Overview
PointShift turns a script, an idea or your own voiceover into a narrated long-form video, ready for YouTube.
You give PointShift what the video should say. It records the narration, finds real footage for every line, adds motion graphics and music, and puts it all on a timeline. You review it in the editor, change what you want, and export an MP4.
The work runs on our servers. You can close the tab while a video builds, and you get a notification when it’s ready.
Three ways to start
| Start from | What happens | Read |
|---|---|---|
| An idea | You describe the video and its length. The script is researched and written for you. | Start from an idea |
| A script | Your words are read exactly as written. | Start from a script |
| Your own audio | You upload a voiceover. It’s transcribed and the video is built around it. | Start from your own audio |
What a video is made of
- Voiceover from a voice you pick, or one you cloned.
- Footage found for each line: video clips first, then photos. Every third-party clip carries a small source credit in the corner.
- Motion graphics in the style of your brand profile: maps, numbers, titles, callouts.
- Music matched to the mood of each section.
- Captions in your brand profile’s style, if you turn them on.
Each video uses one brand profile, so every video on a channel sounds and looks the same.
What it doesn’t do
- Videos are landscape (16:9) only. No Shorts, Reels or TikToks.
- Scripts are in English only, for now.
- Up to 40 minutes per video.
- No on-camera presenter or avatar, and no screen recordings.
- When no real footage fits a shot, the shot can be drawn instead and is labelled AI Representation. You can turn this off with AI generated shots in the brand profile.
Topics that work well
PointShift fits narrated videos where pictures illustrate what the voice says: documentaries, history, explainers, news analysis, science and nature, geography, business stories, countdowns.
Before you commit to a topic, ask:
- Is there real footage or photography of it online?
- Could you find enough for many videos without repeating the same shots?
- Does a viewer expect to see footage, not a person talking?
If the answer to any of these is no, expect more empty shots to fill in the editor. A local story from last week with two photos online is a hard fit. The history of a famous ship is an easy one.
Ready to try it? Start with the quick start.