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Getting Started with Autoke

Turn your clips into a Reel in minutes.

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Autoke turns your photos and videos into a ready-to-post short-form video for Reels, Shorts, and more, with subtitles, music, and a caption. Here’s how we made one from five clips of a U.S. trip. (Screens show a sample brand, Golden Hour Travel.)

1. Connect your social accounts

Sign in at autoke.ai, open Brands, and click Connect on each channel you use: Instagram, Threads, YouTube, TikTok, or X. Instagram needs a Business or Creator account.

Connected social account cards on the Brands page

Connected accounts show up as cards. Facebook is coming soon.

2. Create a video post

On the Calendar, pick a day and click New Post. Choose the Video tab and select where to post. We picked Instagram, but you can choose more than one channel.

Selecting the Video tab and a channel

Video tab → choose your channels.

3. Upload your clips

Click Add Photo or Video. Add up to 5 files and 60 seconds of video, in the order you want the story to unfold.

Uploading five travel clips

Golden Gate → Universal Studios → water ride → fireworks → Las Vegas.

4. Describe the story

Open Video Settings and pick a Caption Style. We chose Editorial Serif.

Choosing the Editorial Serif caption style

Subtitles, music, and narration are on by default.

In Describe the video you want, say what it is, how it should feel, and the language. Our prompt:

This is a trip to the United States: San Francisco, Universal Studios, a night of fireworks, and Las Vegas. Make it feel emotional, like reliving the best moments of the journey, and tell one continuous story from the first clip to the last. Write all subtitles, captions, and narration in English.

Typing the story prompt and clicking Apply

Write your prompt, then click Apply.

5. Generate

Click Generate. Ours was ready in about 90 seconds, with narration, subtitles, music, and a caption.

Generating the Reel

Sped up.

Playing the finished Reel

One story, from the Golden Gate to Las Vegas.

6. Edit the subtitles

Click Edit Subtitles to change any line or highlight Key words, then click Apply Changes.

Opening the subtitle editor

Every subtitle, clip by clip.

Editing a subtitle and highlighting a key word

“The dream was real.” → “The dream felt real.”

7. Schedule

Check the caption, set the date and time, and click Schedule. Unscheduled videos are deleted after about a week.

Setting the date and time and clicking Schedule

Or click Post Now to publish right away.

Questions? Click Support in the Autoke sidebar.