{"toolsShortVideoGenerator":{"badge":"AI Short Video Generator","heroTitlePrefix":"AI short video generator:","heroTitleHighlight":"a short explainer","heroTitleSuffix":"from any source","heroSubtitle":"Upload a PDF, notes, a slide deck, a link, or a YouTube video — or just type a topic — and Scholarly distills it into a fast, vertical, phone-friendly explainer with full-screen visuals and focused narration.","heroCta":"Sign up for free","heroCtaSecondary":"See AI video lectures","heroNote":"Free to start · No credit card required · Every video mode on every plan","heroSocialProof":"Used by 200,000+ learners and professionals worldwide","previewHook":"Why does the Krebs cycle need oxygen?","previewCaption":"Synced captions follow the narration line by line.","previewLabel":"Short · One focused thread","preview1Label":"Start","preview1Title":"The hook","preview1Detail":"One question or claim pulled from your source, on screen while the narration opens.","preview2Label":"Middle","preview2Title":"The explanation","preview2Detail":"Full-screen visuals carry the single idea the source supports best.","preview3Label":"Close","preview3Title":"The takeaway","preview3Detail":"A focused closing line you can recall on the bus or in the hallway.","eyebrowHow":"How it works","howTitle":"From source to short video in three steps","howDesc":"No editing timeline, no script writing. Pick a source, choose the Short mode, and let the AI do the cutting.","step1Title":"Add your source","step1Desc":"Upload a PDF, notes, or a deck, pick a file from your library, paste a link or a YouTube video, or type a topic in the Prompt tab.","step2Title":"Choose the Short video mode","step2Desc":"In the customize step, pick Short. It uses its own vertical short video format, so there is no length to set.","step3Title":"Watch, share, and study","step3Desc":"Play it on your phone, share a link, read the searchable transcript, turn captions on, or generate flashcards in one click.","eyebrowAnswer":"Quick answer","answerTitle":"What a short explainer video looks like in Scholarly","updatedLine":"Updated August 2026","quickAnswer":"Upload up to 10 PDFs (20 on Laureate), notes, a deck, a link, a YouTube video, or a typed topic and choose the Short video mode. Scholarly writes a focused script, pairs it with full-screen visuals and narration, and renders it in a vertical short video format — there is no length control. The Free plan includes one lifetime AI Creation Credit at 720p; Premium ($30/mo or $144/yr) includes 15 AI Creation Credits per week and Laureate ($99/mo) 80 per week, with 1080p, watermark removal, and MP4 download on paid plans.","answerPara1":"Short is one of Scholarly's five video modes, alongside Standard, Illustrated, Manim Math Animation, and Freestyle. Where the other modes produce a full-length landscape lecture, Short distills your source to one compelling thread and keeps the narration tight, so the result is a recap you can watch between meetings or on the way to an exam.","answerPara2":"Generation takes a few minutes and runs in the background; you get a notification when the video is ready. Every short ships with a searchable transcript, synced captions, interactive question checkpoints, AI chat about the video, and one-click flashcard generation — the mode changes the format, not the study tools.","eyebrowFeatures":"What you get","featuresTitle":"Built for the phone, grounded in your source","featuresDesc":"A short video is only useful if it is accurate. Scholarly builds every frame from the material you gave it.","feature1Title":"Short video format","feature1Desc":"Short always renders in its own focused format. No length slider, no trimming — the AI picks the single thread worth telling.","feature2Title":"Vertical and phone-friendly","feature2Desc":"Full-screen visuals and large on-screen text are composed for a portrait screen, so the video reads cleanly on a phone.","feature3Title":"Any source, or just a topic","feature3Desc":"PDFs, text files, images, slide decks, Google Drive files, links, YouTube videos, or a typed prompt all work as a starting point.","feature4Title":"Transcript and synced captions","feature4Desc":"A searchable transcript and line-by-line captions come with every video, in the language you generated it in.","feature5Title":"AI chat and question checkpoints","feature5Desc":"Ask follow-up questions grounded in the transcript and your original source, and answer the built-in checkpoint questions.","feature6Title":"Share and download","feature6Desc":"Share a public link on any plan. Paid plans add 1080p rendering, watermark-free output, and MP4 download.","eyebrowWhy":"Why a short video","whyTitle":"Why turn notes into a short video at all?","why1":"A twenty-page chapter and a short video serve different moments. The chapter is for learning; the short is for the spaced re-exposure that keeps the idea alive — before a standup, on a commute, or in the minutes before a certification exam. Asking the AI to commit to one thread forces a decision about what matters most, and that decision is itself a form of