Golpo AI Complete Tutorial: Every Feature, Control, and Setting Explained

Golpo AI turns text prompts, documents, audio recordings, and screen captures into animated explainer videos — the kind with hand-drawn whiteboard illustrations and professional narration that you see on YouTube education channels and in corporate training programs. You describe what you want, and Golpo writes the script, generates the visuals, adds narration and music, and delivers a finished video in ten to fifteen minutes.

This tutorial walks through every part of the platform. Every button, toggle, dropdown, and input field on the video creation page is covered, along with which pricing plan unlocks each feature. By the end you will know exactly what every control does and how to use it.

Watch the full video tutorial here:

What Golpo AI Does

Golpo is an AI video generator focused on explainer and whiteboard-style videos. You give it a topic — either by typing a prompt, uploading a document, recording your voice, or providing an existing audio or video file — and it produces a narrated, animated video.

The output is not a slideshow or a template you fill in. Golpo generates original hand-drawn illustrations, syncs them to narration, and animates them with a pen-drawing effect. The result looks like what a professional whiteboard animation studio would produce, but it takes minutes instead of weeks.

Common use cases include:

• YouTube educational content and explainers
• Corporate training and employee onboarding videos
• Product demos and marketing videos
• Sales enablement and personalized prospect videos
• Course content for educators and coaches
• Social media content in vertical or horizontal formats

Getting Started: Login

Golpo supports Google or Microsoft login. Please go to https://video.golpoai.com and click on "Getting Started" on the top or "Start for Free" as shown in this screenshot.

The Create Video Page

When you log in to Golpo and click Create New Video, you land on the video creation page. This is where everything happens. The page is organized from top to bottom: input area at the top, video style selection in the middle, and detailed settings at the bottom.

Let us go through every element on this page.

The Top Bar

Across the top of the page you will see:

• Credits — your remaining video credits, shown as a number (for example, 117.562). If you are on a team plan, it says "team credits" next to it. One credit equals roughly one minute of generated video
• Plan — your current plan name (Free, Starter, Creator, Growth, Business, or Enterprise), displayed as a clickable link
• Voice Clone — a button that takes you to the voice cloning feature (Business and Enterprise plans)
• Library — opens your video library where all generated videos are stored
• Upgrade — takes you to the pricing page
• Profile icon — click to see your name, email, and a dropdown menu with Add-ons, Edit Video, Team, Manage Billing, and Sign Out

On the left side of the top bar, there is an Instructions dropdown. This lets you save and load reusable instruction presets — handy if you frequently create videos with the same tone, style, or specific guidelines.

Prompt Content: The Main Input Area

The large text box labeled Prompt Content is where you describe your video. This is the primary way to tell Golpo what to make.

You can type anything from a single sentence to a detailed multi-paragraph description. The placeholder text reads: "Describe your video/podcast topic, perspective, and instructions in any language..."

Good prompts include:

• The topic you want explained
• The perspective or audience (for example, "explain this to a five-year-old" or "this is for senior software engineers")
• Specific points you want covered
• The tone (professional, casual, humorous, academic)

Avoid

• Don't put special characters or emojis.

You can write your prompt in any language, and Golpo will generate the video in that language (for creator and above plans). Language option is available from the creator plan and above. For Free and Starter plans, whatever language you provide the prompt in, it'll generate the video in English.

The Attach Button

Below the prompt text box, there is an Attach button. Click it to upload documents — PDFs, Word files, or other text documents. Golpo reads the document, extracts the content, and uses it as the basis for your video. This is powerful for turning existing company documents, research papers, product manuals, or lesson plans into videos without rewriting anything.

You can combine a document attachment with a text prompt. For example, attach your product brochure and add a prompt like "Create a two-minute overview of this product focused on the pricing and key features, targeting small business owners."

Available on: All plans

The Two Toggles: Own Narration and Script Mode

In the top-right corner of the input area, there are two toggles that fundamentally change how Golpo creates your video.

