BEFORE YOU START
Before you start
Open the project you want to work on. If you are new, start with the first-video guide before exploring these controls.
Screenshots show actual sample projects. Your interface may vary with your plan and updates. Instructions describe desktop browser operation; this guide can also be read on a phone.
Follow the five stages
Progress appears on the left and the current task in the main area. Use the previous/next buttons or stage navigation to review the workflow.
- Check Follow the five stages and check their names and states.
- 1 Upload PPTX
- Starts with the source slides, language and target duration.
- 2 Choose a template
- Chooses how slides and presenters appear.
- 3 Presenter
- Sets presenters/voices for the chosen composition.
- 4 Slides and script
- Reviews dialogue, audio, emphasis and timing per slide.
- 5 Finish
- Reviews the whole presentation and continues to editing or video creation.
Import slides and choose their presentation
Import a PPTX with the required settings. Choose from the available presenter/no-presenter, body-view, wipe and portrait options.
- Check Check slide, presenter and caption placement.
- Target duration
- A duration goal to compare with the estimated audio length, then refine.
- Template preview
- Shows the relative size of slides/presenters and caption placement.
Select presenter and voice
Choose a presenter and review appearance and voice. In a dialogue format, verify speakers A/B; for narration-only formats, review the voice.
- Action Select a presenter and review the right-side preview and voice.
- Search and filters
- Narrows the presenter list.
- Voice audition
- Audition an available voice and match it to the presentation.
- Next
- Confirms the selection and continues.
Review slides and dialogue
Slides appear on the left, the preview/highlight timeline in the middle and dialogue on the right. Review saved, audio and timing states per page.
- Action Add dialogue to this slide.
- Action Use Add emphasis to highlight slide content.
- Action Details opens speed, fine adjustment and caption wording.
- Slide thumbnail
- Selects the page to edit.
- Per-slide target seconds
- Sets a target for that slide; locked slide targets affect total-duration allocation.
- Add dialogue
- Adds a line to the slide. Short lines are easier to revise and emphasize.
- Dialogue / move up-down / delete
- Click the wording to edit, reorder lines or remove an unwanted line.
- Consult
- Starts a consultation about the slide. Review intended changes and usage information before proceeding.
Adjust audio details and caption wording
Open Details on a dialogue line. Standard speed and fine adjustment work differently, so choose deliberately.
- Action Add dialogue to this slide.
- Action Use Add emphasis to highlight slide content.
- Action Details opens speed, fine adjustment and caption wording.
- Play / pause / stop
- Auditions the individual line.
- Speed
- Sets speech speed; review any regeneration information shown.
- Fine adjustment
- Makes small timing adjustments using existing audio. Check intelligibility before making a large change.
- Variation
- Chooses delivery for the line, distinguishing inherited and individual settings.
- Caption wording
- Uses the spoken wording or separate on-screen wording.
- Update speech audio
- Updates the line’s audio. Review its duration and readiness afterwards.
Align emphasis with the narration
Use Add emphasis to draw attention to a slide region. Align it with narration on the highlight timeline below the preview.
- Action Add dialogue to this slide.
- Action Use Add emphasis to highlight slide content.
- Action Details opens speed, fine adjustment and caption wording.
- Add emphasis
- Adds an emphasis effect to a region of the slide.
- Highlight body and edges
- Drag the body to move timing or its edges to change the range.
- Show all emphasis
- Shows all emphasis for placement review, separately from actual playback timing.
- Fit / zoom
- Changes preview zoom for inspection.
Adjust shared parameters
Open Parameters at the top right. Review presenter, voice, emphasis and captions, then check scope before applying to the whole project.
- Action Check the scope before applying settings to the whole project.
- Presenter presence, position and size
- Keep the presenter clear of important slide content and captions.
- Voice, speed and sentence ending
- Sets a delivery suitable for the material.
- Emphasis type, color and pauses
- Chooses from the available frame, underline, marker, arrow and related styles.
- One- / two-line captions
- Balances caption length against available slide area.
- Reset / apply to all
- Check the impact on individually adjusted content before applying.
Review the whole project and continue
Review slide, script and audio readiness on Finish. Play the whole presentation before choosing manual finishing or the offered video-generation action.
- Check Review readiness and the entries for playback, editing and video creation.
- Review / play all
- Reviews transitions between slides, pronunciation, timing and emphasis.
- Assemble in MotionVox
- Assembles the script and assets into a track-editor project.
- Make the video automatically
- Continues to generation/export under the displayed conditions. Review costs and scope.
- Discuss revisions
- Discusses revisions to dialogue, emphasis or pauses. Check the current usage/cost information.
- Open in the editor
- Opens the assembled project for detailed editing. This is not a statement that final MP4 export has finished.
BEFORE YOU FINISH
One final check.
After editing, check the intended presenter, clip and display language. Generate and play changes that require rendering, then check the saved status.