# ShortLoom features

Facts below match https://shortloom.ai/api/public/product-facts.json and the live product. Do not invent extra models, platforms, or stats.

## Generate

- Input: topic, pasted script, article URL, PDF, or a YouTube match.
- **Director Mode (default):** a free draft (script + shot plan + quoted credit cost). Credits are charged only if you approve. Rejecting costs nothing.
- **Instant Mode:** charge and render immediately (API/automation).
- Styles: Viral Story, Educational, Documentary, ASMR, Italian Brainrot, UGC Ad, Anime.
- Modes: Cinematic (default AI scenes), Scale, Hybrid, Avatar (talking on-screen character), UGC (handheld product-style).
- Aspect ratios: 9:16, 1:1, 16:9.
- Voices: 9 English catalog voices, plus 8 French-native voices. 30+ end-to-end languages (script + TTS).
- Optional background music moods. Burned-in karaoke captions (Whisper-timed).

## Edit after generate

Library → Edit scenes, also offered on the create result screen (not for UGC). Per-scene regenerate / stock / upload / delete / reorder, 5s/10s trims, caption presets, music, voice restyle, re-aspect. The spoken script is edited on the Director draft before charge, not on a timeline.

## Publish and automate

- One-click publish to connected YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram accounts.
- Series: scheduled generation on a theme; review-before-publish unless you choose otherwise.
- Failed renders refund credits automatically.

## Developers

REST API (`https://shortloom.ai/api/v1`) and MCP server (`https://shortloom.ai/mcp`). Growth and Pro plans. See `/llm/api.md` and `/llm/mcp.md`.