Own Narration

When Own Narration is OFF (the default), Golpo generates the narration for you using AI voices. You provide the topic, and Golpo writes the script and speaks it. A adetailed tutorial is available on this link: https://video.golpoai.com/blog/golpo-ai-own-narration-guide

When Own Narration is ON, the prompt text box disappears and is replaced with audio and video input options:

Upload Audio or Video — drag and drop or click to select files. Accepts MP3, WAV, M4A, MP4, MOV, and other formats. If you upload a video, Golpo extracts the audio and generates new visuals to match it

• Record Audio — microphone only. Records your voice directly in the browser
• Record Webcam — camera plus audio. Records you on camera, and your footage can appear in the final video

Golpo listens to whatever audio you provide, transcribes it, understands the content, and generates visuals that match your narration. Your voice stays exactly as recorded.

Use this when you want to use your own voice, a branded AI voice from ElevenLabs or similar services, an existing recording like a Zoom call or podcast, or when you want precise word-for-word control over the narration.

Available on: Business ($499.99/month) and Enterprise ($999.99/month)

Script Mode

When Script Mode is ON, you write the exact script that Golpo will narrate — word for word. Instead of describing a topic and letting the AI generate a script, you provide the script directly and Golpo reads it as written.

This is essential when:

• Compliance or legal requires specific approved language
• You have already written a script and want it read exactly
• You need total control over what is said without AI interpretation

Available on: Growth ($199.99/month), Business ($499.99/month) and Enterprise ($999.99/month), and as an add-on ($50) for the creator ($99.99) plan.

Video Style: Golpo Canvas vs. Golpo Sketch

Below the input area, you choose between two video generation engines:

• Golpo Canvas (Earlier Golpo 2.0) — Produces chalkboard-style animations. Available sub-styles include Chalkboard (B&W and Color) and advanced styles such as Modern Minimal, Technical, Editorial, Whiteboard, Playful, and Sharpie. Chalkboard B&W is available for all plans, and the Free/Starter/Creator plan has only Chalkboard B&W available. Other styles are available from the Growth plan and above. A detailed tutorial of all available styles is available in this link: https://video.golpoai.com/blog/golpo-canvas-styles-guide

• Golpo Sketch — Produces hand-drawn whiteboard illustrations with a refined, modern look. Sub-styles include Classic, Improved (Beta), Dry Erase, Professional Clean, Crayon, and Formal. Classic B&W is available on all plans; color videos are only available on the Growth plan and above. Formal style is only available for business plan and above.

Each option has a Preview button next to it so you can see examples of what that style looks like before committing.

Plan availability for styles:

• Free, Starter, and Creator — Golpo Sketch: Classic (B&W) only. Golpo Canvas: Chalkboard B&W only
• Growth ($199.99/month) — Golpo Sketch: Classic and Improved (Beta), Dry Erase, Professional Clean, Crayon (Color). Golpo Canvas: Chalkboard B&W + Color, plus 6 Advanced styles (Modern Minimal, Technical, Editorial, Whiteboard, Playful, Sharpie)
• Business ($499.99/month) and Enterprise ($999.99/month) — All styles in both B&W and Color

User Videos and Images

Below the style selector, you will see a dashed-border area with two options:

• User created videos and images to be inserted in the video (Beta) — upload your own photos, product images, screenshots, or short video clips. Golpo weaves them into the generated video alongside its own illustrations. You can choose whether each image appears as a static still or as an animated illustration. A detailed tutorial is available here: https://video.golpoai.com/blog/how-to-insert-images-in-golpo-ai-videos-step-by-step
• Record screen (with audio) (Beta) — capture a screen recording of your desktop. This is great for product walkthroughs and software demos. Golpo takes your recording and inserts it as clips in the final video

There is also a How to Use? link that opens instructions for this feature.

Available on: Business and Enterprise

Audio Only

The Audio Only checkbox creates audio content without generating any video. This produces a podcast-style spoken narration based on your prompt — no visuals, just audio. It uses only 10% of your video credits, making it a very efficient way to produce spoken content.

