Create faceless videos
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A faceless video is a short, narrated video made entirely by AI: a script, a voiceover, pictures that match each sentence, captions and background music. You describe what the videos are about once, in a video series, and Robopost can make a new video from it whenever you ask, or on a schedule, and post it for you.
You need: the Admin or Manage AI Videos right, and videos left in your Generated Faceless Videos allowance. To post automatically, connect the channels first, such as TikTok, YouTube or Instagram.
Create a video series
- Click Content → Videos by AI (open it). On Faceless Video Generator, click Open App.
- On the Video Series tab, click Add Video Series.
- Fill in the series (see the table below). Required fields have a red star.
- Optional: switch on Generate First Video Now to start the first video right away.
- Click Create.
| Field | What to enter |
|---|---|
| Name | A name for the series |
| Content Type | What the videos are about, such as Scary Stories, Fun Facts, Motivational, Product Marketing or Custom |
| Instructions / Content | For Custom and Product Marketing: what each video should cover, or your script |
| Format | Portrait (TikTok, YouTube Shorts, Reels), Widescreen or Square |
| Style | The look of the pictures, such as Realism, Anime, Watercolor or Comic |
| Image model | Z Image or FLUX, the AI that draws the pictures |
| Max Duration | 30 to 60 seconds or 60 to 90 seconds |
| Voice | A built-in voice or your own cloned voice. Click the speaker button to hear a sample |
| Background Music | On or off, and which music: see Background music |
| Language | The language of the script and voiceover. 37 languages are available |
The content types are Random AI Story, Scary Stories, Bedtime Stories, Interesting History, Urban Legends, Motivational, Fun Facts, Long Form Jokes, Life Pro Tips, Explain Like I'm 5 (ELI5), Did you know?, Philosophy, Recipes, Fitness, Beauty, Growth Advice, Product Marketing and Custom.
Write your own script or topic
With Custom or Product Marketing, describe the topic in Instructions / Content and the AI writes a new script for every video, avoiding topics the series has already covered. Two more options appear:
- Stick to your custom script (Custom only): the voiceover reads your text exactly as written.
- Use knowledge base: the AI draws on a knowledge base you pick in Select knowledge base, for example your product catalog.
Fine-tune with advanced settings
Click Show advanced settings to change:
- Prevent text in video: keeps written words out of the AI pictures.
- Captions prefix (optional) and Captions suffix (optional): text added before or after the caption Robopost writes for the social post, such as fixed hashtags or a call to action.
- Splash screen at start (optional): click Upload to open every video with your own intro.
- Advanced Caption Settings: switch Captions off, or choose the Caption Style (Bold Highlight, Boxed Readable, Clean Modern, Neon Pop, Impact Punch, Classic Legacy), font size and color, stroke, shadow, Highlight Current Word, padding and Caption Position.
- Advanced audio settings: Narration Volume and Background Music Volume.
Generate a video
On the Video Series tab, click Generate Video on a series card (or in its ⋮ menu) and click Confirm. Robopost shows Please wait while we generate the video. This process may take up to 20 minutes. You can leave the page: your team gets an email when the video is ready.
Finished videos appear on the Short Videos tab and are also saved to your Media library.
Use a finished video
On the Short Videos tab, each video shows its series and the caption Robopost wrote for it:
- Schedule (or Schedule Post in the ⋮ menu) opens the composer with the video and caption filled in.
- The download button, or Download in the ⋮ menu, saves the MP4 to your computer.
- Copy Link in the ⋮ menu copies a link to the file.
Since every video is also in your Media library, you can attach it to any post from there.
Post new videos automatically
A series can make and publish videos on its own. Open the series (⋮ → Series Settings) or create a new one, then:
- Switch on Create a Video at Regular Intervals.
- Under Recurring Options, choose the Timezone, the Recurring Interval (from Every day, at specific time slots to Yearly) and the Next Posting Date.
- Optional: switch on Recurring Until Date and set the Until Date.
- Switch on Create Post to Social Accounts. Under Post Scheduling Options, choose Post To (Directly post to Channels, Save as a Draft or Post to Collections) and the Channels or Post Collections.
- Click Update (or Create).
Each new video is then posted with its caption: as a Reel on Instagram, as a Short with a title and description on YouTube, and as a video post everywhere else. The series card shows its schedule.
To stop, open Series Settings, switch off Create a Video at Regular Intervals and click Update.
Edit, copy or delete a series
From the ⋮ menu on a series card:
- Series Settings opens the series to change any field. Click Update to save.
- Copy Series asks for a Series Name and creates a copy, a quick way to try another voice or style.
- Delete Series removes the series after you click Confirm Delete. Videos already made stay in your Media library.
More AI video tools
Content → Videos by AI has three more tools. Open each one with Open App on its card.
Turn a blog post into a video
On Blog to Video, click Create Video, paste the article's address in URL, and pick the Format, Style, Voice, Language and music. Set the caption's word count, hashtags and emojis under Text Generation Options, then click Create. You get a narrated video about the article with a caption; click Create Post to schedule it.
Add captions to a video
On Add Captions to a Video, upload your video, choose the Caption Style, colors and position, and click Add Captions. When the Captioned Video is ready, download it, click Save as Media, or click Schedule.
Cut a long video into shorts
On Convert Long Videos to Shorts, upload a long video and set the Number of Shorts (up to 20), the Min Clip Duration (seconds) and Max Clip Duration (seconds) and the Format. Switch on Add captions to generated shorts if you want subtitles, then click Generate Shorts. Each short under Generated Shorts can be downloaded, saved to Media or scheduled; Download ZIP downloads them all.
Adding captions and converting to shorts can take 10 to 60 minutes, depending on the video's length.
How many videos can I make?
Each finished video counts once toward your plan's monthly allowance in Account → Plan Usage: Generated Faceless Videos (series, Blog to Video, and videos made by automations), Captioned Videos and Long to Shorts Videos. A video that fails doesn't count. If you need more faceless videos, buy extra with Buy Credits on Plan Usage; purchased credits carry over. See Usage and limits.
Troubleshoot faceless videos
"Plan Limit Hit" when generating. You've used your video allowance for this period. Wait for it to reset or buy credits.
The video hasn't appeared after 20 minutes. Refresh the Short Videos tab. If it still isn't there, generate it again; a failed video doesn't use your allowance.
My series switched to Alice. The custom voice it used was deleted, so Robopost moved the series to the built-in voice Alice. Pick another voice in Series Settings.
A video wasn't posted. Check the post in Scheduled posts or Published posts for an error, and see Why did my post fail?