Video Maker
ES — Leer en español Code on GitHub Download

Interactive guide

How Video Maker works

From idea to MP4 in five stages. Below, a tour of each path with real screenshots of the app (shown with its Spanish interface).

The pipeline

  1. Idea & script

    Tell the producer what video you want. With Claude Code or OpenRouter it drafts or polishes the script, and you approve it before a single minute of rendering.

  2. Voice

    The voice-over is synthesized on your Mac with Spanish Piper voices (es_AR, es_ES, es_MX) — or you use your own recording. whisper.cpp transcribes it word by word.

  3. Scenes

    For motion graphics the AI proposes the storyboard and the studio animates every scene with your brand. With raw footage it trims silences, picks B-roll by what is being said and adds kinetic captions.

  4. Music

    A brand track, cuts on the beat and automatic ducking: the music dips by itself whenever the voice speaks, with at least 15 dB of headroom.

  5. Render

    Remotion or HyperFrames draw the frames, FFmpeg mixes and masters to −14 LUFS, and an automatic review checks levels, black frames and captions before handing you the MP4.

Before you start

  1. 1 Install the app Drag it to Applications and open it with one extra step (it is not signed by Apple).
  2. 2 First run It downloads the transcription model, the voices and the rendering browser (≈879 MB).
  3. 3 Connect the AI Claude Code with your subscription or OpenRouter with your key and prepaid credit.

Both paths, step by step

Pick a path and move with the buttons or the arrow keys.

Motion graphics: from script to animated video

Nothing to record. You write the script, add a few photos if you like, and the studio designs animated scenes with your brand, adds the voice and the music and cuts to the beat.

  1. New video dialog with the Motion graphics and Raw footage options

    Step 1

    New video → Motion graphics

    From "Your videos" you tap "New video" and pick the motion graphics path.

  2. Motion graphics brief with brand, format, music, title, goal, audience and script

    Step 2

    Fill in the brief

    Brand, format (16:9 for YouTube or 9:16 for reels), music, goal, audience and script. If you add photos, write one line about what each one shows: the AI picks them by that description.

  3. Finished motion graphics video on the Motion page, with the music credit

    Step 3

    Storyboard and video

    "Build storyboard" asks the AI for the scenes; you review them. "Make video" synthesizes the voice, prepares the music and renders while showing progress. The music credit is ready for your description.

  4. Producer chat on a motion graphics video, with sample adjustment requests

    Step 4

    Adjust it by chatting

    "Adjust with the producer": ask "lower the music" or "change the title of scene 3" and it redoes only what changed. Then publish it to YouTube from the app.

Raw footage: your recordings, edited

Bring screen recordings, camera clips, photos or music, and the producer builds the edit: it trims silences, places B-roll, adds captions and the voice-over.

  1. New video dialog with the Motion graphics and Raw footage options

    Step 1

    New video → Raw footage

    The same "New video", choosing the recordings edit.

  2. Card for a freshly uploaded file with the suggested B-roll role and Confirm and Discard buttons

    Step 2

    Drop your files

    Drag your material onto the conversation. For each file the producer suggests a role (A-roll, B-roll, image, music, logo) and you confirm it.

  3. Material tab with thumbnails grouped by A-roll, B-roll, images, music and logo

    Step 3

    Review your material

    The "Material" tab groups everything confirmed by category, with thumbnail and duration. Missing footage? The producer finds freely licensed media on Wikimedia Commons and NASA.

  4. Conversation with the producer and the preview of a finished render

    Step 4

    Chat and watch the preview

    Pick a recipe (Tutorial, Vertical tutorial or Product ad) or just describe the video. The producer writes the script, the cuts and the voice, and the preview shows the render as soon as it finishes.

  5. Your videos: project list with real thumbnails and their status

    Step 5

    Deliveries and publishing

    Every confirmed render lands in "Deliveries" without overwriting the previous ones, ready to open in Finder or publish to YouTube. Your projects show up with their real thumbnails.

What runs where

StageWhere it runsWith what
Conversation, script and storyboardOn the AI you connectedClaude Code (your subscription) or OpenRouter (your key)
TranscriptionOn your Macwhisper.cpp with the large-v3-turbo model
VoiceOn your MacPiper voices on sherpa-onnx (optional: ElevenLabs with your key)
Scenes and renderingOn your MacRemotion + headless Chrome (raw footage) · HyperFrames + GSAP (motion graphics)
Mixing, mastering and reviewOn your MacFFmpeg / ffprobe
PublishingOn your channelYouTube Data API v3, only if you connect your account

See the full technology and license inventory