Use this for:

• Podcast episodes generated from your topic or document
• Audio summaries of written content
• Voiceover tracks you will use elsewhere

Available on: Business and Enterprise

Voice Instructions

The text field labeled "Optional: Add voice instructions (e.g., 'Talk in a french accent', 'use an enthusiastic tone', 'talk like a professor')..." lets you control how the AI narrator speaks.

This does not change the words — it changes the delivery. You can request:

• A specific accent or speaking style
• An enthusiastic, calm, serious, or conversational tone
• A particular persona like a professor, news anchor, or storyteller
• Pacing preferences like speaking slowly or energetically

Available on: Creator ($99.99/month) and above

Screenshot to find the optional Voice Instructions box.

Video Tutorial of Voice Instructions

Video Instructions

The text field labeled "Optional: Add video instructions (e.g., 'show more graphs and charts', 'include more stock footage', 'use cinematic transitions')..." guides how Golpo generates the visuals.

This is separate from the prompt itself. While the prompt describes what the video is about, video instructions describe how it should look:

• "Use blue and orange colors only" — for branding
• Use "Times New Roman Font" - specify which fonts the texts appear in on visuals
• 'Absolutely no text in the video" - to avoid texts showing up in the visuals
• "Use cinematic transitions" — for a more polished feel
• "Keep illustrations simple and minimal" — for a clean look
• "Show more people and faces" — for human-centric topics

Available on: Business and above (appears as an add-on on Growth)

A simple video tutorial of video instruction

Edit Script Before Creating Video

The Edit script before creating video checkbox tells Golpo to generate the script first and pause so you can review and edit it before any video is generated. The description reads: "Generate and review the script first, then create the video."

This is extremely useful when you want to:

• Review and adjust the AI-generated script before committing credits
• Fix specific wording, add details, or remove sections
• Ensure accuracy for technical or sensitive topics
• See exactly what the video will say before it is produced

Without this checked, Golpo generates the script and video in one step. With it checked, you get a two-step process: script review first, then video generation.

Available on: Creator as an add-on, Growth and above as a standard feature

Color

The Color checkbox — "Enable color in the generated video" — controls whether your video is produced in full color or in black and white.

Black and white gives a classic whiteboard look. Color adds fills, backgrounds, and chromatic detail to the illustrations. Both look professional — it is a stylistic choice. Color option is only available from the Growth and above packages.

Available on: Growth and above

The Settings Row: Music, Duration, Voice, Orientation, Language, Style

At the bottom of the page, there is a row of dropdown menus that control the technical details of your video. Here is what each one does.

Music

Adds background music to your video. Options include different moods and genres, or set it to None for narration only. There is a Listen link next to this dropdown so you can preview each music option before selecting. You can also upload your custom music as background music from the business plan onward.

Available on: All plans have basic music options. Custom music upload is available on Business and Enterprise.

Duration

Sets the target length of your video. Options range from short clips to longer content:

• Free — 1 minute only
• Starter — 30 seconds to 2 minutes
• Creator — 15 seconds to 2 minutes
• Growth — 15 seconds to 4 minutes
• Business — 15 seconds to 10 minutes (beta)
• Enterprise — 15 seconds to 10 minutes (beta)

Remember: 1 minute of video = 1 credit. If you select a 2-minute duration, it costs 2 credits. When using Own Narration, the credit cost is based on the actual length of your uploaded audio rather than a selected duration. This article describes the credit deduction rule in details: https://video.golpoai.com/blog/golpo-credit-deduction-guide

Voice

Selects which AI voice narrates your video. The default is Female 1. Golpo offers multiple voice options, and there is a Listen link to preview each voice before choosing.

