**Product Description:**
This workflow will generate a professional-quality explainer video for YouTube. The video will include a sequence of image slides, a voice-over, ambient background music, and visual effects. The content will be technical in nature, designed to appeal to experts and position the producer as a leader in their field. The video can boost ad revenue, enhance brand authority, and engage current and future audiences.
**Workflow Steps:**
1. **Topic Generation:** Utilize an AI language model to identify trending and engaging topics in your field.
2. **Data Collection:** Use a `Python` script to gather fresh data and resources from StackExchange and NewsAPI. This ensures the video content is relevant and accurate.
3. **Script Creation:** Leverage an AI, like OpenAI, to draft an informative script. Use a second AI service to review and refine the script for clarity and engagement.
4. **Image Slide Design:** Utilize Canva’s API to create image slides based on the script. Use AI tools like Dalle to generate unique graphics, and Cloudinary’s API for image hosting and manipulation.
5. **Voice-over:** Utilize a Text-To-Speech (TTS) service, such as ElevenLabs, to create a human-like voice-over. Ensure the voice tone suits a technical audience.
6. **Background Music:** Choose suitable background music that matches the video’s tone and tempo using an AI or API.
7. **Visual Effects:** Add visually appealing effects to the slides using an AI service or After Effects with the Runway ML API.
8. **Video Compilation:** Combine the slides, voice-over, and background music using video editing software, or automate with FFMPEG or Synthesia through n8n.
9. **Quality Assurance:** Review the video using an AI language model to suggest edits or improvements, ensuring high production value.
10. **Thumbnail Design:** Create an attention-grabbing thumbnail using Canva’s API. Use AI to ensure it’s designed to increase Click-Through Rate (CTR).
11. **SEO Optimization:** Generate SEO-friendly titles, tags, and a video description that follow YouTube’s best practices using an AI.
12. **Publishing:** Upload the video and thumbnail at the most advantageous time based on analytics using YouTube’s API through n8n workflows.
13. **Marketing:** Automate the announcement of the new video on social media using their APIs through n8n.
14. **Performance Monitoring:** Track video performance and collect feedback to improve future content using Google Sheets or Airtable API.
This workflow is efficient and repeatable thanks to the use of AI and n8n. It allows creators to focus on strategy and creativity, while routine tasks are automated.
