Steve Tutorials

Simple steps to go from text/blog to video in minutes

Learn How To Make Animation And Live Videos With Steve

Dashboard

1. Script to Animation Video

Select the Animation tab on the dashboard

Click on Start in the Script to Animation Video section

Enter script/choose from script library

Enter keyword to describe video

Check music, voice-over, auto-highlight options & select source as required

Click Next

Select template

Make edits to each scene on Workspace as required

Click Publish

Preview the video

Click on Download

2. Blog to Animation Video

Select the Animation tab on the dashboard

Copy paste the source blog url in the Blog to Animation Video section

Click on Proceed

Review the text selected by AI from the blog text for the video, add/remove as required

Click on Proceed

Check the script and edit if required

Check music, voice-over, auto-highlight options & select source as required

Click Next

Select template

Make edits to each scene on Workspace as required

Click Publish

Preview the video

Click on Download

3. Script to Live Action Video

Select the Live tab on the dashboard

Click on Start in the Script to Live Video section

Enter script/choose from script library

Enter keyword to describe video

Check music, voice-over, auto-highlight options & select source as required

Click Next

Select template

Make edits to each scene on Workspace as required

Click Publish

Preview the video

Click on Download

4. Blog to Live Action Video

Select the Live tab on the dashboard

Copy paste the source blog url in the Blog to Live Video section

Click on Proceed

Review the text selected by AI from the blog text for the video, add/remove as required

Click on Proceed

Check the script and edit if required

Check music, voice-over, auto-highlight options & select source as required

Click Next

Select template

Make edits to each scene on Workspace as required

Click Publish

Preview the video

Click on Download

5.Creating Animated AI Avatar using AI Avatar Speak

After entering the script, choose the animated avatar template (the one where the character is wearing a microphone)

Choose the avatar you want from the extensive list of characters displayed

Your video is ready on your Workspace

Edit as required and download

6. Adding and Working with Teams

Go to My Workspace on your dashboard

Add the e-mail ids of team members you want to invite for collaboration

Click on Invite People

7. Viewing Your Projects

To view your exported videos:

Go to My Exports on the dashboard

7. To view all projects including ones in progres

Go to My Videos on the dashboard

8. Organising Projects

Go to My Videos on your dashboard

Click on the small folder button next to All Projects

Enter folder name and click Create

9. To add videos to the folder

Go to My Videos

Click on the three vertical dots on the top right corner of the video icon

Click on Move To

Select the folder

Click on Move

10. View Account Info

Click on the profile icon on top right corner of dashboard

Go to My Plan

Check details of billing and asset usage in respective sections

11. Upgrade Account

Click on the profile icon on top right corner of dashboard

Go to My Plan

Go to the Subscription tab

Click on Change Plan

Select required plan and go through the payment to upgrade

Blog to Video

1. Select AI Summary/Video Duration

While converting blog to video, the AI summarizes the blog content and selects relevant text to be part of the video script

Once you have entered the blog url, you can view this in the pop-up as soon as you click on Proceed

Review the content and simply select more text or un-select parts that you don’t want

You can also select the video length from the drop down menu on the top right corner to suggest how long you want the video to be, the AI picks script length based on this

2. Add/Remove Video Script

While converting blog to video, the AI summarizes the blog content and selects relevant text to be part of the video script

Once you have entered the blog url, you can view this in the pop-up as soon as you click on Proceed

Review the content and simply select more text or un-select parts that you don’t want

You can also select the video length from the drop down menu on the top right corner to suggest how long you want the video to be, the AI picks script length based on this

Click Proceed when you have chosen all the text you need from the blog

Next, on the script page, add, remove or edit the script and check the scene division

Script Page

1. Selecting Auto-Generated Script

As soon as you arrive on the script page by clicking either Scrip to Live or Script to Animation video, you can see a pop-up to select a sample script from our script library

You can also check the top right corner of script page to find the Sample Video Script option

Select the option

Choose a script template from various categories

Edit the script as needed

2. Uploading Your Own Script

On the script page, close the pop-up where you can select the sample script

Copy-paste your own script Or

Type out your script scene by scene

3. Editing Script

On the script page:

You can add/delete scenes by clicking on + or - buttons

For editing, you can simply click on the text and edit

The scene character limit is 200, Steve turns the text red if this is exceeded. Take some of the tex to the next scene in such cases.

