Story Recap: Narrated Shorts From Long Videos

How it works

1. 01

   It looks for a complete story

   The transcript is searched for an arc: a setup, a conflict (a real setback or surprise), a comeback, sometimes an escalation, and a payoff that someone says on camera. If no part of the video has both a conflict and a comeback, no recap is made and the video gets Highlights clips instead.

2. 02

   It writes and voices the narration

   A script is written on that arc in plain, everyday words, opening with a hook that raises the question the story answers. Each line is checked against the transcript, so the narration says only what the video supports. An AI voice reads it, and footage of the moments being described fills the picture under each line.

3. 03

   It is mixed like an edit

   The original sound drops under the narration. Sound effects mark each turn of the story and rise into the payoff, a music bed sits under the voice, and on-screen graphics point out the numbers and objects the story turns on. Then the payoff plays in the original audio.

The details

• A recap is a vertical short of up to 60 seconds. Up to 3 recaps are made from one video.
• It is opt-in. Highlights is the default clip style; choose Story recap for a video when you submit it, set it as your default, or pick it in an Autopilot recipe.
• Each recap uses 12 credits from the monthly allowance (200 on Creator, 500 on Agency). The video’s processing minutes are counted as for any other video.
• The narrator’s voice is synthetic and the script is written by AI from your transcript. Watch a recap before you post it; it opens in the editor and exports like any other clip.
• A recap needs a story. A panel of separate opinions or a lecture with no setback and recovery often has none, and those videos get Highlights clips.

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