How to use ThreadVid
Everything happens in the Studio. Here's the whole flow, start to finish.
1 · Choose Category
In Studio, pick a Category — History, Science, Space, Psychology, Business, Reddit, and more.
2 · Choose Source
The Source list updates for that category (a subreddit for Reddit, or a topic like "Ancient Rome" for the others).
3 · Generate script
Or open a Trending Opportunity — an AI-researched, scored topic — and generate a clean, content-only script (hook, body, payoff, CTA).
4 · Generate assets
Footage-based categories render in the cloud over background video. Everything else is broken into scenes with cinematic image prompts.
5 · Render video
Every video renders on our GPU render engine — nothing heavy runs on your device and there's nothing to install. Watch progress live in the Library.
6 · Export package
Open the video in your Library and hit Export. You get a .zip with the video, a thumbnail, captions.srt, and a ready-to-paste description for each platform.
Your projects — nothing is ever lost
Every video you make is saved as a project — a workspace you can reopen any time, not a throwaway render. The Projects tab is the shelf of all of them.
Versions, not overwrites
Every change is saved as a new version (v1, v2, v3…) stacked on top of the old one. The previous version is never deleted, so you can't lose good work by trying to improve it.
Improve
The AI Producer looks at the project and rewrites only the weak parts (a flat hook, a thin script), then saves the result as a new version. If nothing's weak, it changes nothing.
Compare
Tick any two versions to see exactly what changed between them — for example what v3 rewrote versus v2.
Restore
Roll any older version back to current. Even restoring is saved as a new version, so nothing is thrown away.
The workflow bar
At the top of every project is a row of stages: Opportunity, Research, Script, Storyboard, Thumbnail, Render, Analyze, in that order. Each one turns green with a tick once that part of the project is filled in. Until then it shows a small number — that's just the stage's place in the flow, not a score. Stages complete as you go, so it's completely normal for some to still show a number while others are already done.
Optional keys
ElevenLabs API key
On elevenlabs.io, open Profile, then API Keys, copy the key and paste it into Credentials under ElevenLabs. This is only needed for premium cloned voices — the free voices work without it.
Channel links
Optionally add your channel name, website and profile handles in Credentials — they're woven into the generated captions for cross-promotion.