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In-depth writing on AI-animated video and the engineering behind it.

Long-form guides, tutorials, deep dives and comparisons on the tooling and techniques behind long-form AI-animated video, and engineering notes on how we build Scenema.

Best VideoScribe alternatives, including free options (2026) comparison
Karishma Mhapadi ·

Best VideoScribe alternatives, including free options (2026)

VideoScribe alternatives compared on free plans, video length, languages and how you build each video, with VideoScribe's own prices for 2026.

Golpo AI alternatives for whiteboard explainers (2026) comparison
Karishma Mhapadi ·

Golpo AI alternatives for whiteboard explainers (2026)

Golpo AI alternatives compared on color, video length, languages and free options, with Golpo's own prices and plan limits as of October 2026.

Knowlify alternatives for animated explainer videos (2026) comparison
Karishma Mhapadi ·

Knowlify alternatives for animated explainer videos (2026)

Knowlify retired its explainer video app in October 2026. Seven alternatives that turn documents into narrated explainer videos, compared.

Best AI educational video generators for teachers (2026) comparison
Karishma Mhapadi ·

Best AI educational video generators for teachers (2026)

AI educational video generators compared for teachers and trainers: the five kinds, what learning research says to look for, free options and long lessons.

Why we moved our React app from Next.js to Vite and TanStack Router engineering
Scenema Team ·

Why we moved our React app from Next.js to Vite and TanStack Router

Why we moved a signed-in React app from Next.js to Vite and TanStack Router: version skew, server actions, 81x faster builds, six pull requests in two days.

Mayer's principles of multimedia learning for video (2026) guides
Karishma Mhapadi ·

Mayer's principles of multimedia learning for video (2026)

Mayer's principles of multimedia learning explained with video examples, the evidence behind each one, when they fail, and what research says on AI voices.

Consistency in long-form AI video: A literature review (2026) guides
Scenema Team ·

Consistency in long-form AI video: A literature review (2026)

A review of research on keeping characters, scenes and story consistent in long AI video: methods, benchmarks and open problems.

Best Doodly alternatives for whiteboard videos (2026) comparison
Scenema Team ·

Best Doodly alternatives for whiteboard videos (2026)

The best Doodly alternatives for whiteboard animation in 2026, compared on how you build videos, AI narration, video length and free plans.

How to write a script for a long YouTube video (2026) guides
Scenema Team ·

How to write a script for a long YouTube video (2026)

How to write a YouTube video script for an 8 to 15 minute explainer: the hook, one central idea, chapters that hold attention, and what to show on screen.

What is AI animation, and how does it work? (2026) guides
Scenema Team ·

What is AI animation, and how does it work? (2026)

AI animation explained: how AI turns text and images into animated video, the main types, where it works today, and how full animated explainers are made.

What is YouTube automation? Meaning and how it works (2026) guides
Scenema Team ·

What is YouTube automation? Meaning and how it works (2026)

YouTube automation means handing a channel's production to freelancers or AI. How it works, how to start, the tools, and what YouTube's 2026 rules allow.

YouTube monetization requirements in 2026, and what changes in 2027 guides
Scenema Team ·

YouTube monetization requirements in 2026, and what changes in 2027

To earn ad revenue: 1,000 subscribers and 4,000 watch hours or 10M Shorts views. From February 1, 2027, new applicants need 8,000 hours or 20M views.

Faceless YouTube channel: How to start one, with ideas and examples (2026) guides
Scenema Team ·

Faceless YouTube channel: How to start one, with ideas and examples (2026)

A faceless YouTube channel earns without its creator on camera. How to start one, 10 ideas with real channels, what it earns, and YouTube's 2026 rules.

Which AI video model is best for brand consistency? guides
Scenema Team ·

Which AI video model is best for brand consistency?

No AI video model keeps a brand consistent on its own. How Veo, Kling, Runway, Pika and Scenema compare at keeping product and spokesperson the same.

Kling 3.0 vs Kling 4.0: What changed and which should you use? comparison
Scenema Team ·

Kling 3.0 vs Kling 4.0: What changed and which should you use?

Kling 4.0 doubles clip length to 30 seconds and adds up to 10 keyframes. Here is how it compares to Kling 3.0 and when each model is the right pick.

Longest AI video in 2026: How long AI videos can be, by tool guides
Scenema Team ·

Longest AI video in 2026: How long AI videos can be, by tool

A single AI generation runs 4 to 30 seconds, or 2.5 minutes with Veo 3.1 extension. Built from many shots, the longest made on Scenema runs 21 minutes.