Voice quality tiers vary by plan:

• Free and Starter — Classic quality voices
• Growth — Improved quality voices
• Business and Enterprise — Formal quality voices plus Voice Cloning (clone your own voice or a brand voice and use it for all your videos)

Orientation

Controls the video aspect ratio:

• Horizontal — Ideal for YouTube, websites, and presentations.
• Vertical — Ideal for Instagram Reels, TikTok, YouTube Shorts, and mobile-first viewing

Available on: Vertical orientation is available on Creator and above. Free and Starter are limited to Horizontal only.

Language

Sets the language for the AI-generated narration. The default is English. Golpo supports multiple languages — you can generate videos in different languages by changing this dropdown. Languages supported are: English, Spanish, French, German, German (Switzerland), Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Chinese (Cantonese), Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Hindi, Dutch, Polish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Turkish, Greek, Hebrew, Thai, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Malay, Filipino, Czech, Hungarian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Ukrainian, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Gujarati, Urdu, Persian, Swahili, Afrikaans.

Available on: Starter has multi-language as an add-on. Creator and above include it as a standard feature.

Display Language

A separate setting from the narration language, Display Language controls the language of any on-screen text that Golpo generates within the video — labels, titles, captions drawn on the whiteboard. This lets you create a video with English (or any) narration but display text in another language, or vice versa. Currently, this option is available for Golpo Canvas videos only.

Available on: Starter has multi-language as an add-on ($40 per month). Creator and above include it as a standard feature.

Style

Selects the sub-style within your chosen video engine (Golpo Canvas or Golpo Sketch). The default is Classic. There is a Preview link to see examples of each style.

For Golpo Sketch, the styles include:

• Classic — clean hand-drawn whiteboard look
• Improved (Beta) — refined version of Classic with better illustration quality
• Dry Erase — mimics a dry-erase marker on a whiteboard
• Professional Clean — polished, corporate-ready illustrations
• Crayon — playful, hand-colored crayon look
• Formal — refined, serious tone for business and academic content

For Golpo Canvas, styles include Chalkboard (B&W and Color) plus advanced options: Modern Minimal, Technical, Editorial, Whiteboard, Playful, and Sharpie. Free through Creator gets Chalkboard B&W only, and Growth and above get all other options.

Plan availability: Free through Creator get Classic (B&W) only. Growth unlocks additional styles. Business and Enterprise unlock all styles in both B&W and Color plus pen in hand animation.

Pacing

Controls how quickly visuals appear and transition on screen. The default is Fast for Sketch and Normal for Canvas. There is a Preview link to compare pacing options.

Slower pacing gives the viewer more time to absorb each illustration. Faster pacing keeps energy high and is better for shorter, punchier videos. Choose based on your audience and content density.

Logo

The Logo section lets you add your own logo to the generated video. Click Add to upload a logo image. There is also a dropdown with TL (Top Left), BL (Bottom Left), TR (Top Right), and BR (Bottom Right) to ascertain where the logo needs to be placed in the video.

Adding a logo to every video you create — useful for companies, agencies, and content creators who want consistent branding.

Available on: Growth has a custom logo as an add-on. Business and Enterprise include it as a standard feature.

The Generate Video Button

At the bottom-right of the page is the Generate Video button. Once you have configured everything, click it to start generation.

Before generation starts, you will see an estimated generation time — typically 10 to 15 minutes, though this varies based on your prompt, selected duration, and current server load.

You'll be presented with this screen when you hit the Generate Video for you to opt in or opt out of showing the video on Golpo AI video gallery https://video.golpoai.com/gallery - you can change this visibility setting later in the library - just click on the eye in the top right corner of each video in library to toggle visibility in the public gallery.

After clicking Generate Video, see the progress till about 2%, and you can close the page and come back later. An email notification will come to you when the video is ready. Your video will appear in the Library when it is ready.

