Getting Started
Episio turns ideas into publish-ready videos. Three ways to create — pick the one that matches how you work.
Episio is an AI video studio with three distinct creation modes — each designed for a different type of creator and content goal.
Type any topic. AI researches it, writes the script, generates every scene, adds captions and a thumbnail. Review and publish in one session. 60 seconds to 12 minutes.
Build an episodic channel with consistent characters, visual style, and world bible. AI generates episode after episode with the same faces, era, and tone.
Pure imagination. No news, no research. Describe a world — AI builds the characters, writes the scenes, and produces ambient or lipsync cinematic episodes from scratch.
How credits work
Episio uses a credit system. Credits power the AI pipeline — script, voice, footage, captions, thumbnail.
~3 credits — budget video (Flux Ken Burns images)
~8 credits — standard video (Kling AI clips)
~20 credits — premium video (Veo3 cinematic)
Plans: Free (15 lifetime) · Starter $29/mo (80 credits) · Creator $79/mo (350 credits) · Studio (unlimited-style, highest capacity)
Episio is built for people who want to publish consistently without a production team. Four types of creators use it:
The Knowledge Channel Creator
Publishes explainer content on history, geopolitics, science, tech, or finance. Wants to post 3–5 times a week without spending hours researching and editing. Uses Single Video for trending topics and Series for deep multi-part narratives.
Best mode: Single Video + Series
The Visual Storyteller
Builds cinematic worlds — mythology, folklore, historical fiction, sci-fi, slice-of-life. Cares deeply about aesthetic, character consistency, and emotional depth. Uses the AI brainstorm drawer to shape each episode before generating a single frame.
Best mode: Creative Series
The Brand or Niche Channel Owner
Runs a branded content channel — product education, thought leadership, niche communities. Wants consistent visual identity, custom voiceover, watermarked videos, and direct YouTube publishing without touching video software.
Best mode: Series with Brand Kit
The Avatar / Talking-Head Creator
Wants to appear in videos without recording. Uploads a portrait photo — AI animates it to speak the script with lip-synced movement. Great for faceless-channel creators who want a consistent on-screen personality.
Best mode: Single Video or Series with Avatar mode
FAL.ai powers all image and video generation in Episio. You'll need an API key and a small credit balance to get started.
Create a FAL account
Go to fal.ai and sign up. Google or GitHub login works.
Generate an API key
Dashboard → API Keys → Create Key. Give it a name like "episio".
Copy the key
Your key starts with fal_.... Copy it — you won't see it again.
Open Episio Settings
In Episio, go to Settings → API Keys. Find the "FAL" row under Video & Images.
Paste and test
Paste your key, click Test. A green checkmark means it's connected. Click Save.
Add credit to FAL
Back on fal.ai, add $5–10 in credits. This is enough for 6–12 standard videos.
Cost estimate
Click "New Video" from the dashboard
Opens the creation page.
Pick a domain or type your own topic
Choose from 7 domains — Geopolitics, Personalities, AI Updates, Technology, Crypto, Markets, or Custom. Click Fetch Topics for trending ideas, or type your own.
Choose a script style and narrator
10 script styles shape the structure. 10 narrator types set the voice and tone. Each pairing produces a distinct result — see the Script Generation section for the full table.
Select a voice and language
ElevenLabs voices for English and European languages. Sarvam AI auto-routes for Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam.
Choose video format and length
Portrait (9:16) for Shorts and Reels. Landscape (16:9) for YouTube. Presets from 60 seconds to 12 minutes, or set a custom length.
Generate
Hit Generate. The pipeline runs: Research → Script → Music → Voice → Footage → Assembly → Captions → Thumbnail. Progress updates in real time. A 60-second video takes ~8–10 minutes.
Review the storyboard
On the review page: watch the assembled video, browse scenes, regen any scene with a different AI model, swap music, configure captions, and publish directly to YouTube.
Series are for episodic content with consistent characters, visual style, and continuity across episodes — think documentary channels, educational series, or narrative-driven content.
Create a new series
Dashboard → New Series. Name your series and choose a format (locked for all episodes).
Build the World Bible
Define the creative DNA of your series:
- Characters — name, role, description → AI generates a portrait
- Color Palette — visual mood for all episodes
- Camera Style — cinematic language
- Era & Setting — time and place
- Story Context — overarching narrative
Generate character portraits
Each character gets an AI-generated portrait. Approve one as "canonical" — that face is locked across all episodes.
Create your first episode
Pick a topic, script style, and voice. The AI writes the script using your world bible for character and style consistency.
Review and publish
Same review workflow as standalone videos. Continuity checker flags contradictions with previous episodes.
World Bible
Creative Series is for pure imagination — mythology, folklore, historical fiction, slice-of-life, sci-fi. No news. No research. Just your world, your characters, your scenes. AI builds it cinematically.
Create a new Creative Series
Dashboard → New Creative Series. Write a short creative vision — one paragraph describing your world, era, tone, and characters. AI auto-generates the full world bible from this.
Review the AI world bible
The world bible is auto-generated: era, tone, color palette, camera style, music mood, and character descriptions. Edit anything before generating.
Create characters
Add each character — name, role, appearance. AI generates a portrait. Approve one as canonical. The same face appears in every episode.
Write your first episode scenario
Describe what happens in this episode — a few sentences or a rough outline. This isn't a script yet. It's the premise.
Open the Brainstorm Drawer
Click Brainstorm with AI before generating. A side drawer opens — chat with AI to develop:
- Camera angles for each scene
- World-building details (sounds, textures, era-specific props)
- Character motivations and emotional arcs
- Scene ideas and episode structure
- Dialogue lines or narration phrasing
The AI knows your world bible and characters — it gives suggestions grounded in your specific world, not generic advice.
Choose a mode
Ambient — cinematic scenes with background music and Kling native audio. No dialogue. Best for atmospheric, visual storytelling.
Lipsync — characters speak dialogue, AI syncs lip movement to voice. Best for narrative-driven stories with defined characters.
Generate and review
AI writes scene-by-scene narration and generates each clip using Kling image-to-video for face consistency. Review in the episode viewer — swap any scene, change music, publish.
Brainstorm first, generate second