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How to dub a movie all by yourself using VideoPlus Studio

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Movie dubbing is not a simple task, it usually requires a team of professionals for translation, voiceover recording, sound mixing and editing, etc. VideoPlus Studio can detect the speaking language of the audio in a video, transcribe the audio to text and save it to a subtitle file. Along with a translation utility and a flexible subtitle editor that can define a presenter for every line of the subtitles, you can dub a movie all by yourself - the process closely resembles how it's done professionally, but without the hassle of using real voice actors, recording, etc. Learn how to dub the fictive 'Back To The Future 4' movie trailer in English to French in this step-by-step tutorial. 1. First get the video transcription. Click the 'Transcription' button in the menu, select your video and submit the task.  2. Find the finished task and download the resulting subtitle file when available. 3. Click 'TTS for Video' in the menu then open the video fil

How to combine pictures and words into story-telling videos using VideoPlus Studio

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"A picture is worth a thousand words." Pictures and words can both tell stories, but combining them into a video can tell a more vivid story and bring static contents to life. We all like storybooks as kids. Words with pictures are more appealing and easy to recall. Now with generative AI, pictures can be generated from text, and text can be turned into speech spoken by an avatar.  Learn how to transform an article into a dynamic story-telling video in this step-by-step tutorial. 1. Click 'Storybook' in the menu, then select the custom story generation method (last one) and paste the article, select 'GIF image and subtitle json' output format and submit the task. Download the resulting files when the task is completed. 2. Alternatively, use the contents from an article as prompts to generate some images using external AI image generators such as Stable Diffusion and Midjourney, pick images that fit the contents and organize them according to the narrative. 3.

How to make dynamic explainer videos from recordings without voice using VideoPlus Studio

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Suppose you learned some interesting tricks and want to create an explainer video to share with the world, you'd like to put yourself in the video but you're uncomfortable speaking in front of a camera, VideoPlus Studio can solve the dilemma. If your story happens in the real world, like an event, making a dish, repairing a tool, etc., just use a camcorder or your phone to record what's happening; if it's something in the virtual world, you can easily find a screen recording tool to record what you do on the screen. Once you have the recording, save it as a MP4 video. While recording you don't have to decide what to talk about, because later you can open the video in VideoPlus Studio, play it and write down what you want to talk as subtitles according to the scene. In the app you can define a presenter with a voice you like, clone your own voice if desired, and upload your image for the presenter's avatar; then select the presenter for

How to turn documents into dynamic presentations using VideoPlus Studio

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Can you turn a plain old PowerPoint presentation into an interesting online course? Let's try the following: Use an attractive AI voice to narrate the contents; Add some sound effects; Ask a chatbot to generate some fun question/answer pairs according to the contents; Add question/answer slides presented by avatars; Assemble everything together and generate a video. Learn how to turn your static content into dynamic presentations without the need for voice recording in this step-by-step tutorial. 1. Click 'Presenter' in the menu, go through your presenters and decide which one to use to present the document.  2. If you need to create a new presenter or update an existing one, select the right gender and language, listen to the audio samples of predefined voices to decide which one you like. To clone voice, select a voice good for cloning, use the 'Clone Voice' option then choose your audio file. The voice can also be fine-tuned by adjusting audio properties (pitch,

VideoPlus Studio 2.0 is launched on ProductHunt (with free subscription coupon)

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Reimagining Rome from First Person's View with AI Generated Stories and Images

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A Caesar's Legacy  Generated with Storybook task in VideoPlus Studio (https://videoplus.studio/), inputs: - Story Generation Method: Generate story from a prompt: Gaius Julius Caesar - Story Genre: first person - Style of Generated Pictures: custom style: a scene centered around Gaius Julius Caesar - Select Voice: eng292 Cleopatra's Decision Generated with Storybook task in VideoPlus Studio (https://videoplus.studio/), inputs: - Story Generation Method: Generate story from a prompt: Queen Cleopatra - Story Genre: first person - Style of Generated Pictures: custom style: a scene centered around Queen Cleopatra - Select Voice: eng260 The Last Embrace of Mark Antony Generated with Storybook task in VideoPlus Studio (https://videoplus.studio/), inputs: - Story Generation Method: Generate story from a prompt: Mark Antony - Story Genre: first person - Style of Generated Pictures: custom style: a scene centered around Mark Antony - Select Voice: eng289 The Rise of Octavian Gener

Crafting Personalized Stories with AI: A Look into the Multimodal Storybook Maker

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In this post we’ll explore how a new tool from aiTransformer, the Storybook Maker, combines large language model (LLM), image generation, and text-to-speech (TTS) technology for automated video storybook creation. Screenshot of The Storybook Maker Tool  The Concept of Storybook Maker The art of storytelling has evolved throughout history, from oral traditions to written narratives, and now into the digital age. The Storybook Maker is a tool seen as the next step in this progression. It was developed with the aim of automating the creation of personalized stories, incorporating multimodal learning to enhance the storytelling experience. The concept originated from a recognition that traditional story creation methods were time-consuming and demanded substantial expertise. Storybook Maker seeks to democratize the storytelling process by making it accessible to individuals of all backgrounds and skill levels, even with zero skill in writing/drawing. Storybook Maker takes th

VideoPlus Studio How-tos

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VideoPlus Studio is a free subtitle editor and translator for videos, documents and images, besides, it can add cartoon and filter effects to videos, transcribe videos, and turn subtitles into speech with customizable voices and avatars for lifelike presentations. Following how-to videos show the typical usages of this app. In fact, these videos themselves are explainer videos created using this app. How to apply cartoon/filter effects to videos and transcribe videos VideoPlus Studio can apply different cartoon styles and filters to videos, as well as transcribe audio to text with automatically detected language and save the text to a subtitle file; you can do those in a few simple steps, this video shows you how. The sample resulting video mention in this tutorial. How to make dynamic explainer videos from recordings without voice Suppose you learned some interesting tricks and want to create an explainer video to share with the world, you'd like to put yourself in the video but