how-it-works.md — VidFlow

THE PIPELINE · 8 STAGES

How VidFlow works.

Eight stages, in order. Quick mode does the whole thing automatically. Director mode hands you the dial at every step.

1STAGE 1

Idea mining

We open by reading the room. The model pulls outliers from the channels you compete with, scores them by retention, and drafts five hook-driven titles in the voice of your channel. You lock the one that punches.

YOU CAN

Pick which channels to mine (yours + 3–10 competitors)
Re-roll any title without redoing the rest
Lock the title that wins

COST

~6 cr per title batch · ~1 cr per re-roll

5 CANDIDATES · LOCK ONE

01Why coffee tastes better at altitudeLOCKED✓

02The trade that bankrupted a country

03How the ISS gets its supplies

04The year we stopped going to the lake

0590 seconds about a phone

2STAGE 2

Script forge

The forge takes your locked title and writes the script around it. Hook, beats, chapters. You can accept it whole, accept by chapter, or step in sentence-by-sentence.

YOU CAN

Accept all · accept chapter · re-roll one sentence
Override the hook style (curiosity / story / direct)
Edit any line by hand

COST

~12 cr per script · ~1 cr per single-sentence re-roll

CHAPTER 1 · HOOK

✓You can spend the next forty-eight hours editing — or being bored.

✓The phone keeps ringing. Pick it up or don’t.

↻Either way, you’re going to remember this week.

2/3 LOCKED

RE-ROLL LINE 3 · ~1 CR

3STAGE 3

Visual bible

The bible is the law your video lives under. We lock the cast, the locations, the palette, the camera grammar. Every shot in your video references the same world.

YOU CAN

Auto-extract characters from script · or hand-pick
Pin a location reference (an image, a real place, a vibe)
Override per-scene if a shot needs to break the rule

COST

~18 cr to lock a typical bible

CAST · ANAÏSnarrator · 32 · italic

CAST · TOMÁSsubject · 41 · gravelly

LOCATION · LAKE04:18 sunset · low haze

LOCATION · DESKporto · golden hour

STYLE · REALISM16:9 · 35mm · grain

PALETTE · WARMamber · cream · ink

4STAGE 4

Voice casting

We hand the locked script to a voice from your curated roster and let it breathe. Pacing, breaths, emphasis — all of it tuned to your channel’s read.

YOU CAN

Preview every voice in your library
Override the channel default per project · or per chapter
Regenerate any take

COST

~90 cr per take · saved as the channel default

CURATED ROSTER · CHANNEL DEFAULT LOCKED

▶

Atlas

warm · masculine · US

● DEFAULT

▶

Cedar

bright · feminine · UK

▶

Mira

calm · neutral · US

▶

Hugo

gravelly · masculine · PT

5STAGE 5

Scene shoot

Each scene gets shot. The model interprets the script line, places the cast in the location, and gives you the take. If the first take feels off, re-roll just that one — the rest of the video stays.

YOU CAN

Re-roll any individual scene
Lock cinematography (close, mid, wide) per shot
Hand-pin a reference image for a hard-to-describe scene

COST

~14 cr per scene · most videos are 12–20 scenes

SCENES · 6 / 6 SHOT

ALL TAKES LOCKED

RE-ROLL SCENE 03 · ~14 CR

6STAGE 6

Render farm

The farm renders the scenes in the order they ship. Most are under 8 seconds wall-clock per scene. The credit chip in your top bar morphs into a live render strip while the queue runs.

YOU CAN

Watch the queue run, scene by scene, in your top bar
Re-roll any scene that misses before the final cut
Walk away — we email when it’s done

COST

Bundled into the per-scene cost · no surprise charges

RENDER FARM · GPU 7

shot_1a · porto_rooftopshipped

shot_2a · phone_buzz64%

shot_3a · kitchenqueued

● 02:14 LEFT · WALK AWAY, WE’LL EMAIL

7STAGE 7

Smart cut

The cut is where the pacing locks. We trim dead air, align the audio, beat-match transitions, and respect the script’s rhythm. You can step in at any cut.

YOU CAN

Drag any cut handle by 100ms
Re-cut the whole timeline with a different pacing preset
Lock chapters · the YouTube chapters export with them

COST

Bundled · no per-cut charge

SMART CUT · 3:48 → 3:32

3 CUTS LOCKED·16 SECONDS TRIMMED

DRAG TO ADJUST

8STAGE 8

Ship it

Ship to YouTube. We push the master, your picked thumbnail, the chapters, the description, the tags. One button, and it’s live.

YOU CAN

Connect any YouTube channel via OAuth
Pick your thumbnail from generated options
Edit the title, description, and tags before publish

COST

Free · YouTube does the upload, we do the wrap

SHIPPED · YOUTUBE · 3:32

▶

FINAL_EXPORT.MP41080p · 218 CR

THUMB ATHUMB B ✓CHAPTERSTAGSDESC

STAGE 1 BEGINS WHEN YOU DO

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how-it-works.md — VidFlow

THE PIPELINE · 8 STAGES

How VidFlow works.

