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Last updated: October 7, 2026

Layro turns a topic into an edit for Adobe Premiere Pro. You bring the idea and the taste; Layro writes, voices, finds the shots and lays them out, and you finish the video in Premiere Pro. This page explains each step. Stuck on something it doesn't cover? Email [email protected].

Getting started

  1. Topic. Say what the video is about — a phrase is enough. Layro picks a format, a length and a language from it; change any of them before you go on.
  2. Outline. Layro researches the topic and drafts the chapters. Read them, ask for changes, then approve to write the script.
  3. Script. Edit it like a document. When it reads right, approve it: Layro cuts it into scenes, and the text stays editable.
  4. Voiceover. Pick a voice and voice the chapters.
  5. Sequence. Plan the shots, bring in footage, fit it to the frame.
  6. Export. Download a Premiere Pro project with your scenes, voiceover and titles laid out on the timeline. Open it in Adobe Premiere Pro to finish and export the video.

Script

Format decides how the story is told — a countdown, chapters, a roundup or one continuous story. Changing it reshapes the chapters and the length, except what you set yourself.

Structure is the list of chapters in order: an optional intro, the chapters, a quiz question and its answer, and calls to action (subscribe, like, comment, share) attached to a chapter. The script follows this structure exactly — the count and the order you set win over the format's usual length.

Length is counted in characters without spaces and split across the chapters: longer scripts go into more detail, shorter ones are tighter. Two writing options sit under it — source links on facts, and a second read that polishes the whole script. Turning the second read off is faster and rougher.

Language is the language of the script and its voiceover. It doesn't depend on the language you use to talk to the Producer.

Approving the script cuts it into scenes for the video. You can keep editing afterwards: an edit changes the scene's words, and a chapter that was already voiced is marked for re-voicing.

Voiceover

One voice reads the whole video. Press a portrait to hear it. Choose before you voice: changing the voice later doesn't redo chapters that are already voiced.

Voice reads a chapter aloud in a few seconds; voicing uses voice minutes by the length of the speech. Re-voice reads a chapter again after its words changed. Words that the recording doesn't say yet are underlined; select them and use Voice in to add just that piece to the existing take.

Pauses. Pull the pause control to tighten every pause in a take, or drag a single pause on the waveform. Ctrl+Z undoes edits and re-voicing in the room where you made them.

Sequence

Every row of the Sequence is a scene of the video: its words, its timing and what plays on screen.

Plan shots reads the selected scenes and decides what each one should show — a video clip, a photo, a title card — and where to look for it. It doesn't bring in footage yet; that is the next step. It takes a few minutes and uses credits. Before it rewrites anything, Layro saves a restore point you can go back to from Versions.

Getting footage

  • Picker — the browser extension. It walks you from scene to scene with searches ready: find the shot on the web and press Alt+Q. Picker saves the address of the tab to the scene — on YouTube with the second you're at, and for a web page a screenshot of it when you ask for one. Free.
  • Link — paste the address of a picture or video file. Free.
  • Generate — draw a picture or a video clip with AI. Uses credits.

Layro never downloads a YouTube video. One you pick stays a link: it plays in YouTube’s own player, and the export marks its place on the timeline (see Export). A scene you leave empty stays empty in the export, and you can fill it in Premiere Pro.

Autoscale

Clips arrive at their own size. Autoscale fits each one into the frame whole, so nothing sits small in a corner or gets cut off. It sits in the inspector's Transform tab, next to Position and Scale. Select several scenes and it fits them all. It keeps a restore point and is free. You can still move and resize a clip by hand afterwards.

Autocrop

Some clips carry black bars inside the file, like an old 4:3 video posted in widescreen. Autocrop finds them in the part of the clip your scene plays and cuts them off. It sits next to Crop in the Transform tab and works on the selected scenes, like Autoscale. It doesn't move or resize the clip. To crop anything else, drag an edge of the small frame under Crop or type a number beside it.

A scene can play more than one shot in turn. Switch between them at the top of the Transform tab: each shot keeps its own position, scale, corners, crop and motion, and Autocrop reads each one's own bars.

Look

Look dresses the whole video: what sits behind the picture, how titles and captions are drawn, and what covers the change from one scene to the next. Every part is optional — a part you switch off isn't used.

Export to Premiere Pro

Export packs the files your scenes use, the voiceover and a Premiere Pro project into one ZIP. It usually takes a few minutes and downloads by itself when it's ready; you can close the panel in the meantime.

Unzip the whole folder and keep it together, then open the .prproj file inside with Premiere Pro — every scene is already on the timeline. If the project doesn't open, use File → Import on the .xml file next to it.

A YouTube video isn't a file in the export: its place on the timeline holds a numbered placeholder (YT 01, YT 02…), and YouTube links.csv in the same folder lists each one with its link, the moment it starts at and where it sits in the edit. The footage itself stays its rightsholder's: you or your editor obtain or license it — Layro doesn't supply it.

Every scene goes into the export. A scene whose chapter isn't voiced yet sits on the timeline at an estimated length — voice the chapter and export again for timing that matches the speech. The frame rate (24 or 30) is set per project in Project settings → General.

The Picker extension

The Picker runs in Chrome and opens as a small window next to the page you are browsing. Install it here. Open it from Sequence, pick a scene, and press Alt+Q on the video or picture you want.

Contractors. You can invite people to pick shots for you. They get a Layro account of their own and see only the scenes you assign them. How many you can invite depends on your plan.

Credits, voice minutes and plans

AI work uses credits: writing the outline and the script, Plan shots and generated pictures or clips. Voicing uses voice minutes, one minute per minute of speech, re-voiced parts included. Chatting with the producer, the Picker, links, Autoscale and export use no credits. Every paid step says so before you start it.

A paid plan's minutes and credits renew each billing period; Free is a one-time starter pack. Minutes and credits you buy separately don't expire. Settings → Usage shows what you've used and what's left; Settings → Billing is where you change your plan or add more.

Your own provider keys

Voiceover runs on Layro's own account by default and uses your voice minutes. To use your own ElevenLabs account — for example for the voices in your own library there — connect it in Settings → Integrations; that provider then bills you directly.

Keys are encrypted on our servers, used only for calls to that provider on your behalf, and never shown again or written to logs. Remove a key any time; voiceover goes back to the Layro key.

Your material

Your scenes use what you bring to them: files you upload, licensed stock, picture and video files you link, pictures from the web you pick yourself, and YouTube moments, which stay links. Before the first outside material enters a project, Layro asks the account owner to confirm they hold the rights to it. Use material you own or have the right to use. See the Acceptable Use Policy and the Copyright Policy.

When something goes wrong

  • “Can't reach Layro” — the connection dropped. Check it and try again; nothing you had saved is lost.
  • A link didn't come through — the address may not lead to a picture or video file. Use the file's own address, or pick the shot with the Picker.
  • A scene's timing doesn't match the voice — its chapter wasn't voiced when you exported, so the scene sat at an estimated length. The export panel lists such scenes with a button that fixes it; export again afterwards.
  • You're out of credits or voice minutes — add more or change your plan in Settings → Billing. Your project waits where you left it.

Anything else: [email protected]. Include the project name and what you pressed — it gets you an answer faster.