How to Generate AI Videos in 15 Minutes

Creating videos can be a daunting task, requiring significant time, effort, and resources. 

Outsourcing video production can take several weeks and cost thousands of dollars, while creating videos yourself requires expensive equipment and extensive knowledge of video editing.

With AI video generators, however, the entire process can be made more cost-effective, scalable, and less time-consuming. 

By leveraging AI technology, users can create video content at scale and without special skills or equipment. In just 15 minutes, you can produce high-quality videos featuring AI avatars that can be easily updated when your material changes or grows outdated. 

In this blog post, we’ll guide you through the process of creating an AI video using Colossyan Creator, our AI video generator. Without further ado, let’s dive in. 

What’s an AI video generator? 

First things first, what’s an AI video generator? 

In short, AI video generation tools leverage artificial intelligence to create video content automatically, eliminating the need for human actors, filming equipment, or video editing expertise.

Some tools allow users to generate polished videos with just a prompt or an uploaded document containing the desired information. With these tools, providing the input is all it takes – the AI handles the rest, adding avatars, voiceovers, and subtitles for a seamless video creation experience.

Why opt for AI video? 

If you’ve ever created videos the old fashioned way, you know just how time consuming and resource intensive the traditional video creation process can be. 

For starters, you’ll need to rent the equipment and studio needed for a high-quality outcome, and find the right talent to star in your videos. Then, you’ll need to record as many takes as necessary until the execution is just right, which might take hours, if not days. 

Not to mention, if you need to create videos in five different languages, you’ll need to manually film your footage in each language. 

This is why an AI video maker can be a huge time saver for teams. An AI video generator will take the manual work out of your video production process to give you studio-quality videos created in a fraction of the time. Instead of human actors, AI avatars will allow you to save time on the filming process. 

You won’t need to hire an editor either – the best AI video tools are user friendly and don’t require any prior editing experience. 

Plus, AI video generation tools allow you to translate your videos into more than 80 languages in just a few clicks, meaning it’s never been faster to create multilingual video content at scale. 

How to create AI videos in 5 easy steps 

If you’re still deciding whether an AI video generator is right for you and your team, here’s an overview of the video creation process you can expect. 

Step 1: Choose a design path 

There are many different ways to get started on creating an AI video. But before you bring your video to life, you’ll need to select a video creation workflow path. 

There are a few ways to start the whole process when you’re first creating a video. From your home page in Colossyan, click “New draft.” You’ll be shown four options:

• Upload a document (which allows you to import an existing PPT as is, or transform that document into a new video using AI)
• Start from scratch
• Select a template
• Prompt to video (all you need is a short description of your desired video result)

Colossyan's document-to-video and prompt-to-video workflows allow users to get their video drafts off the ground with fewer inputs than ever before. If you wish to turn a document to a video, all you need to do is upload your document, select a template, and you're done. Our AI technology will make your information visually engaging from there.

Here's how it works:

But if you're a beginner, sometimes video templates are the easiest place to start. Colossyan offers dozens of video templates for different video types, including training videos, marketing videos, explainer videos, video presentations, and more. 

These templates are professionally designed and fully customizable so every element can be edited to your liking. Even if you choose to start from scratch, you’ll still be able to select a template when adding a new scene. 

Step 2: Write your script 

Your script is one of the most important parts of any AI video. Any voiceovers or avatar dialogue you add will be based on your script, so you’ll want to get it right. It should complement your on-screen text without being unnecessarily repetitive or lengthy. 

If you plan on using AI avatars in your video, you'll want your script to sound as natural and humanlike as possible. Our 7-step framework for writing a video script is a great resource to help.

Pro tip: Colossyan offers several tools to make the script writing process painless. If you start with the prompt-to-video or document-to-video design paths, then Colossyan will already write your draft script for you, and you can update it from there. Alternatively, our AI script assistant is another great tool to save you hours of tedious writing work.

Step 3: Choose your AI avatar, or create your own

AI avatars serve as digital human presenters or narrators who can speak any script you input in more than 70 languages. This means you won’t need to re-record human actors every time your material changes. Instead, just change your avatar’s script and regenerate your video to receive your up-to-date footage. 

Colossyan’s library of 150 realistic AI avatars are based on recordings of real people of all different ages, ethnicities, and professions. You can choose whichever AI avatar you feel best represents your audience or message to ensure your video resonates appropriately. 

Some of Colossyan’s stock avatars also offer multiple clothing options, should you need to use them in both informal and formal settings within your videos. 

Alternatively, if you’re looking to personalize your videos even further, you can create an AI avatar of yourself and feature it within your videos. 

Using Colossyan’s instant avatar feature, all you’ll need is a short 20-second video clip of yourself, a short sample of yourself speaking to clone your voice, and that’s all – you’ll then be able to speak more than 30 languages in your own voice and feature your avatar in your videos. 

Step 4: Edit your video 

While selecting an AI avatar and adding a script is technically all there is to it when it comes to creating an AI video, chances are you’ll want to add a few more bells and whistles to create a top-notch video product. 

Colossyan allows you to add on-screen text, images, and even animations to bring your content to life, in addition to several other elements all from within the application: 

• Upload your own images or choose from thousands of stock photos and videos 
• Upload background videos or screen recordings 
• Select or upload background music 
• Create shapes 
• Add text on screen 
• Add animations, transitions, GIFs, icons, and logos 

If you’re using a stock AI avatar, you also have a lot of voice editing options. For instance, you can customize your avatar’s accent, dialect, or even voice style. And if you aren’t happy with an avatar’s pre-selected voice, you can easily replace it with any one of the 600+ voices in Colossyan’s library. 

And if proper pronunciation of specific acronyms or proper nouns is a concern, Colossyan’s text-to-speech technology allows you to automatically correct mispronunciations, add pauses and emphasis, and more. 

You also have the option of automatically translating your AI voiceover into over 80 languages using Colossyan, allowing you to create multiple language variants of your videos without having to change the content at all.

Long story short, ‍Colossyan has everything you need to create a visually striking video, even if you have no previous video editing skills or experience.

Step 5: Generate your AI video

That’s it! You’ve successfully created an engaging AI generated video. All there’s left to do is generate your final video product. Click the “Generate” button and Colossyan’s advanced AI algorithms will perform their magic and create a high-quality video for you. 

After the video has passed through our rigorous algorithm and content moderation process, you will be able to view, share, download, or embed it. If you’re impressed with the outcome, you can even duplicate it or create a video template from it, allowing you to create similar videos with ease in the future. 

Get started with an AI video generator for free

Now that we’ve walked you through the process of easily creating an AI video, the only step that’s left is to try it for yourself. 

Fortunately, Colossyan allows you to try out the platform completely free – in fact, you won’t even need to enter a credit card. 

Whether you’re looking to create video content for employee onboarding, training, or internal communications, Colossyan is the AI video solution with everything you need to create studio-quality content in no time. 

Say goodbye to the long filming timelines, expensive equipment, and lengthy editing processes. Try Colossyan for free today or schedule a time with one of our experts to learn more.