Auto-Generate Video Content From a Blog Post With Manus

Open your article in a browser and save it as a PDF: File > Print > Save as PDF.

Upload a file instead of pasting text. It is fewer steps for the AI and produces more reliable results. PDF and Markdown both work.

Pro tip: The richer your source content, the better Manus’s script options will be. A 500-word article with a clear narrative arc will produce stronger hooks than a short press release with only facts and figures.

This is a one-time setup. Everything you configure here carries over to every video you generate in this project.

• Go to manus.im > Projects > New Project.
• Name your project, such as “Social Videos — [Your Brand].”
• Under Instructions, paste the project instruction below.

You are a video producer for [your brand name]. Your job is to transform written content into branded videos.

Open the Files panel and upload your brand logo. Manus will use it as the closing bumper on every video.

If you have a brand style sheet with colors, fonts, or logo usage, upload that too.

Pro tip: Upload examples of your previous social posts alongside your logo. Manus can reference them to match the text overlay style and visual pacing you already use.

Open a new task inside your project. Attach your PDF, then use this prompt:

Create a 15-20 second teaser video based on the attached article. The CTA is to read the full article. Generate it in portrait orientation for Instagram Reels. Give me four script options before you generate the video. Use default mode. Add background music and a voiceover.

Asking for four script options first helps you pick the best angle before rendering begins. Video generation costs 499-800 credits per run, while asking for options first costs almost nothing.

Use default mode for test runs because it uses roughly five times fewer tokens than quality mode. Switch to quality mode only for your final render. Each default-mode run also trains Manus’s project memory.

Pro tip: Be specific about audio. Always tell Manus whether you want a voiceover, background music, or both. Leaving it open produces unpredictable results.

Manus returns four script options before generating anything. Read each one and pick the angle most likely to stop someone mid-scroll.

For most content, the most dramatic or emotionally resonant hook outperforms the factual summary. Reply with your chosen option number and any tweaks you want before Manus starts rendering.

Generation takes 5-10 minutes. When the video is ready, check the final result carefully.

• Does the hook land in the first two seconds?
• Is the voiceover pacing comfortable?
• Does the CTA clearly direct viewers to the full article?
• Does the closing bumper appear cleanly at the end?

You can ask Manus to revise specific sections without regenerating the entire video.

The individual keyframes and clips also appear as standalone assets in your project canvas, which you can reuse for story posts, ad creatives, or thumbnails.

A note on voiceover: Manus does not have a precise sense of where each sentence lands within a clip. Keep the script short and tight. If the voiceover sounds off, it is almost always a script length issue.