I Tried Making a Viral Video Using ONLY Claude AI — Transcript
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- 0:00Today, I'm going to show you one of the
- 0:01craziest ways to create viral animated
- 0:04videos using nothing but Claude. And
- 0:06when I say nothing, I mean it. No video
- 0:08generators, no Blender, and absolutely
- 0:11no CapCut editing. And trust me, when
- 0:13you see the results, you're probably
- 0:15going to think I spent hours animating
- 0:17everything manually. But nope, Claude
- 0:19does almost all the heavy lifting. So, a
- 0:22few days ago, I came across this channel
- 0:24called Ricky Clips. And honestly, the
- 0:26numbers are insane. Look at this. Their
- 0:28most popular video has over 31 million
- 0:31views. The next one has 16 million, and
- 0:34even their latest uploads are pulling
- 0:36millions of views. One video posted just
- 0:38yesterday already has 14 million views.
- 0:41That's not normal. These videos are
- 0:43literally blowing up everywhere. Now,
- 0:45look closely at the animation style. You
- 0:47might think someone created all of this
- 0:49using Blender or some expensive
- 0:51animation software. But here's the
- 0:53interesting part. You can create videos
- 0:55like these using just Claude, and I'm
- 0:57going to show you exactly how. I
- 0:58actually searched the internet to figure
- 1:00out how people were making these videos.
- 1:02Unfortunately, I couldn't find a simple
- 1:04tutorial that explained the entire
- 1:06process. The closest thing I found was a
- 1:08creator called Mr. Omni, who made a
- 1:11video over 10 minutes long explaining
- 1:13his method and how he trained Claude to
- 1:15create these animations. But honestly,
- 1:17his workflow was way too complicated for
- 1:20what I wanted. I wanted something so
- 1:21simple that literally anyone could
- 1:23follow it, even a 10-year-old. So, I
- 1:25started experimenting. I generated
- 1:27different ideas, created multiple skill
- 1:30files, tested them, improved them, and
- 1:32kept making adjustments until I finally
- 1:34found a workflow that actually worked.
- 1:36And this is what I managed to create
- 1:37using only Claude. Now, before we jump
- 1:40into the tutorial, there's one thing you
- 1:42need. It's a special Claude skill file
- 1:44that I've already created for you. You
- 1:46can download it completely free using
- 1:48the link in the description. And if you
- 1:50enjoy discovering crazy AI tricks like
- 1:52this, do me a favor, smash that like
- 1:55button, and subscribe. Seriously, it
- 1:57takes 1 second, it's free, and it helps
- 1:59me bring you more tutorials like this.
- 2:01All right, let's get into it. Step one,
- 2:04install the Claude skill. First, open
- 2:06Claude and click on customize. Once
- 2:08you're there, find the skills section
- 2:10and click on add skill. Then select the
- 2:12option to upload a skill. Now download
- 2:15the skill file from the link in my
- 2:16description and upload it right here.
- 2:18Once the upload is complete, save the
- 2:20skill and make sure it's ready to use
- 2:22next time. That's it. You've installed
- 2:24everything you need. No complicated
- 2:26setup, no coding, and no need to build
- 2:28anything yourself. Step two, start
- 2:31creating your animated video. Now go
- 2:33back to the Claude homepage. To use our
- 2:35new skill, click the plus button and
- 2:37select the skill called cartoon audio
- 2:39short. You don't need to change anything
- 2:41or write some complicated prompt. Just
- 2:43activate the skill and submit it. Claude
- 2:45will now guide you through the entire
- 2:47process. First, it will ask you
- 2:49something important. Where are we
- 2:50starting from? Do you already have audio
- 2:53that you want to turn into an animation,
- 2:55or do you want to create everything from
- 2:56scratch? If you don't have anything
- 2:58prepared, simply select I need ideas and
- 3:01script. This is perfect because Claude
- 3:03will help you come up with the idea,
- 3:04write the script, and prepare everything
- 3:06for the animation. Next, Claude will ask
- 3:09how long you want your video to be. For
- 3:11this tutorial, I'm going with the 20 to
- 3:1330-second option. Sometimes the final
- 3:15video might be a little longer. Step
- 3:17three, choose a viral story idea. Now
- 3:20comes the fun part. Claude will generate
- 3:2210 different original story ideas that
- 3:24are suitable for animated videos, and
- 3:26honestly, some of these ideas are really
- 3:29interesting. They're the kind of stories
- 3:30that make someone stop scrolling because
- 3:32they immediately want to know what
- 3:34happens next. You can choose whichever
- 3:36one you like. For this demonstration,
- 3:38I'm going with the first idea, The Man
- 3:40Who Sold the Eiffel Tower Twice. Yes,
- 3:43someone actually pulled off a scam like
- 3:45this in real life, and that's exactly
- 3:47the kind of crazy historical story that
- 3:49makes people want to watch until the
- 3:50end. Once you've selected your idea,
- 3:52simply type in its number and submit it.
