AI UGC Studio overview
Generate short vertical talking-head creator videos from a script, no camera involved.
The AI UGC Studio turns a written script into a short vertical video of an AI creator speaking it to camera. You pick a face, write the line, and get back a 9:16 clip you can download, caption, and post.
The studio lives at https://openclip.app/tools/ugc. Your finished clips collect in the library at https://openclip.app/tools/ugc/library.
Early access: the AI UGC Studio is currently behind an early-access flag, so it may not be available on your account yet.
How it works
The studio is a four-step flow:
- Choose your creator. Pick from the curated roster, import your own face, or design a new one. The same face renders in every clip. See Creators.
- Write the script. The line your spokesperson says. Scripts are capped at 55 words; see Scripts and briefs.
- Fine-tune (optional). Set the clip length and captions, or open Advanced for the brief, voice, scene, and seed.
- Review and generate. Check the summary card, then generate. The video renders in the page, with a progress bar, and also lands in your library.
Rendering takes a few minutes. You can leave the page; the clip appears in your library when it finishes.
Clip length
Output length is driven by your script, up to a per-profile ceiling:
| Length option | Cap | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | 12s | Fine-tune step (default) |
| Short | 8s | Fine-tune step |
| Street | 12s | Advanced (punchier street-style pacing) |
No clip can exceed 20 seconds, which is the hard generation ceiling.
Captions
You can apply any of OpenClip's caption presets to the clip in the same run. Caption selection is available on paid plans; free accounts see an upgrade prompt instead. Pick a preset in the Fine-tune step, or choose No captions.
What it costs
- Free accounts get one UGC generation per day per team. No credits are used.
- Paid accounts are metered by output length at 0.8 credits per generated second. Before the render starts, the worst case is reserved (the clip's length ceiling); when the clip finishes, the charge settles down to the actual duration. The review step shows the worst-case estimate: you only pay for the final clip length.
For example, a 5-second clip settles at 4 credits. See Credits and plans for how credits work generally.
Generate from an agent
The studio is also exposed as MCP tools (generate_ugc, list_ugc_creators, get_ugc_job_status, list_ugc_jobs), so you can generate clips from Claude or any MCP client. See MCP tools.
Next steps
- Creators: the roster, importing a face, designing a new one.
- Scripts and briefs: writing lines that fit, and every fine-tune option.
- Library and sharing: remixing, downloading, and share links.