4. Super Intent

On the script page:

After adding the script and selecting the required options such as music, voiceover, etc, enter the keyword for the video in the ‘what is your video about’ textbox

This helps the AI understand the context of your video beyond the understanding it gets from your script

You can generate videos in multiple contexts with the same script and experiment by changing just the keyword

5. Adding Voiceover

You can add a voiceover by checking the Add Voiceover checkbox on the script page Or

You can add a voice-over on the audio section of the Workspace which is on the bottom right corner of the scene

To edit or change the voiceover, click on the voice option in the audio section and select from 20+ accents in male and female voices

Steve also supports 6 languages apart from English

6. Adding Music

You can add music by checking the Music checkbox on the script page Or

You can add Music on the audio section of the Workspace which is on the bottom right corner of the scene

You can also select from a range of music tracks here or upload your own track

7. Highlighting Text on Video

You can highlight important parts of the text by checking the Auto Highlight checkbox on the script page

The AI analyses the text in each scene and highlights relevant words to create more impact

8. Selecting Source for Media

On the script page, the Source dropdown box has options to select the source for media assets that AI will add to your video

You can select this as per your account plan for respective assets to be added

You can also let the AI choose from

Theme & AI Avatar

1. Selecting a Theme

Once you have entered the script on script page and clicked on Next, you will see the template options

Select the video template that you like

2. Selecting AI Avatar template

In case of animated videos, the lip-sync feature is available with the newscaster/presentation template where you can see an animated character with a microphone. Simply select this template, pick the animated character and go!

Workspace

1. Live Action Video

Swapping Media on Workspace

On your workspace, go to the scene that you want to edit

Click on Swap

Search from the millions of high-quality video and image assets to add to the scene

2. Upload Your Own Video/Image

On your workspace, go to the scene that you want to edit

Click on Swap

Search from the millions of high-quality video and image assets to add to the scene

Click on Upload section to upload your own media to the scene

3. Animation Video

Changing Animation Characters

On your workspace, go to the scene that you want to edit

Click on the character in the scene, click on Change Character

Search for your desired character from 1000+ diverse human and animal characters

4. Editing Animated Character Expressions/Actions

On your workspace, go to the scene that you want to edit

Click on the character in the scene, click on Change Action

Search from the 100s of actions and expressions and select the perfect one

5. General Editing

Trimming/Scaling the Media

On your workspace, click on the scene that you want to edit

Click on Trim or Scale to edit the scene length or the focal point

6. Choosing Colour Pallette

On your workspace, from the menu options on the right side of your scenes, select the color themes option

Click on the color theme that you like

7. Changing Layouts

On your workspace, from the menu options on the right side of your scenes, select the layout option

Click on the layout that you like

8. Changing Transitions

On your workspace, from the menu options on the right side of your scenes, select the transitions option

Click on the transition type that you like

9. Hide Text in Scenes

On your workspace, from the menu options on the right side of your scenes, select the ‘hide text’ slider

10. Change Voice-over

On your workspace, from the menu options on the right-bottom side of your scenes, select the audio section

Click on the voice-over option to see the options available for voice-over, pick your favorite

11. Change Music

On your workspace, from the menu options on the right-bottom side of your scenes, select the audio section

Click on the music option to see the options available, pick your favorite

12. Adding/Deleting Scenes

On your workspace, from the menu options on the right side of your scenes, select the duplicate/delete option to add or remove scenes

13. Adding Outro

On your workspace, scroll through your scenes to the end to find the Add Outro option at the end Click on it to add the media for outro

Publish & Download

1. Publish the Video

After you are done with any edits on your workspace, click on Publish

Preview the final video and click Download

Go back to Edit on Workspace

After you are done with any edits on your workspace, click on Publish

Preview the final video

If you want to make more edits, click on the Workspace section to go back