Stay off camera. Keep your Shorts channel posting.
Run a Shorts channel without filming yourself. Type what the viewer should see and hear, and get a vertical video with footage, sound, and captions.
How it works.
- 01
Pick your topic
Write a brief for one fact, one scene, or one eerie moment. Add a quoted narrator line if you want a voice.
- 02
Set 9:16 with captions
Choose vertical, pick your quality, and switch on auto captions so the narration shows on screen.
- 03
Download and upload
Grab the MP4 from My videos and upload it to YouTube Shorts with your own title.
What you get.
No face, no filming
Everything on screen is generated from your words. There is nothing to record, light, or set up.
Built-in avatar hosts
Want a face without using yours? Pick one of 10 built-in avatars and give it a short audio clip to speak.
Narration from a line
Put a quoted line in your brief and the video speaks it, with ambience and music built around the words.
Captions for silent viewers
Auto captions are timed to each spoken word, which helps viewers who scroll with the sound off.
Sharp 1080p vertical
Render in 9:16 at up to 1080p so your Shorts look clean on any phone.
Faceless niches that suit 15-second clips
Faceless channels grow on a repeatable format, so pick one visual world and stick with it. History channels work well with candlelit desks, old maps, and a calm narrator reading a single surprising fact. Space channels can open on a slow push across a planet surface with one line about scale. Eerie facts pair with dark rooms and a quiet, close voice. Reuse the same style words in every brief, like "warm candlelight, slow push-in, soft narrator," so your Shorts look like a series. Write the narration as one or two short sentences, since that is what fits in 15 seconds. Save your best briefs as templates and swap only the fact each time. If you want a recurring host, use the same built-in avatar in every episode.
- Candlelit desk with an old sealed letter. A calm narrator says: 'This letter was never meant to be opened.'
- Slow push-in across the surface of Mars at sunrise, red dust drifting, a deep ambient hum.
- A cozy animated podcast host at a microphone says: 'Octopuses have three hearts, and two of them stop when they swim.'
- An empty carnival at night with one carousel still turning, a faint music box melody playing.
Questions, answered.
Do I have to show my face or record my voice?
No. The footage is generated from your brief, and speech comes from a quoted line you write. If you want a presenter, pick one of the 10 built-in avatars instead of filming yourself.
Can it make 60-second Shorts?
No. Each AI video is 15 seconds, and the free first video is 5 seconds. Short, single-idea clips suit this format well. For longer uploads, join several clips in your own editor.
How many faceless Shorts can I make each month?
It depends on your plan and quality. Hobby ($19.99) covers about 6 HD videos, Standard ($49.99) about 20, and Professional ($99.99) about 40. A 15-second 720p video uses 40 credits.
Will it upload to my YouTube channel?
No, it does not connect to YouTube. Finished videos wait in My videos. Download each MP4 and upload it through YouTube Studio or the YouTube app.