Content Recap - Written Piece to Video
An editorial, deliberately quiet 34-second 9:16 recap of a single written piece - a blog post, newsletter issue, or press release turned into a Reel/Short. Seven scenes on an ink → photo → newsprint → ink rhythm: a title-page cover carrying the headline, one held hero image on a solid ink caption band, the four points that matter as full-page pull-quotes numbered 01–04 in cobalt, and a scannable close with a QR tile and the article URL. Newsreader serif for every word pulled from the piece, JetBrains Mono for all furniture, and a single cobalt accent used exactly four times in the whole video. Built for messy input: each text slot is a fixed box with a type ladder, so a six-word point and a twenty-five-word point both look set on purpose. Swap the seven per-post fields - headline, hero_image, point_1 through point_4, article_url and its qr_image - while publication_name is bound once per publisher, so an RSS item or CMS publish webhook renders a finished video per post and the same payload shape backfills an entire archive.
- Aspect ratio
- 9:16 · Vertical
- Duration
- ~34s
- Category
- Social Media
What you can customize
This template exposes 9 dynamic fields you can swap per video — edit them in the editor or pass them to the API to batch-render variations at scale.
Headline
The Complete Guide to Automating Video Creation in 2026
Publication Name
The Renderly Blog
Hero Image
https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1758874384555-37d50c0ee81a?fm=jpg&q=80&w=1080&h=1592&fit=crop&crop=entropy
Point 1
Agency video runs $1,000 a minute. A template render runs twenty cents.
Point 2
63% of video marketers used AI tools this year, up from 51% the year before.
Point 3
Template assembly fits about 65% of business video jobs; hybrid pipelines take 25%, and only 10% genuinely need a model generating new pixels.
Point 4
Budget 2.5 words per second. A 30- second video holds 75 words, not a paragraph.
Qr Image
https://api.qrserver.com/v1/create-qr-code/?size=600x600&margin=0&color=171613&bgcolor=F2EEE5&data=https%3A%2F%2Frenderly.video%2Fblog%2Fcomplete-guide-automating-video-creation-2026
Article Url
renderly.video/blog
Frequently asked questions
How do I customize the Content Recap - Written Piece to Video template?
Open the template in the Renderly editor and replace its 9 customizable fields (such as Headline) with your own text, images, or video. Every change previews instantly before you render.
How much does it cost to render this template?
Rendering is credit-based — 1 credit equals 1 minute of 1080p video. You only pay when you export, and credits never expire on the pay-as-you-go plan.
Can I generate this video at scale via the API?
Yes. Mark any field as a dynamic variable and call the Renderly API (or a no-code integration like Zapier) with a JSON payload to batch-render a unique video for every row of data.
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