Eight stages, in order. Quick mode does the whole thing automatically. Director mode hands you the dial at every step.

Start free50 cr ← Marketing home

1STAGE 1

Idea mining

YOU CAN

Pick which channels to mine (yours + 3–10 competitors)
Re-roll any title without redoing the rest
Lock the title that wins

COST

~6 cr per title batch · ~1 cr per re-roll

5 CANDIDATES · LOCK ONE

01Why coffee tastes better at altitudeLOCKED✓

02The trade that bankrupted a country

03How the ISS gets its supplies

04The year we stopped going to the lake

0590 seconds about a phone

2STAGE 2

Script forge

The forge takes your locked title and writes the script around it. Hook, beats, chapters. You can accept it whole, accept by chapter, or step in sentence-by-sentence.

YOU CAN

Accept all · accept chapter · re-roll one sentence
Override the hook style (curiosity / story / direct)
Edit any line by hand

COST

~12 cr per script · ~1 cr per single-sentence re-roll

CHAPTER 1 · HOOK

✓You can spend the next forty-eight hours editing — or being bored.

✓The phone keeps ringing. Pick it up or don’t.

↻Either way, you’re going to remember this week.

2/3 LOCKED

RE-ROLL LINE 3 · ~1 CR

3STAGE 3

Visual bible

The bible is the law your video lives under. We lock the cast, the locations, the palette, the camera grammar. Every shot in your video references the same world.

YOU CAN

Auto-extract characters from script · or hand-pick
Pin a location reference (an image, a real place, a vibe)
Override per-scene if a shot needs to break the rule

COST

~18 cr to lock a typical bible

CAST · ANAÏSnarrator · 32 · italic

CAST · TOMÁSsubject · 41 · gravelly

LOCATION · LAKE04:18 sunset · low haze

LOCATION · DESKporto · golden hour

STYLE · REALISM16:9 · 35mm · grain

PALETTE · WARMamber · cream · ink

4STAGE 4

Voice casting

We hand the locked script to a voice from your curated roster and let it breathe. Pacing, breaths, emphasis — all of it tuned to your channel’s read.

YOU CAN

Preview every voice in your library
Override the channel default per project · or per chapter
Regenerate any take

COST

~90 cr per take · saved as the channel default

CURATED ROSTER · CHANNEL DEFAULT LOCKED

▶

Atlas

warm · masculine · US

● DEFAULT

▶

Cedar

bright · feminine · UK

▶

Mira

calm · neutral · US

▶

Hugo

gravelly · masculine · PT

5STAGE 5

Scene shoot

YOU CAN

Re-roll any individual scene
Lock cinematography (close, mid, wide) per shot
Hand-pin a reference image for a hard-to-describe scene

COST

~14 cr per scene · most videos are 12–20 scenes

SCENES · 6 / 6 SHOT

ALL TAKES LOCKED

RE-ROLL SCENE 03 · ~14 CR

6STAGE 6

Render farm

The farm renders the scenes in the order they ship. Most are under 8 seconds wall-clock per scene. The credit chip in your top bar morphs into a live render strip while the queue runs.

YOU CAN

Watch the queue run, scene by scene, in your top bar
Re-roll any scene that misses before the final cut
Walk away — we email when it’s done

COST

Bundled into the per-scene cost · no surprise charges

RENDER FARM · GPU 7

shot_1a · porto_rooftopshipped

shot_2a · phone_buzz64%

shot_3a · kitchenqueued

● 02:14 LEFT · WALK AWAY, WE’LL EMAIL

7STAGE 7

Smart cut

The cut is where the pacing locks. We trim dead air, align the audio, beat-match transitions, and respect the script’s rhythm. You can step in at any cut.

YOU CAN

Drag any cut handle by 100ms
Re-cut the whole timeline with a different pacing preset
Lock chapters · the YouTube chapters export with them

COST

Bundled · no per-cut charge

SMART CUT · 3:48 → 3:32

3 CUTS LOCKED·16 SECONDS TRIMMED

DRAG TO ADJUST

8STAGE 8

Ship it

Ship to YouTube. We push the master, your picked thumbnail, the chapters, the description, the tags. One button, and it’s live.

YOU CAN

Connect any YouTube channel via OAuth
Pick your thumbnail from generated options
Edit the title, description, and tags before publish

COST

Free · YouTube does the upload, we do the wrap

SHIPPED · YOUTUBE · 3:32

▶

FINAL_EXPORT.MP41080p · 218 CR

THUMB ATHUMB B ✓CHAPTERSTAGSDESC

STAGE 1 BEGINS WHEN YOU DO

What are you shipping today?

Start free50 cr Back to marketing