DocumentationHow do I make a product video?
Layouta makes a vertical product video of 10 to 30 seconds with voiceover and captions. You approve the plan, every storyboard frame and the words before it is made.
Open Product video in your project, choose a length, and work through four stages: plan, storyboard, words and video. You see the plan and every storyboard frame before anything is made, and the finished video is vertical (9:16), with voiceover and captions.
Before you start
You need a product photo or a White Image. Make your White Image and listing images first if you can, because the video is planned from them. By default it follows your listing images, one shot each, in the same order.
The stages
Choose
Pick the length and resolution, and tick any selling points the video must show. Each ticked point gets a shot of its own.
Plan
AI writes the direction and what each shot proves. You can edit the direction before anything is drawn.
Storyboard
One picture per shot shows how each shot opens. Each is checked, and anything we find is marked on it. Redraw the ones you want changed, or set one aside so that shot is made from its description alone. Then confirm the storyboard.
Words
Each shot's caption and voiceover are written from its picture, so the words say what the picture shows. Edit them and confirm.
Video
The whole video is made in one pass from your confirmed storyboard. You can leave the page and come back.
Lengths and resolutions
| Length | Shots | Resolution |
|---|---|---|
| 10 seconds | 4 | 768P or 2K |
| 15 seconds | 5 | 768P or 2K |
| 20 seconds | 6 | 480P, 720P or 1080P |
| 25 seconds | 7 | 480P, 720P or 1080P |
| 30 seconds | 8 | 480P, 720P or 1080P |
A 10- or 15-second plan with more detail than the 768P and 2K model can take is made at 720P instead of 768P, or 1080P instead of 2K, so none of its detail is cut. You are charged for what is made, never more than the amount shown.
Common questions
How much does a video cost?
You see an estimated total for your length and resolution before you start. Each step is charged only when it finishes, at what it actually used, and never more than the amount shown. A step that fails is not charged.
Should I check the storyboard closely?
Yes. The video opens each shot from its storyboard picture, so an error left in a picture usually carries into the video. Look at hands, parts and how objects sit before you confirm.
Can I change the length later?
Yes, but a new length needs a new plan, and the current plan and storyboard are replaced.