article
Check that shortening the article has preserved its meaning and caveats. Review names, quoted numbers and the closing link. Play the video at the size people will see on the destination channel. Play the full preview and use chat or Make changes for corrections.
Your starting point
Start with the prompt.
Open the starting prompt in ngram, add your source, then review and create your video.
Edit this if you like, or open it in ngram and add your source there. You’ll review the brief and settings before creating.
Review. Then deliver.
A playable video appears in the conversation. Play it and compare it with your source before choosing how to deliver it.
While your video is being made
Read the latest conversation message. Answer a question or approve a plan when asked; otherwise let the active generation finish. You can return to the conversation from Projects.
Share a link
Open Share to publish a public watch link on any plan. Choose an unlisted link on Basic or above when you want access by link without public discovery. Anyone with an unlisted link can watch; check the source is suitable for that audience.
Download the video
On a paid plan, choose Download for the MP4. Wait for Preparing download to finish when shown, then play the downloaded file before delivering it.
If the workflow needs attention
Reopen the same conversation and read the error. Preserve the project link, use an offered retry once for the failed step, and contact Support if it fails again.
- The source cannot be read
- Check the URL and permissions. Provide the relevant text or attach an authorized file in ngram, then ask for the missing source to be used in the same conversation.
- The result misses a fact or step
- Quote the source and identify the exact line or scene to correct. Request a targeted change in the same project, then replay the corrected section and its surrounding context.
- The shared version is out of date
- Open Share and choose Republish when offered. Open the watch link in another tab and verify that it shows the intended version.
Keep the workflow. Change the story.
- 01
Repeat for the next article
Replace the article URL and update the takeaway and call to action. When refreshing an older article, use its latest version and check that the video does not repeat retired advice.
- 02
Keep the project and delivery link together
Save the project link with the source version and shared link. For a revision, reopen that project and ask for the change; for a new topic, return to this workflow and fill in a fresh brief.
Examples
See the format in action
Explore examples and the source prompts behind them.
Templates
Start with a reusable brief
Adapt the template to your source, audience and next step.
Features
Refine the finished video
Explore the features that help you shape the result.
Solutions
Make it part of your team’s work
Find related video jobs for the people doing this work.
Use cases
Put the video to work
Explore the communication job behind this workflow.
Converters
Start with the source you have
Choose a starting format that fits your material.
Tools
Prepare the supporting pieces
Open a focused tool for the next part of the job.
Integrations
Create and share where you work
Explore another connection that fits your process.
Related workflows
Keep the next task moving
Try a related workflow when the source or next step changes.