Document to video
Document to video, one idea or a whole series
Drop a Word file, a text file or Markdown. Motiongist turns its key idea into a narrated short, or splits a long document into a series of episodes you review one by one.
- 500 free credits at sign-up
- Free storyboard review
- 45–180 s, vertical 9:16
- 8 voices, 10 languages
Your document
9:16 · 1080×1920“econ-101-module-3.md, turned into a series. This is episode 2: why prices rise when supply drops.”
- Length
- 45–60 s
- Look
- Illustrated
- Voice
- Matilda
- Rendering
- 2D · English
Storyboard · 5 scenes
- 0–5 sHook. A concert ticket price ticks up as the seats disappear. Title: “Why did the price just jump?”
- 5–17 sA demand curve draws itself: the lower the price, the more people want a ticket.
- 17–30 sA supply curve crosses it, and the meeting point gets the label “price”.
Documents come in two sizes. Short ones, like a memo, a procedure or a one-page brief, usually hold one idea worth a video. Long ones, like a course module, a handbook or a knowledge-base export, hold a dozen. Motiongist handles both: one video from the key point, or a series that walks through the document in order.
It reads DOCX, TXT and Markdown, and PDF too (see PDF to video AI for that case). The document is the source, so the narration sticks to what it says. You choose the audience and the length, and you read the script before anything is rendered.
How it works
From a document to one video, or a dozen
- Step 1
Drop the file
DOCX, TXT or Markdown. Clear headings make it easier to check which part of the document each video ends up covering.
- Step 2
Choose one video or a series
For one video, pick the length and add notes on what must appear. On the Team plan, ask for a series instead: the document is split into 2 to 12 episodes, in order, one idea each.
- Step 3
Review each episode
Every episode is its own project with its own free storyboard. Approve, edit or drop any of them before rendering.
- Step 4
Render and schedule
Render the episodes you approved, then publish them or schedule them to YouTube, TikTok, Instagram or LinkedIn at the dates you pick.
Example
Episode 2 of a course module: why prices rise when supply drops
What you give: “econ-101-module-3.md, turned into a series. This is episode 2: why prices rise when supply drops.”
What the video shows, scene by scene
- 0–5 s
Hook. A concert ticket price ticks up as the seats disappear. Title: “Why did the price just jump?”
- 5–17 s
A demand curve draws itself: the lower the price, the more people want a ticket.
- 17–30 s
A supply curve crosses it, and the meeting point gets the label “price”.
- 30–44 s
Supply drops. The supply curve slides left and the meeting point climbs.
- 44–55 s
Recap card: “Less supply, same demand, higher price”, with a teaser for episode 3.
An illustrative storyboard for this brief (Illustrated look, 2D). Motiongist writes its own scenes from your input, and you can edit them for free before rendering.
Why Motiongist
What a document gets you
A course becomes a series
On the Team plan, one long document becomes 2 to 12 short episodes that follow its order without repeating themselves.
Stays inside the document
Each script is written from the document’s own text, with a fact review before rendering.
Every episode reviewed
Episodes are separate projects: edit one storyboard without touching the others, and nothing renders until you confirm its price.
One look across episodes
Use the same look, voice and brand colors for the whole series, so the episodes read as a set.
A release you don’t post by hand
Post copy is written for each platform, and episodes can be scheduled ahead, so a series goes out on its own.
Getting a document ready
Cut what isn’t for the audience: legal boilerplate, tables of contents, version history. Keep headings that say what each section is about. If a figure or a definition must appear in the video, put it in the notes rather than hoping it gets picked.
A series needs enough material. Very short documents are refused for a series, and each episode should have an idea of its own. If yours has three good ideas, make three videos, not twelve.
One document, other languages
The video language is a setting, separate from the document. The same file can be narrated in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Turkish and Indonesian, with captions and on-screen text in that language. Read the storyboard in the target language before rendering.
Start faster
Templates that fit
Each template is a ready-made brief: an example subject, a target length, a look and notes. Open one and change the subject.
What it costs
One credit balance. A short video is 400 credits, a standard one 700, a long one 1,000, plus 1 credit per 10 narrated characters for the final voice.
Free
$0
500 credits at sign-up
To try it out: a first video, draft voice, discreet watermark.
Solo
$19 / month
3,000 credits / month
To post every week: final voice, clean exports, your brand.
StudioMost popular
$49 / month
30,000 credits / month
To produce at volume: priority rendering, custom looks, API and MCP.
Team
$149 / month
100,000 credits / month
For teams and agencies: 5 seats, 4 renders in parallel, one invoice.
Prices before tax, in US dollars. Yearly billing is 35% cheaper. Failed renders are refunded automatically.
FAQ
Questions, answered
Which file types can I upload?
DOCX, TXT, Markdown and PDF. For PDFs specifically, see PDF to video AI.
Which plan do I need for a series?
The Team plan ($149 a month, 5 seats). On other plans, make one video at a time from the part of the document you want.
How many episodes can a series have?
Between 2 and 12. Each one is a separate project that you can edit, skip or render on its own.
Does every episode cost the same?
Each episode is priced like a video of its length, and you see the exact price before rendering it. Episodes you never render cost nothing.
Will it keep the order of my document?
Yes. A series follows the order of the document, one idea per episode, and each episode only uses facts from the document.
Ready to make your first one?
500 free credits at sign-up. Review the storyboard for free, see the exact price, then render.
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