Creating your first video

This guide walks you through the entire video creation flow from start to finish. Your first video takes a few steps — most of the time is waiting for AI generation.

Step 1 — Start a new video

From the sidebar, click Videos, then New video. You'll be taken to the video creation form.

Step 2 — Fill in your content profile

The content profile tells the AI about your channel and audience. You only need to fill this in once — TubeForge saves it automatically for future videos.

• Channel niche — the topic area your channel covers (e.g. "personal finance for millennials")
• Target audience — who you're making videos for
• Call to action — what you want viewers to do after watching (subscribe, visit a link, etc.)
• Platform — YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, or general
• Video goal — grow audience, sell a product, build authority, entertain, or educate

Step 3 — Choose a preset

Presets are visual style templates that control the look of your video — image style, caption font, color palette, and more. Pick one that fits your channel's aesthetic.

Step 4 — Add optional guidance

In the guidance field, you can give the AI a specific topic, angle, or instructions (e.g. "focus on compound interest for beginners"). This is optional — leaving it blank lets the AI choose a topic based on your content profile.

Step 5 — Generate

Click Generate. The AI will write your script in about 30 seconds. You'll be taken to the script review page automatically.

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