How to create your first ReadyForm video
One video in ReadyForm is one project: you upload the takes you recorded for a single short, ReadyForm makes the complete edit, and you download the result. This article walks through that first run from an empty dashboard to a downloaded file.
You do not need to combine or trim your recordings first. Upload every attempt, including the ones you fumbled; picking the right take is part of the edit.
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Start a new video
On the Home dashboard, use the New video button, drop files or a whole folder onto the page, or pick Choose files / Choose folder. The dark plus button in the sidebar does the same from anywhere.
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Name it and add context
Give the video a name and, if you have one, paste your script or a one-line topic under Script or topic. The hint in the app is accurate: with a script, accuracy is near 100%, and a single line already helps a lot.
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Pick the setup options
Aspect ratio defaults to Auto (match source), Target duration to Auto. Choose a Caption style if you want to lock one now, and pick a Brand if you have created one in the Library; otherwise the default brand is used.
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Select Get it ready
The upload starts and the render follows automatically. You can watch the status on the video card: uploading, processing, then rendering.
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Wait for Rendered
The card moves through Processing and Rendering to Rendered. Processing time varies with the number and length of your clips. You can keep using the dashboard meanwhile.
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Open the video
On the video page you'll see Your video with the finished result. When it's done, the app says it plainly: "Your video is ready." Play it start to finish once.
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Review and edit if you want to
Select Review & edit to open the editor. The story view shows every spoken word; scenes show which take was selected and what the AI cut. Editing is a possibility, not a required step.
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Download
Use Download video on the video page, or Export inside the editor if you changed things. Watch the downloaded file once before you publish it.
If something looks off
- The render fails with "No speech found in the footage." ReadyForm needs talking footage. Screen recordings or B-roll without speech can support a video, but the core upload must contain spoken takes.
- The upload never finishes. The video page will say the upload never finished and suggest deleting the video and uploading again. Check your connection and file sizes first; the uploader shows the current limits.
- The result uses a take you don't like. Open Review & edit, select the scene, and check Selected take and Alternatives. Switching to another take is one click; captions catch up automatically.
One standard video uses 250 ReadyCredits. The trial starts with 750 credits, enough for three standard videos.
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