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The AI system turns source material into short videos for about 8 dollars each

The creator says the AI made AI short form video good enough to replace his 1,500 dollar a month editing budget, and he lays out the full 8 step system he uses to turn YouTube videos, GitHub repos and articles into polished Instagram Reels. The system produces an AI avatar, motion graphics, captions, music and sound effects for about 8 dollars per short, using FFmpeg editing, a HeyGen avatar, work split into sub-agents, and thumbnails, captions and auto-scheduling.

$1,500a month

How it works

  1. Creator researched winning creators
  2. Creator structured short scripts and split them into visual moments
  3. System edited with FFmpeg and a HeyGen avatar
  4. Creator refined motion graphics and captions and added sound effects and AI music
  5. Work was split into sub-agents, with thumbnails, captions and auto-scheduling to finish

Why it’s worth knowing

A workflow costing about 8 dollars per short is described as replacing a stated 1,500 dollar a month editing budget

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on youtube.com. See the original ↗

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