Use case · updated 10 October 2026

Turn a PDF or PowerPoint into an animated video

You already have the content in a PDF or a slide deck. The job is to turn the important parts into something people will watch.

From a PDF

Coding agents such as Claude Code read PDFs directly. The agent picks the main claim, the figures worth showing and a closing point, and shows you a storyboard before building anything. For a long PDF it tells you what it plans to leave out.

From a slide deck

If your agent cannot open a .pptx directly, it extracts the text and speaker notes first. One slide usually becomes one or two scenes. Dense slides are split.

What comes out

An MP4 explainer, with optional narration timed to the scenes.
Or an interactive deck: one HTML file with charts, quizzes and speaker notes.
Or a cleaned-up .pptx in a consistent style.

Good to know

Scanned PDFs that are only images need text recognition first. Tables are read as text, so check that figures were picked up correctly at the storyboard stage: that is what it is for.

Paper Editorial

Essays, explainers, thought pieces

Warm paper, a serif headline and one rust accent. Unhurried, like a magazine feature.

Blueprint

Architecture, systems, technical walkthroughs

Deep navy grid with cyan linework. Everything is drawn as an outline and wipes on like a plotter.

Kinetic Poster

Launches, promos, social cuts

Black stage, condensed type at poster scale and one acid colour. Words land hard and fast.

Quiet Keynote

Product stories, investor updates

A pale stage, generous space and calm numbers on white cards. One figure owns each frame.

Chalk Lesson

Teaching, tutorials, course modules

A green board with handwritten headings and a yellow highlight. Steps are written out one by one.

Ledger

Reports, metrics reviews, finance

White page, mono figures and a single green for growth. Built so charts stay readable.

Terminal

Dev tools, changelogs, CLI demos

A charcoal terminal window in mono with a green prompt. Lines print in steps, like real output.

Sunrise

Brand reels, announcements, event openers

A coral-to-violet wash with rounded white type. Friendly and bright, with a springy entrance.

Glass

Product stories, premium launches

A pale stage with soft colour in the air and frosted white panels. Calm, expensive-looking, lots of room.

Midnight

Developer products, roadmaps, changelogs

Near-black canvas, hairline borders, tight type and a single lavender glow. Precise and quiet.

Pixel

Tech explainers, playful data stories

Warm cream with orange-to-yellow blocks and square corners. Everything arrives in steps, like pixels lighting up.

Aubergine

Team updates, internal comms, onboarding

Deep purple with warm yellow and chat-bubble panels. Friendly and conversational, like a message from a colleague.

Graph Paper

Technical docs, engineering updates, benchmarks

A light technical grid, mono type and one green for the result that matters. Reads like a careful lab notebook.

Pastel Shapes

Workshops, creative briefs, community posts

Cream paper, playful pastel geometry and mixed round and square shapes. Collaborative and slightly off-grid.

Signal

Announcements, incident reviews, bold statements

Deep black with a slashing red band and heavy white type. Urgent and impossible to skim past.

Harbor

Finance, pricing, business reviews

Deep navy type on pale surfaces with one confident indigo. Trustworthy and tidy, with a soft gradient across the top.

Questions

Does it convert every page?

No, and it should not. A good explainer keeps the few points that matter. The storyboard shows what was kept and dropped.

Is the PDF uploaded to your servers?

No. Your agent reads it on your computer.

Can it go the other way, video to slides?

The same content file exports to PowerPoint, so a video and a deck can come from one source.

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