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Getting started with faceless videos

Schedulin's faceless video generator turns a written script into a finished short video — voiceover, captions, and visuals included — and hands it off to the scheduler so you can publish across TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, and more.

This article walks through your first render end-to-end.

Before you start

You need:

  • An active Schedulin account (a free 7-day trial is enough).
  • A script between 20 and 1,200 characters. This usually translates to a 15-90 second video.
  • At least one connected social account if you want to schedule directly. You can also download the rendered video.

Step 1 — Open the faceless editor

From your Schedulin dashboard, click Create → Faceless video. This opens the editor with the script field, voice picker, engine selector, and caption style.

Step 2 — Paste your script

Paste the full narration in the script field. Schedulin uses this exact text for both the voiceover and the on-screen karaoke captions, so write it as you'd want it spoken.

A few rules:

  • Keep it conversational. AI voices read literally — they'll say "U.S." as "you ess" if you abbreviate.
  • One sentence per line is fine. Pauses come from punctuation.
  • Avoid emoji and markdown — they'll be read aloud.

Step 3 — Pick a voice

Schedulin ships with six ElevenLabs voices out of the box (Rachel, Sarah, Domi, Antoni, Arnold, Adam). Click Preview next to any voice to hear a sample.

If you've cloned your own voice in ElevenLabs, paste the voice ID into the custom voice field.

Step 4 — Choose an engine

You'll see three engine options. The right one depends on your niche — see Choosing an engine for the full breakdown.

Quick rules of thumb:

  • Stock footage ($0.30/video) — best for daily uploads, motivation, fun facts, finance.
  • AI stills ($0.50/video) — best for storytelling niches like horror or history.
  • Veo3 ($1/second) — premium hero clips only.

Step 5 — Pick captions and aspect ratio

Three caption styles are available:

  • Bold yellow — high-contrast, classic motivation/finance style.
  • TikTok white — clean white text with a soft drop shadow.
  • Minimal — small, unobtrusive, for cinematic content.

Aspect ratio defaults to 9:16 (TikTok / Shorts / Reels). Switch to 1:1 for square Instagram feed posts or 16:9 for YouTube long-form.

Step 6 — Render

Click Generate. Schedulin runs a four-stage pipeline: voiceover → footage selection → scene composition → final render. Stock footage renders in about 90 seconds; AI stills take ~2 minutes; Veo3 takes ~3 minutes.

You'll see a progress bar. You can leave the editor and come back — the render continues in the background.

Step 7 — Schedule or download

When the render completes, you can:

  • Send to scheduler — opens the post composer with the video pre-attached. Pick the platforms and a publish time.
  • Download — grab the MP4 to use elsewhere.

That's it. Your first faceless video is live (or queued).

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