The Library: Finding, Playing, and Managing Your Videos

Click Library in the top navigation bar to see all your generated videos. The Library page shows a grid of video thumbnails, each with key information and action buttons. When you start a new video, till it gets completed, it shows up as Generating (see the 1st video in the screenshot below). Once the video is completed, and if you refresh your library page, you'll

Filtering and Searchin

At the top of the Library, you have several ways to find specific videos:

• Videos from — filter by "Me only" or view videos from team members (on team plans)
• Organization — shows your team/organization name (visible on team plans)
• Filter tabs — All, Color, B&W, Podcast — quickly filter by video type
• Search bar — search in prompts, titles, and scripts to find specific videos
• Dropdown filters — filter by Golpo types, Golpo Styles, duration, languages, voices, and music

Video Cards

Each video in the Library appears as a card showing:

• Thumbnail — a preview frame from the video
• Title/Prompt — the beginning of your prompt or the video title. These are clickable, and you click to review the transcript. prompt and, if needed, change the title.
• Date and time — when the video was created
• Language — which language the video was generated in
• Duration — the video length (for example, 2 min, 2.54 min)
• Voice type — Male, Female, Auto, or Custom
• Aspect ratio tool — Converting the video to true 16:9 for horizontal, 9:16 for vertical (available for growth and above plans)

Videos that use your own narration are labeled "User-provided audio narration" in red text, making them easy to identify. These titles are clickable and

Videos still being generated show a "Generating" status with an estimated completion time. The Library auto-refreshes, or you can manually refresh the page to check progress.

Version History

If you have edited or regenerated a video, the card shows a Version indicator (for example, "Version 9/9") with arrow buttons to navigate between versions. This lets you compare different iterations and go back to earlier versions if needed.

Action Buttons on Each Video Card

Below the thumbnail, each card has a row of action buttons.

• Play (purple button) — plays the video directly in the Library
• Edit (pen icon) — opens the frame-by-frame editor where you can modify visuals, add or replace images, and adjust text on individual frames. Available for business and above plans and as an add-on ($200 per month) for the Growth plan.
• Download (down arrow icon) — downloads the video file to your computer
• Settings (gear icon) — opens video settings and metadata (see below)

• Delete (trash icon) — deletes the video from your Library

Social Sharing

Each card also has sharing icons for Twitter/X, Facebook, LinkedIn, and a copy link button — letting you share your video directly to social media or copy a shareable link.

Downloading Your Video

To download a video, find it in the Library and click the download icon (the downward arrow). The video downloads as an MP4 file that you can use anywhere — upload to YouTube, embed on your website, include in presentations, or send directly to clients.

The downloaded file includes the full video with all visuals, narration, and music baked in. It is ready to publish as-is or import into a video editor for further customization.

Editing Your Video

Golpo offers frame-by-frame editing that lets you modify the generated video after creation. Click the edit icon (pen icon) on any video card in the Library to open the editor.

In the editor, you can:

• Edit visuals frame by frame — change illustrations, adjust drawings, modify what appears on screen for any individual frame
• Add or replace images — insert your own images into specific frames or replace Golpo-generated illustrations with your own
• Upload reference images — provide a reference image and Golpo regenerates the frame to match it (Golpo Sketch only)
• Adjust text — modify any on-screen text within frames

Note that audio cannot be edited through the frame editor. If you need to change the narration, you will need to regenerate the video.

A detailed guide on how editing works is here: https://video.golpoai.com/blog/golpo-video-editing-guide

How Editing Credits Work

When you start an edit session, Golpo charges credits equal to the full video length (for example, editing a 2-minute video costs 2 credits). However, once you are in an edit session, you can edit as many frames as you want without additional charges.

"Edit" is Available on:

• Free and Starter — not available
• Growth — available as a $200 add-on
• Business and Enterprise — included

The Profile Menu

Click your profile picture in the top-right corner to access:

• Add-ons — purchase additional features or credit packs for your plan
• Edit Video — quick link to the editing feature
• Team — manage team members (on Business and Enterprise plans, which support 10 and 50 team members, respectively)
• Manage Billing — view and manage your subscription and payment details. Here you can change your credit card, download invoices, etc. Here you can cancel or pause subscription, buy add-ons, etc. Following is a sample modal when you click on "Manage Billing

• Sign Out — log out of your account

Complete Plan Comparison

Golpo offers six plans. Here is what each one includes so you can quickly see which plan unlocks the features you need. Please note that 1 credit is 1 min of video.