The best Sora alternatives in 2026 guides
Scenema Team ·

The best Sora alternatives in 2026

Sora shut down through 2026 (app in April, API in September). Here are the best replacements for short clips, long-form video, and free tiers.

YouTube's 8-minute rule: Mid-roll ads and why longer videos earn more (2026) guides
Scenema Team ·

YouTube's 8-minute rule: Mid-roll ads and why longer videos earn more (2026)

YouTube allows mid-roll ads only on videos of 8 minutes or longer. Whether YouTube pays more for longer videos, and how to reach 8 minutes without padding.

Does OpenAI have a video generator? guides
Scenema Team ·

Does OpenAI have a video generator?

OpenAI shut down Sora through 2026: app in April, API in September. Why it closed, what OpenAI said next, and the best alternatives.

Can ChatGPT make videos? What it can and cannot do (2026) guides
Scenema Team ·

Can ChatGPT make videos? What it can and cannot do (2026)

ChatGPT cannot make videos on any plan in 2026, and OpenAI shut Sora down. What ChatGPT does for video instead, and which tools actually generate it.

Does YouTube monetize AI videos? The 2026 rules guides
Scenema Team ·

Does YouTube monetize AI videos? The 2026 rules

YouTube monetizes original AI videos and refuses mass-produced ones. The 2026 rules on inauthentic content, AI disclosure, and Partner Program thresholds.

How to make a Vox-style explainer video with AI guides
Scenema Team ·

How to make a Vox-style explainer video with AI

Recreate the Vox explainer look with AI: paper-collage cutouts on aged newsprint. A step-by-step guide to producing a six-minute piece, with prompts.

Best AI tools for long-form explainer videos (2026) guides
Scenema Team ·

Best AI tools for long-form explainer videos (2026)

Eight AI tools that make 5 to 20 minute multi-scene explainer videos, compared in one table with their trade-offs and a guide to choosing between them.

Is there an AI that can create explainer videos? guides
Scenema Team ·

Is there an AI that can create explainer videos?

AI tools can now make an explainer video from a text prompt, with narration, recurring characters and many scenes. Which tools do it and where they stop.

Character consistency in AI video: How to keep one face in every shot (2026) guides
Scenema Team ·

Character consistency in AI video: How to keep one face in every shot (2026)

Why AI characters change face and outfit between shots, and how to stop it: the methods that keep one character the same across a video, plus a checklist.

What is a long-form explainer video? guides
Scenema Team ·

What is a long-form explainer video?

A long-form explainer video runs 5 to 20 minutes and explains one topic in several parts. The definition, its structure, examples, and how AI makes one.

How to make a 6-minute AI explainer video from a short prompt tutorials
Scenema Team ·

How to make a 6-minute AI explainer video from a short prompt

How a 79-word prompt became a six-minute Vox-style AI explainer in Scenema, step by step: 54 shots and one recurring character in every scene.

Scenema Audio comes to ComfyUI announcement
Scenema Team ·

Scenema Audio comes to ComfyUI

Scenema Audio is now a native ComfyUI node package. Expressive text to speech and zero-shot voice cloning on 8 GB cards, with the launch demo voices.

Podcast Ep. 01: Scenema Audio, Open Source vs Audio Pro podcast
Scenema Team ·

Podcast Ep. 01: Scenema Audio, Open Source vs Audio Pro

Grace and Jude explain why Scenema released its 22B-parameter audio model as open source, what the free ensemble contains, and how Audio Pro differs.

Prompt Guide: Scenema Audio Pro guides
Scenema Team ·

Prompt Guide: Scenema Audio Pro

How to prompt Scenema Audio Pro: writing voice descriptions, using action tags for delivery control, and directing performable emotions from text.

Scenema Audio Pro: Direct Voice Performance Through Text announcement
Scenema Team ·

Scenema Audio Pro: Direct Voice Performance Through Text

Scenema Audio Pro generates expressive speech from natural language voice descriptions and inline action tags, up to 30 minutes of continuous audio.

Scenema Audio: Expressive TTS with Zero-Shot Voice Cloning announcement
Scenema Team ·

Scenema Audio: Expressive TTS with Zero-Shot Voice Cloning

Scenema Audio is expressive text-to-speech with zero-shot voice cloning. Voice any scene with emotional acting in multiple languages.