AI explainer video generator for 30 and 60 second vertical videos

What kind of explainer this makes

Search for an explainer video generator and most results make the classic company explainer: two minutes, horizontal, a cartoon character with a problem, a product that solves it. This is not that. Video Studio makes explainers for the vertical feed: 30 or 60 seconds, 9:16, one idea explained well enough that someone remembers it after they scroll.

That shorter shape changes what an explainer needs. There is no time for a character arc or an intro. The idea has to be visible from the first second, and the visual has to carry part of the argument instead of decorating it. That is why the main style here is a diagram: the graph is the explanation.

Two explainer styles, two kinds of idea

Diagram explainer is built for ideas with a shape: growth, decay, a trade-off, a comparison, a formula. Lines draw on, points move along curves and labels appear as the narrator says them, on a dark grid with blue and yellow accents. Ink stickman is built for ideas about people: why we decide, avoid or misjudge something. A stick figure drawn in ink acts it out with hand-lettered labels.

Why drawn as code matters for an explainer

An explainer that gets its own chart wrong is worse than no explainer. Video models draw something that looks like a graph: the axis wobbles, the numbers turn into gibberish and the curve does not match the claim. Here the storyboard says exactly what to plot, and the renderer draws it with real fonts and real geometry. A curve that should hit 37 hits 37.

The script follows the same rule the Script Studio always has: it is built from facts you can check, and it does not invent statistics to make a point land harder. If a topic needs a number nobody can source, the right answer is a different topic.

Topics that make strong short explainers

The best short explainers answer a question people already half-asked themselves, and contain one surprise. Some starting points by niche:

• Personal finance: why compound interest feels slow and then is not; what inflation does to cash in a drawer over ten years
• Science: why exponential growth fools our intuition; why the sky is dark at night if there are so many stars
• Maths: why 1% a day compounds to 37x in a year; the birthday paradox in one graph
• Business: why a 50% loss needs a 100% gain to recover; how a price cut changes margin
• Health basics: how sleep debt accumulates across a week; why a steady walk beats an occasional sprint for habit forming
• History told as cause and effect: the chain of small failures behind a famous disaster

How to write a topic for a vertical explainer

Phrase the topic as the question or the claim, not the subject. "Exponential growth" is a subject; "Why exponential growth fools us" is an explainer. Include the number if there is one, because the number is what the diagram will build toward.

Choose 30 seconds for one claim and one graph. Choose 60 seconds when the idea has a setup and a payoff, such as what we expect versus what actually happens. Explainers squeezed too tight feel rushed, so when in doubt, go longer.

Who should use a traditional explainer tool instead

If you need a two minute horizontal product video for a landing page, with a branded character, your logo and a scripted customer story, a dedicated animated explainer tool or a studio is the better fit. The same goes for training videos with screen recordings, or anything that has to show your real product interface. Video Studio does none of those today. It makes short, faceless explainers for Shorts, Reels and TikTok, and it does that one job well.

How to make an AI explainer video

1. 1

   Type the question or claim

   One sentence, ideally with the number in it, such as "Why 1% better every day adds up to 37x in a year". Claude writes the script and decides what to draw on each beat.

2. 2

   Pick a style and a length

   Diagram explainer for data and shapes, Ink stickman for ideas about people. 30 or 60 seconds; the credit cost is shown before you start.

3. 3

   Render in about 3 minutes

   The ElevenLabs voiceover is recorded, captions are timed to its words, music and sound are mixed, and every frame is drawn.

4. 4

   Download and post

   You get a 9:16 MP4 to upload to YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels or TikTok. Auto-posting and scheduling are coming soon, on Pro and Studio; today you upload it yourself.

Styles and what each video costs

Prices are fixed per style and length, shown before you render, and charged only for a finished video: a failed render refunds its credits automatically.

What it does not do yet

Worth knowing before you sign up. All of these are coming soon; none of them are live today.

• Auto-posting and scheduling to YouTube, Instagram and TikTok, on Pro and Studio. Today you download the MP4 and upload it yourself.
• Series and autopilot, where a new episode is made on a schedule without you starting each one.
• More styles beyond Kinetic type, Ink stickman and Diagram explainer.
• Other formats: Reddit stories, fake text conversations, brainrot and gameplay split-screen.

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