Free — $0

• 1 credit (one time, not recurring)
• 1-minute videos only
• Watermarked output and no download but can share using the copy URL feature in the library.
• Golpo Sketch Classic (B&W) only
• Golpo Canvas Chalkboard (B&W) only
• English only, Horizontal only

Starter — $39.99/month

• 20 credits per month
• 30 seconds to 2-minute videos
• No watermark, and you can download your video.
• Golpo Sketch Classic (B&W)
• Golpo Canvas Chalkboard (B&W)
• Multi-language as an add-on

Creator — $99.99/month

• 60 credits per month
• 15 seconds to 2-minute videos
• No watermark
• Multi-language included
• Voice instructions included
• Vertical orientation
• Golpo Sketch Classic (B&W)
• Golpo Canvas Chalkboard (B&W)
• Edit script as an add-on

Growth — $199.99/month

• 150 credits per month
• 15 seconds to 4-minute videos
• Color videos
• Golpo Sketch: Classic, Improved (Beta), Dry Erase, Professional Clean, Crayon
• Golpo Canvas: Chalkboard B&W + Color, plus 6 Advanced styles
• Custom logo as an add-on
• Video instructions as an add-on
• Frame editing as add-on

Business — $499.99/month

• 390 credits per month
• 15 seconds to 10 minutes (beta)
• All Golpo Sketch styles (B&W + Color) plus a new style "Formal"
• All Golpo Canvas styles including Advanced and Pen Animations (3 types)
• Custom logo, custom music, video instructions — all included
• Own Narration, Voice Cloning, Audio Only — all included
• User Videos/Images insertion
• Frame editing included
• Up to 10 team members
• API access as add-on

Enterprise — $999.99/month

• 800 credits per month
• Everything in Business, plus:
• Up to 50 team members
• API access included

Quick Reference: Which Plan Do I Need?

Here is a fast lookup for the most commonly asked features:

• Color videos — Growth and above
• Own Narration (upload audio/video/record) — Business and above
• Voice Cloning — Business and above
• Frame editing — Growth (add-on) or Business and above (included)
• Vertical video — Creator and above
• Custom logo — Growth (add-on) or Business and above (included)
• Voice instructions — Creator and above
• Video instructions — Growth (add-on) or Business and above (included)
• User images/videos — Business and above
• Audio Only (podcast mode) — Business and above
• Multi-language — Starter (add-on), Creator and above (included)
• Team members — Business (10 members), Enterprise (50 members)
• API access — Business (add-on), Enterprise (included)
• Videos longer than 4 minutes — Business and above or add-on to Growth
• Pen Animations — Business and above

The Typical Workflow: Start to Finish

To bring everything together, here is the standard workflow from start to finish:

• Step 1 — Click Create New Video
• Step 2 — Write your prompt in the Prompt Content box, or toggle Own Narration to upload audio. Optionally attach a document
• Step 3 — Choose Golpo Canvas or Golpo Sketch
• Step 4 — Optionally upload your own images or screen recording
• Step 5 — Add voice instructions and video instructions if desired
• Step 6 — Check "Edit script before creating video" if you want to review the script first
• Step 7 — Configure settings: music, duration, voice, orientation, language, style, pacing, color, and logo
• Step 8 — Click Generate Video
• Step 9 — Wait 10 to 15 minutes. Go to Library to find your video
• Step 10 — Play, download, edit, or share directly from the Library

That is the entire platform. Every control on the page maps to a specific aspect of your video — what it says, how it sounds, how it looks, and what format it is delivered in. Start with a simple prompt and the default settings, watch the result, and then experiment with the controls one at a time to dial in exactly the output you want.

If you have questions, please send to founders@golpoai.com or book a live demo/meeting via Book a Demo link on our home page (top right).