Standard operating procedure

Use AI StoryFlow Studio with a repeatable production workflow.

Follow this SOP to plan, create, review, localize, publish, and archive every kind of output: videos, episodes, courses, adverts, song videos, translations, reframes, and API jobs.

1. Plan the video

  • Define the audience, purpose, language, target length, and platform.
  • Choose the tool: one-off video, show episode, course, advert, song video, film, photo reel, translation, dubbing, reframe, or summarize (see “Choose the right tool” below).
  • Prepare any source material: prompt, script, screenplay, audio file, song, photos of the people who should appear, course outline, reference notes, or existing video.

2. Create the source content

  • Use prompt-to-video for new ideas, script-to-video for approved narration, or audio-to-video for existing recordings.
  • Start from a template to get a proven prompt and its settings in one click — the same prompts published in the prompt library.
  • For series content, select the correct show before generating the next episode.
  • For courses, attach your notes or links as source material so every fact is grounded.
  • For a photo reel or a film with real people, upload clear photos with visible faces, name each person (and check the age and gender the app read from the photo), and confirm you have their permission — or a parent’s, for children.
  • Choose the visual style, narrator voice, and format (16:9 or 9:16) before starting generation.
  • Follow progress on the Tasks page; finished work lands in the Library.

3. Review before export

  • Check the script or transcript for accuracy and tone.
  • Confirm visuals match the current narration and change any mismatched scene plan if needed.
  • For courses, read the fact-check and repetition review before rendering.
  • Review voice, captions, timing, language, and final video playback.

4. Translate or localize

  • Use subtitle translation when viewers can read along, and dubbing when they should hear their own language.
  • Use Reframe to make a vertical cut of a widescreen video (or the reverse), and Summarize or Elaborate to hit a platform's length.
  • Confirm translated subtitles stay aligned with the original audio.
  • If original subtitles exist, verify the translated subtitles appear below them without overlap.

5. Prepare for publishing

  • Review the title, description, hashtags, thumbnail, and platform format.
  • Publish only to connected and enabled platforms.
  • On the free plan, videos carry the studio's mark — in the player here as well as in anything you export or publish. Any paid plan exports clean, or you can pay to remove it from a single video from your library.
  • Use scheduling when the video should go live at a specific time.
  • For a recurring series, start a campaign: it generates each module from your document and posts it on the cadence you set.

6. Archive and improve

  • Keep the final video, captions, source files, and notes organized in Library folders.
  • Reuse successful prompts, styles, show settings, and publishing metadata.
  • Track issues and update the workflow when a repeated problem appears.

Choose the right tool

Every tool shares one library, one credit balance, and the same review steps above.

ToolUse it when
One-off videosYou need a single explainer, story, documentary, or short from one idea.
Shows and episode seriesYou publish a recurring series and every episode must stay consistent.
Narrated coursesYou are teaching: a training module, a lesson series, or a full curriculum.
Commercial advertsYou are promoting a product, offer, or launch.
Song to music videoYou released a track and need a visual for it.
Films from a screenplayYou tell stories with dialogue: short films, dramas, history or faith stories, adverts with characters, family films starring your own people.
Photo reels: star in your own videoYou want a scroll-stopping Reel, TikTok or Short with real people in it: yourself, your family, your artist or your brand ambassador.
Drone flyover videosYou want a scroll-stopping short about a place: tourism, property, venues, travel pages.
Stat cardsYou post profiles and head-to-head comparisons for sports, travel or trivia audiences.
Websites with QR codesYou need a page people can find, scan and message: a restaurant, shop, wedding, portfolio or link in bio.
Subtitle translationThe video is good as is and only needs to be readable in more languages.
AI dubbingViewers should HEAR the video in their language, not just read it.
Reframe wide and verticalOne video has to work on YouTube and on Shorts, Reels, and TikTok.
Summarize and elaborate Early accessA video is too long for the platform, or too thin for the topic.
Publishing and campaignsYou want videos to go out on a schedule without uploading each one.
Library, folders, and tasksAlways: it is where finished work lives and where reruns start.
Developer API Early accessYou are building a product and want the studio's engine behind it.

Playbooks by tool

The four moves for each tool. Run the general SOP around them.

One-off videos

  1. Pick topic, script, or audio
  2. Choose length, style, and 16:9 or 9:16
  3. AI writes, voices, and illustrates
  4. Review and export the MP4
About one-off videos →

Shows and episode series

  1. Create the show: world, cast, tone
  2. Generate the next episode
  3. Character memory keeps continuity
  4. Export or schedule the episode
About shows and episode series →

Narrated courses

  1. Give a topic or paste your outline
  2. Add source notes to ground the facts
  3. Review the plan and the fact check
  4. Render narrated slides per module
About narrated courses →

Commercial adverts

  1. Describe the product and offer
  2. Pick tone, length, and format
  3. Review the script and copy
  4. Render portrait or landscape ads
About commercial adverts →

Song to music video

  1. Upload the song
  2. Choose clips, images, or a cover
  3. Visuals follow the genre and lyrics
  4. Title card and captions added
About song to music video →

Films from a screenplay

  1. Paste a screenplay or describe the story
  2. Optionally add photos and name who plays whom
  3. Pick images or real video clips, wide or vertical
  4. Export the film, or re-voice it in another language
About films from a screenplay →

Photo reels: star in your own video

  1. Upload a photo and name the people
  2. Pick a template or describe any idea
  3. Add your lyrics, lines or your own song
  4. Get a vertical or wide reel with sound
About photo reels: star in your own video →

Drone flyover videos

  1. Type the place
  2. Pick the length, camera style and mood
  3. AI plans the shots and the music
  4. Export a vertical short or a wide film
About drone flyover videos →

Stat cards

  1. Type one subject or two
  2. AI writes the card from its sources
  3. Every number is checked; photos are credited
  4. Download the card and its video
About stat cards →

Websites with QR codes

  1. Describe it, or upload documents and photos
  2. AI writes it in a design no other site has
  3. Edit, add sections and publish
  4. Print QR codes for tables, windows and flyers
About websites with qr codes →

Subtitle translation

  1. Pick a video or upload one
  2. Choose target languages
  3. Subtitles align to the speech
  4. Download one file or one per language
About subtitle translation →

AI dubbing

  1. Pick the video
  2. Choose the language and voice
  3. New narration is generated
  4. Captions follow the new audio
About ai dubbing →

Summarize and elaborate Early access

  1. Pick the video
  2. Set the target length
  3. Narration is rewritten to fit
  4. Scenes and captions are rebuilt
About summarize and elaborate →

Publishing and campaigns

  1. Connect your channels
  2. Publish now or schedule
  3. Or start a campaign from a document
  4. Each module renders and posts on time
About publishing and campaigns →

Developer API Early access

  1. Create an app, get an API key
  2. POST a job: video, advert, translate…
  3. Get a webhook when it finishes
  4. Pay per use from developer credits
About developer api →

Pre-publish checklist

  • Correct tool selected (and show, for episodes)
  • Permission from everyone in uploaded photos (parents for children)
  • Source material attached for courses and fact-heavy topics
  • Language and voice confirmed
  • Visual format selected: short or standard
  • Template placeholders replaced with your own topic
  • Script, captions, and timing reviewed
  • Final video playback checked
  • Watermark expected on free-plan videos (removed by a plan, or per video)
  • Publishing metadata reviewed