# Generate videos with Creatomate: n8n workflow template

> Started by a clock, and works across Airtable, Gmail, Google Drive, Google Sheets and one other. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/generate-videos-with-creatomate (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Generate videos with Creatomate

Started by a clock, and works across Airtable, Gmail, Google Drive, Google Sheets and one other. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI. 71 steps, 2 branches, 5 loops or waits: large, and worth reading before you trust it with anything live.

Large Calls a model: OpenAI

[Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fgenerate-videos-with-creatomate)

**71 steps** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live

**2** Branches: places the flow splits

**5** Loops or waits

**5** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 2 Model 7 Logic 21 Service 30

The steps in the order they run, from what starts it. The first 60 of 71.

- 1 **Schedule Trigger** Schedule trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **OpenAI Chat Model1** Lm Chat Open Ai *Model*
- 3 **OpenAI Chat Model** Lm Chat Open Ai *Model*
- 4 **searchAirtable** Airtable Tool *Service*
- 5 **Structured Output Parser** Output Parser Structured *Model*
- 6 **OpenAI Chat Model2** Lm Chat Open Ai *Model*
- 7 **Prepare Assets For Creatomate** Code *Logic*
- 8 **Schedule Trigger1** Schedule trigger *Starts it*
- 9 **Generate Idea** Agent *Model*
- 10 **Generate Script** Agent *Model*
- 11 **Generate Music Prompt** Agent *Model*
- 12 **List Elements** Code *Logic*
- 13 **Search for Latest Ready Video** Airtable *Service*
- 14 **Parse Ideas** Code *Logic*
- 15 **Parse Script Output** Code *Logic*
- 16 **MusicPrompt** Set *Logic*
- 17 **Video Creatomate** Http Request *Service*
- 18 **If Ready?** If *Logic*
- 19 **Add Ideas** Google Sheets *Service*
- 20 **Store Script** Google Sheets *Service*
- 21 **Limit** Limit *Logic*
- 22 **Wait for Render** Wait *Logic*
- 23 **Download Video** Http Request *Service*
- 24 **Update Pepduction Table** Google Sheets *Service*
- 25 **Store in Airtable** Airtable *Service*
- 26 **Store Script in Airtable** Airtable *Service*
- 27 **Parse Music Prompts** Code *Logic*
- 28 **Get Final Video** Http Request *Service*
- 29 **Post YouTube** You Tube *Service*
- 30 **Updated Idea to Scripted** Google Sheets *Service*
- 31 **Text toMusic** Http Request *Service*
- 32 **Check Video Status** Switch *Logic*
- 33 **Update Status Ideas Table** Airtable *Service*
- 34 **2 Min Wait** Wait *Logic*
- 35 **Download Binary** Http Request *Service*
- 36 **Failed Creation** Gmail *Service*
- 37 **Extract Scenes** Code *Logic*
- 38 **Music Store** Google Drive *Service*
- 39 **Final Creatomate Video** Google Drive *Service*
- 40 **Text-to-Image** Http Request *Service*
- 41 **Access to Anyone with Link** Google Drive *Service*
- 42 **Add Aggregate Music URLs** Code *Logic*
- 43 **Youtube Video Created** Gmail *Service*
- 44 **Wait for 4 Min** Wait *Logic*
- 45 **Store Music Urls** Airtable *Service*
- 46 **Merge** Merge *Logic*
- 47 **Final Video Creatomate** Airtable *Service*
- 48 **Get Images** Http Request *Service*
- 49 **Music Urls** Google Sheets *Service*
- 50 **Prepare Video Assets** Code *Logic*
- 51 **Creatomate Final Video** Google Sheets *Service*
- 52 **Get ImageUrls** Code *Logic*
- 53 **Build Shotstack Timeline** Code *Logic*
- 54 **Scene Image Urls** Code *Logic*
- 55 **ShotStack Render Video** Http Request *Service*
- 56 **Update ImageUrls** Google Sheets *Service*
- 57 **Wait 5 Min** Wait *Logic*
- 58 **Store Image Urls in Airtable** Airtable *Service*
- 59 **Extract Narration** Code *Logic*
- 60 **Poll Rendered Videos** Http Request *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** A clock
- **Steps:** 71, with 2 branches, 5 loops or waits
- **Size:** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live
- **Connects to:** Airtable, Gmail, Google Drive, Google Sheets, YouTube
- **Model:** OpenAI

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Airtable, Gmail, Google Drive, Google Sheets and YouTube accounts, and a key for OpenAI. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on a clock.

Does it use AI?

Yes. It calls OpenAI. Model calls are billed by the provider, not by n8n.

How long does it take to set up?

Take your time. At 71 steps it is large: read it before trusting it with anything live.

How do I import it?

Copy the workflow, open a new workflow in n8n and paste. The steps appear on the canvas, ready for your own accounts.

**Before you run it**

Nothing here has been tested by us. It is somebody's working automation, read and described from its own steps. Treat the connections it wants as a list of accounts it will touch, and read the 71 steps before you point it at anything that matters.

## Run it in n8n

- **Create your n8n account** Free to start. n8n is where the workflow runs. [Create an n8n account ↗](https://millionrounds.com/n8n)
- **Download the workflow** Free with a Millionrounds account. [Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fgenerate-videos-with-creatomate)
- **Paste it into n8n** Open a new workflow in n8n and paste. Then connect your own accounts.

Stored with the author's traces removed: canvas notes, instance identifiers, saved credential names and any live document they had left behind.

## Connects to

Each opens the other workflows that use it.

[Airtable](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Airtable#library)[Gmail](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Gmail#library)[Google Drive](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Google+Drive#library)[Google Sheets](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Google+Sheets#library)[YouTube](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=YouTube#library)

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