Story Bible
The whole story read once before planning, so places keep one look and the mood follows the plot.
Story videos where the characters stay the same
Bedtime stories, horror, folk tales, Reddit stories and serialised fiction fall apart when the hero has a new face in every shot. AI Director reads your whole story first and keeps its people, places and mood consistent from the first scene to the last.
The old way vs the Vid Optimus way
What usually slows this kind of video down, and how Vid Optimus handles it.
The usual problems
A new face in every shot
Most AI video tools draw each line on its own, so the main character changes from scene to scene.
The mood jumps around
Planned a few lines at a time, a quiet chapter can suddenly get a bright, busy picture.
Long stories cost a fortune in credits
A 40-minute story on a per-minute tool is a bill, not a video.
With Vid Optimus
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Paste your story
Read back exactly as written. Preview a voice on the start of your script before voicing every scene.
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Let the Director read it
The Story Bible names the story's places, people, chapters and stretches of mood. Read or edit it on the Plan screen.
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Meet your cast
Find characters adds the people in the story with a description; Generate draws each one a portrait in your chosen style.
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Plan, polish and export
Every scene is planned knowing the whole story, then fine-tuned on the timeline.
The features that matter most for story & fiction channels
Every plan includes every feature. These are the ones you'll use the most.
Characters that keep their face
A reference portrait per character goes with every shot they are in, on Runware and the Vidoptimus Image Server.
40+ art styles
From photorealistic to anime and watercolour, and 26 Niche styles that keep their own fixed look.
FAQ
Questions from story & fiction channels
Quick answers before you try it.
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Does the Director change my story?
No. It plans the pictures, never the words. Every line is read back exactly as you wrote it, and the Story Bible only shapes how the pictures look.
Can I change how a place or character looks?
Yes. Open the Story Bible on the Plan screen to change a place's look, the logline or the palette, and edit each character in the Cast panel. Your edits are kept until the narration itself changes.
Can I narrate it in my own cloned voice?
Yes, with MusaTTS 4.5 or newer running on your computer. Its Voice Clone Pro makes a custom voice from a clean 5 to 15 second recording, in eight languages. You can also bring your own recording instead.
Other ways creators use Vid Optimus
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Turn your next script into a finished video.
Free for 7 days with every feature. No account or card needed. Windows and macOS.