PDF to Video: turn a document into a short you can watch
Drop in lecture notes, a chapter, a report, or a slide export. The text is read in your browser and distilled into a 30, 60, or 90 second video plan: the hook, the points worth a viewer's time, what is on screen, and the words spoken over it. Then make the video in one click.
Free · no sign-up · the plan starts as soon as the PDF is read
Your video plan lands here.
A hook, the points worth a viewer's time, and a close, each scene with what is on screen and the words spoken over it. Then make the video from it in one click.
- No sign-up required
- Your PDF stays in your browser; only the text is sent on
- Vertical 9:16 or widescreen 16:9
- Make the animated video from the plan
A PDF to video converter takes a document nobody wants to read and turns it into a video people will watch. This one does not flip pages into a slideshow. It reads the text of your PDF in the browser, finds the one thing a viewer should understand, and writes a short narrated video plan around it: a hook in scene one, three to six points that earn it, and a line worth remembering at the end. Every scene shows what is on screen, the single line of text a viewer reads, the narration spoken over it, the motion, and how many seconds it takes. Numbers, names, and definitions are kept exactly as the document states them. Pick a vertical canvas for TikTok, Reels, and Shorts, or widescreen for YouTube and a website. The plan copies as Markdown, downloads as a file, and becomes an animated, voiced, captioned video in one click.
Everything you need
Built for creators who want fast, high-quality results.
Read in your browser
The PDF is opened on your device and the text is pulled out there. Only that text travels to the writer, so a 40 MB export is no problem and the file itself never leaves your machine.
Distilled, not summarised
A summary reads the document back shorter. A video plan finds the hook, keeps the points that matter, and drops everything else, the way a good explainer does.
Three lengths
Thirty seconds for one idea, a minute for the key points, ninety seconds for a fuller lesson. The scene count and narration budget follow the length you pick.
Facts kept exact
Numbers, names, and definitions come through as the document states them. Nothing is invented to fill a scene.
Five things per scene
What is on screen, the on-screen text, the exact narration, the motion, and the seconds. Enough to brief a designer or build it yourself.
From plan to video
One click carries the narration into the Motion Graphics studio, where each scene gets designed, animated, voiced, and captioned.
How it works
Four steps. Under a minute.
Drop in a PDF
Lecture notes, a textbook chapter, a research paper, a report, a slide deck exported as PDF. Up to 40 pages are read; longer documents use their front.
Pick the canvas and length
Vertical for Shorts, Reels, and TikTok; widescreen for YouTube. Thirty seconds, a minute, or ninety seconds. The plan starts as soon as the text is read.
Watch the scenes arrive
Each card shows the frame, the on-screen text, the narration, and the motion note, with the runtime on a timeline.
Copy, download, or make the video
Copy the plan as Markdown, download it as a file, or send the narration into the studio and generate the video with a voice, captions, and music.
Perfect for
Students and study channels
Turn a chapter or lecture notes into a one-minute explainer you can watch on the bus. The same plan works for a study TikTok with the class.
Teachers and course creators
A reading you assign becomes a short video for the students who will not open the PDF. One plan per reading, made in the time it takes to skim it.
Reports and whitepapers
A forty-page report has one chart and two numbers people should see. Get them on screen in sixty seconds for LinkedIn or the company channel.
Research papers
Abstract, method, result, so what. A plan that puts the finding first and the caveats where they belong.
Product docs and onboarding
Turn a setup guide or a policy PDF into the short new hires and customers actually watch.
Faceless YouTube and TikTok channels
Source material to scenes without the reading. Pick widescreen for the long-form channel and vertical for the clips.
Frequently asked questions
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