YouTube Shorts
A YouTube Shorts generator that explains things
Turn a question, a script or an article into a vertical Short with animated diagrams, a narrated voice and captions, then publish it or schedule it on your channel without leaving Motiongist.
- 500 free credits at sign-up
- Free storyboard review
- 45–180 s, vertical 9:16
- 8 voices, 10 languages
Your idea
9:16 · 1080×1920“How do noise-cancelling headphones work? For curious non-engineers. Must show: the mirror sound wave.”
- Length
- 90–120 s
- Look
- Night
- Voice
- George
- Rendering
- 2D · English
Storyboard · 6 scenes
- 0–5 sHook. A jet engine’s roar appears as a jagged waveform, then a pair of headphones flattens it into a calm line. Title: “Where did the noise go?”
- 5–25 sSound is a wave. A tiny microphone on the outside of the earcup picks up the incoming wave as it arrives.
- 25–50 sThe trick. A chip draws the mirror image of that wave: a peak wherever the noise has a dip, a dip wherever it has a peak.
The Shorts that keep people watching usually answer one question well: why something happens, how something works, what a word really means. They need a hook in the first line, visuals that change with every sentence, and a payoff before viewers swipe. That is a lot of editing for a video that lasts a minute.
Motiongist does the editing. You bring the topic or the script; it writes the narration, draws each scene as motion design (titles, arrows, charts, simple illustrations) and times every animation to the voice. The result is a 1080 × 1920 video built for the Shorts feed, with every element kept inside the safe zones.
How it works
From a question to a published Short
- Step 1
Pick the topic and the length
YouTube treats vertical videos up to three minutes as Shorts, so every length fits: 45–60 s for a quick question and answer, 90–120 s or 150–180 s when the idea needs room to breathe.
- Step 2
Check the hook in the storyboard
The free storyboard shows the opening line and every scene before you spend a credit. Tighten the hook, cut a scene that drags, or move the payoff earlier.
- Step 3
Render at a known price
You confirm the exact credit price first. Rendering takes from a few minutes to about fifteen, and you get an e-mail when the Short is ready.
- Step 4
Publish or schedule to YouTube
Connect your channel once. Motiongist drafts a title, a description and hashtags for YouTube, which you can edit, then posts now or at the date you pick. Publishing costs no credits.
Example
How noise-cancelling headphones erase sound
What you give: “How do noise-cancelling headphones work? For curious non-engineers. Must show: the mirror sound wave.”
What the video shows, scene by scene
- 0–5 s
Hook. A jet engine’s roar appears as a jagged waveform, then a pair of headphones flattens it into a calm line. Title: “Where did the noise go?”
- 5–25 s
Sound is a wave. A tiny microphone on the outside of the earcup picks up the incoming wave as it arrives.
- 25–50 s
The trick. A chip draws the mirror image of that wave: a peak wherever the noise has a dip, a dip wherever it has a peak.
- 50–75 s
The two waves meet and add up to almost nothing. The waveform flattens, and the narration names the effect: destructive interference.
- 75–95 s
Why voices still get through. A chart shows a steady low hum cancelling well, while sudden high-pitched sounds are much harder to predict.
- 95–108 s
Takeaway title: “They don’t block sound. They add the opposite one.”
An illustrative storyboard for this brief (Night look, 2D). Motiongist writes its own scenes from your input, and you can edit them for free before rendering.
A real render, made with Motiongist
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1:10 · Illustrated look · more examples
Why Motiongist
Built for the Shorts feed
Nothing hidden behind the buttons
Titles, captions and diagrams stay inside the vertical safe zones, clear of the like, comment and channel overlays.
Captions that carry the story muted
Captions highlight word by word as the voice speaks, and an SRT file comes with every download.
Title and description drafted for you
Each video gets post copy written for YouTube from its own script: a title, a description and hashtags you can rewrite before posting.
Scheduled, not just exported
Publish now or queue Shorts on a date from the video page. Publishing never costs credits.
A whole playlist from one document
On the Team plan, a long document becomes a series of episodes, one project each, ready to review and schedule.
A price you see first
A short video is 400 credits plus the final voice. The quote is exact, and a failed render gives its credits back on its own.
What makes a Short worth watching to the end
Three things: a first line that raises a question, one idea developed with a visual change every few seconds, and a clear payoff. The script writer works in that order by default. Use the key-moment note to tell it which line or visual should land hardest.
Keep each Short to one question. If the topic is bigger, make two or three Shorts and link them with a pinned comment rather than squeezing everything into one.
Planning a channel, not just a video
The free video ideas tool gives you titles and visual angles for a niche. Write them up as a batch, review each storyboard, and schedule the renders across the week from the same place you made them.
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.
How it works
Open the hood on a technology, one step at a time.
See the templateScience question
Answer one “why?” question everyone has asked.
See the templateMyth vs fact
Take a popular belief, check it, and show what’s actually true.
See the templateHistory in 60 seconds
An event, an invention or a person, told as a fast timeline.
See the template
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
Can Motiongist upload straight to my YouTube channel?
Yes. Connect your channel, then publish now or schedule from the video page, with the title, description and hashtags you approved. Publishing costs no credits.
How long can my Shorts be?
Motiongist videos run 45 to 180 seconds and are vertical, which fits YouTube’s three-minute limit for Shorts.
Can I monetize Shorts made with Motiongist?
Yes. Paid plans export without a watermark and use final voices with a commercial license. On the free plan, videos carry a watermark and the draft voice is for testing.
Do I need to say the video is AI-generated?
Yes. Voices and visuals are synthetic, and platforms ask creators to disclose it. When Motiongist publishes to YouTube, the upload is flagged as containing synthetic media.
Can it make regular horizontal YouTube videos?
Not yet. Output is vertical 9:16 for now; horizontal 16:9 is coming soon.
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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