review.","why2":"Scholarly's Short mode is different from generic AI short video generators because it starts from your source, not a stock-footage library. The script is written from the pages, notes, or link you provided, the visuals are composed to support that script, and the transcript lets you check every claim against the material. If the short does not land the way you hoped, switching to a different mode and regenerating is often a bigger improvement than rewording the prompt.","why3":"For longer material, generate a full lecture in Standard or Illustrated mode first, then a Short from the same source as the recap. The two videos share the same grounding, so the short becomes a one-thread reminder of the lecture you already watched.","workTitle":"For work and teams","workPara":"Short videos are a natural fit for internal comms, product updates, and onboarding refreshers: turn a release note, a policy change, or a one-page SOP into a focused recap your team can watch on a phone. For full-length training content, see the","workTrainingLink":"AI training video generator.","workTeamsLine":"Need shared source libraries, seats, and one bill for the whole company? Explore","workTeamsLink":"Scholarly for Teams.","eyebrowFaq":"FAQ","faqTitle":"Short video generator questions","faq0Question":"How long is a short video?","faq0Answer":"Short uses its own short video format and has no length control. If you want a longer video, pick Standard, Illustrated, Manim Math Animation, or Freestyle instead — those modes use the lecture length setting.","faq1Question":"What can I turn into a short video?","faq1Answer":"Up to 10 PDFs (20 on Laureate), text files (.txt, .md, .csv), images, slide decks, Google Drive files, a link to a website or online PDF, a YouTube video, or a topic typed into the Prompt tab. The AI reads the source and distills it to one thread.","faq2Question":"Is the short video vertical?","faq2Answer":"Yes. Short is a vertical, phone-friendly explainer with full-screen visuals and focused narration, designed for quick review on a phone.","faq3Question":"Does a short video include a transcript, captions, and chat?","faq3Answer":"Yes. Every video mode ships with a searchable transcript, synced captions, interactive question checkpoints, AI chat about the video, and one-click flashcard generation.","faq4Question":"Is the short video mode free?","faq4Answer":"Every video mode is available on every plan. The Free plan includes one lifetime AI Creation Credit and one upload (8 MB; PDFs are processed up to 32 pages) at 720p. Premium is $30/mo or $144/yr with 15 AI Creation Credits per week. Laureate is $99/mo with 80 AI Creation Credits per week. Kimi K3 and Claude Sonnet 5.5 cost 2 credits; GPT 6.1 Sol and Frontier models GPT 6 Astra and Claude Opus 5.5 cost 3; most models cost 1.","faq5Question":"Can I download the short video as an MP4?","faq5Answer":"On a paid plan, open the completed video, click the three-dot menu, and choose Download video to get the rendered MP4. Paid plans also unlock 1080p rendering and watermark-free output. On every plan you can share a public viewing link.","faq6Question":"How long does generation take?","faq6Answer":"Short videos are quick to generate compared with a full lecture and run in the background. You can close the creator and come back — Scholarly notifies you when the video is ready, and you can cancel or retry from the video page.","relatedLinksHeading":"Related video tools","related0Title":"Illustrated Video Generator","related0Desc":"A full-length, hand-drawn lesson with a recurring ink character.","related1Title":"PDF to Video","related1Desc":"Turn up to 10 PDFs (20 on Laureate) into a narrated, chaptered video lecture.","related2Title":"Notes to Video","related2Desc":"Turn your own notes into a narrated video you can study from.","related3Title":"Text to Video","related3Desc":"Type or paste text and get a narrated video lecture.","related4Title":"AI Lecture Generator","related4Desc":"Generate a full lecture from a topic or your sources.","related5Title":"AI Video Lectures","related5Desc":"Every mode, setting, and study tool explained.","eyebrowPricing":"Pricing","ctaTitleHighlight":"Start free.","ctaTitleSuffix":"Upgrade when you need more creations.","ctaSubtitle":"One AI Creation Credit on Free, 15 per week on Premium, 80 per week on Laureate. Every video mode on every plan.","seoTitle":"AI Short Video Generator {'|'} Scholarly","seoDescription":"Turn a PDF, notes, a deck, a link, or a topic into a vertical short explainer video with narration, captions, and a transcript. Free to start.","seoKeyword0":"AI short video generator","seoKeyword1":"short explainer video generator","seoKeyword2":"turn notes into a short video","seoKeyword3":"PDF to short video","seoKeyword4":"vertical explainer video AI","seoKeyword5":"short explainer video from PDF","seoFeature0":"Vertical short video format","seoFeature1":"Source-grounded script from PDFs, notes, links, or a topic","seoFeature2":"Searchable transcript and synced captions","seoFeature3":"AI chat, question checkpoints, and one-click flashcards"}}