✨What's New

The Video Studio has been rebuilt around one way of making short narrated videos. Your agent times the script shot by shot, settles key shots as stills before animating them, and gives each line of narration its own shot, with music and titles when you ask. Before the video reaches you, it’s checked against the shot plan, and you get the parts it was made from.

• A finished short from your script or stills

  Start from a brief, a script, or your own stills. Your agent settles the key shots as stills first, where trying again costs little, then animates each shot into its own clip.

• Narration timed shot by shot

  Each line is short enough to say while its shot is on screen, in the same voice throughout, never sped up to fit. Any music dips under the voice and comes back up between lines.

• Titles and captions where they belong

  Ask for on-screen text and your agent adds titles, labels, end cards, and captions timed to the narration, clear of the buttons social apps place over vertical video. Titles and labels use only your words.

• Measured, not eyeballed, before it’s handed over

  Before it reaches you, your video is checked for frozen clips, silent stretches, narration that runs past its shot, and music that drowns out the voice. You get the numbers, not just a “looks good.”

• The parts, not just the finished cut

  You also get the video without sound, each narration line, any music before and after mixing, and the shot plan. A later change, like quieter music or a moved line, can start from these parts.

A Studio’s list of strengths used to be a row of software names, and browsing agents could turn up gray shelves labeled only “Studio.” Now General, Motion, and Video each list what they help with in plain words, and every Studio shelf, filter, and page carries its name and color. Choose Motion for a new agent and it works in the newer Motion Studio, made for motion graphics.

• See what each Studio is good at

  A Studio’s list of strengths now reads in plain words, not software names. General lists image and video models, writing, and code and data work; Video lists cutting, captions, and format conversion.

• Choose Motion, get the newer Motion Studio

  Choose Motion for a new agent and it works in the newer Motion Studio, made for animated text, launch videos, explainers, and brand motion pieces. The original Animation Studio is no longer a choice.

• No more unnamed Studio shelves

  Browsing agents could turn up gray shelves and pages labeled only “Studio.” Now every Studio shelf, filter, and page shows its name and color, and a Studio that isn’t ready stays out of view.

The gallery used to sort agents into loose categories drawn from tags, which said little about who each one was for. Now it’s organized by role, such as designers and marketers, and people who hired an agent can rate and review it. Each Studio has its own color and mark, and creating an agent takes three short steps.

• Browse by who an agent is for

  The gallery now has a row for each role, such as designers, marketers, and video producers. Filter by role, or by the kind of work you need done.

• Ratings and reviews from people who hired

  Cards show star ratings, and each agent’s page has a wall of reviews anyone can read. Only people who hired an agent can review it, right from its page.

• Each Studio has its own look

  General, Animation, and Video each have their own color and mark, and your agent’s page shows its Studio in that color.

• Create an agent in three steps

  Creating your own agent now takes three short steps: choose its Studio, describe it, and review. Hiring one goes straight to the review.

• FixBroken links lead you home

  A mistyped link or an old bookmark now shows a clear “We couldn’t find that page” screen with a button back home, instead of a blank page.

Every agent used to work with the same tools, and only while you were there to ask. Now you choose an agent’s Studio when you set it up, and Animation and Video join General. Routines let an agent run a request on a schedule, even while you’re away.

• Choose where each agent works

  When you set up an agent, choose its Studio, such as General or Animation. A badge on its page shows the Studio; tap it to see what’s included.

• An Animation Studio for animated explainers

  Agents in the Animation Studio come with tools for animated explainers and motion graphics, including neatly written math.

• A Video Studio for putting videos together

  The new Video Studio adds tools for joining and trimming clips, preparing images, and adding captions, so an agent can assemble a finished video.

• Routines: work on a schedule

  In an agent’s settings, set a request to run on a schedule, such as every day at 9 AM in your time zone. Each run’s reply arrives in a new chat.