- 3:54Claude will now generate the complete
- 3:56voice-over script for your video. And
- 3:58this is where the skill becomes really
- 4:00useful. The script is structured around
- 4:02the storytelling style we've been trying
- 4:04to recreate with a strong opening hook,
- 4:06interesting developments, and a
- 4:08satisfying ending. You can review the
- 4:10script, make any changes you want, or
- 4:12simply copy it if you're happy with the
- 4:14result. Step four, generate your voice
- 4:16over. Now we need a voice. Copy the
- 4:18complete script and head over to 11Labs
- 4:21to generate your voice over. You can use
- 4:23other AI voice generators, too,
- 4:25including free alternatives, but
- 4:27personally, 11Labs is one of my favorite
- 4:29options because it produces really
- 4:31natural-sounding voices. Paste your
- 4:33script, choose a voice that matches your
- 4:35storytelling style, and generate the
- 4:37audio. Once it's ready, download the
- 4:39audio file to your device. And that's it
- 4:42for the voice over. Step five, let
- 4:44Claude create the entire animation. Now
- 4:46we're finally getting to the most
- 4:48interesting part. Go back to Claude
- 4:50where we left off and upload the voice
- 4:52over audio file you just downloaded.
- 4:54This is the final element Claude needs
- 4:56to start creating your animated video.
- 4:58Once the audio is uploaded, simply
- 5:00submit it and let the skill handle the
- 5:02rest. Now, I won't lie, this part
- 5:04requires some patience. Claude needs
- 5:06time to process the audio, generate the
- 5:09animation, create all the visual frames,
- 5:11and put everything together. For my
- 5:13test, the entire process took
- 5:15approximately 30 minutes. So don't panic
- 5:17if it doesn't finish immediately. Just
- 5:19let it work. You can actually see the
- 5:21generated frames before the final result
- 5:23is ready. In my case, Claude rendered
- 5:26approximately 1,000 frames, which is why
- 5:28the process takes some time. But after
- 5:31everything is processed, it combines the
- 5:33animation with your voice over and gives
- 5:35you the final MP4 video. Here's the
- 5:37final result. A man sold the Eiffel
- 5:39Tower, [music] then he sold it again.
- 5:41Paris, 1925. Victor Lustig read that the
- 5:45tower [music] needed costly repairs, so
- 5:47he forged government papers and invited
- 5:49six [music] scrap dealers to a luxury
- 5:51hotel. The city, he whispered, is
- 5:53selling it for scrap. 7,000 [music] tons
- 5:56of iron. Top secret. One dealer paid,
- 5:59plus a fat bribe. Lustig vanished with
- 6:01the cash, but the buyer was [music] too
- 6:03embarrassed to tell the police. After
- 6:06all, who admits they bought the Eiffel
- 6:08Tower? So, a month later, Lustig came
- 6:10back and sold it again. Honestly, this
- 6:13is pretty crazy when you consider that
- 6:15the entire workflow started with one
- 6:17simple Claude skill. You just download
- 6:19the finished video and it's ready to
- 6:21upload to your YouTube channel or other
- 6:23social media platforms. And that's
- 6:25basically the whole process. You can
- 6:26repeat this every single day. Just come
- 6:29back to Claude, generate a new story,
- 6:31create your voiceover using Eleven Labs,
- 6:33upload the audio, and let Claude
- 6:35generate the complete animated video
- 6:37using the free skill I'm giving you in
- 6:39the description. Now, one important
- 6:41thing I haven't fully tested yet is
- 6:43whether this entire workflow works
- 6:45reliably with Claude's free plan. It's
- 6:47possible that you might run out of
- 6:48credits during the process and have to
- 6:50wait around 5 hours before you can
- 6:52continue. But don't worry, I'm going to
- 6:54test this properly and make another
- 6:56tutorial showing you how to do it using
- 6:58the free version of Claude, so you don't
- 7:00have to pay for anything. So, if you
- 7:02want me to make that tutorial about
- 7:04this, let me know in the comments. And
- 7:06before you leave, if this video helped
- 7:08you discover something new, hit that
- 7:10like button and subscribe to Reach Mora.
- 7:12We're testing the craziest AI tools and
- 7:14workflows, so you don't have to spend
- 7:16hours figuring them out yourself. I'll
- 7:18see you in the next one.
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