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How to Use AI Storytelling in PowerDirector

From raw clips to a finished story in one pass.

Updated Aug. 7, 2026 · 3 min read

PowerDirector's AI Storytelling turns a folder of random clips into a narrated story, no editing skills required. Drop in your videos or photos, tell it what the moment was about, and it writes the script, picks the best shots, and narrates the whole thing in a voice of your choosing.

⚡ Quick Answer: How to Use AI Storytelling in 4 Steps
  1. In PowerDirector, open AI Storytelling and import your videos or photos.
  2. Pick a theme and write a Brief Description of your story.
  3. Review the AI-written Storyboard and tweak anything that’s off.
  4. Set your narration, subtitles, and music, then click Export.

Steps to Use AI Storytelling

Prefer to watch? Here's a 2-minute video walkthrough of the whole process, or follow the written steps below.

Step 1: Import Your Media

Open AI Storytelling and give your story a title. Then click Import Media to add your video clips or photos. You can add up to 10 minutes of footage and mix formats freely; PowerDirector picks what fits your final duration.

AI Storytelling import screen with Story Title field and Import Media button highlighted
Give your story a title, then click Import Media to add your clips.

Before moving on, set your Aspect Ratio, Duration, and Language, and tick Include AI Narration if you want the story read aloud, using Change beside the voice to swap the narrator. We imported eight travel clips and named the story “Japanese Travel.”

AI Storytelling screen with 8 media files imported and Japanese Travel as the story title
Eight clips imported and ready. Click Next to continue.

Step 2: Outline Your Story

Pick a Theme that matches your footage (Daily life, Travel, Pets, Memories, Events, or Product), then write a Brief Description of what the story is about. The More Description box is optional. Use it to call out anything specific you want included.

Outline Your Story screen with description filled in and Generate Story button highlighted
Describe your story, then click Generate Story.

Step 3: Review and Fine-Tune the Scenes

AI Storytelling breaks your footage into scenes, writes a short direction for each one, and picks the clips to match. Read through each scene and edit the text if something's off, then click Apply Changes & Re-Generate to update the story. The button prints how many re-generations you have left, so edit every scene you are unhappy with before spending one. When you're happy with it, click Next to move on.

Check Story screen showing AI-generated scene descriptions and matching clips
Each scene comes with its own AI-written direction. Edit any that don't feel right.

Step 4: Fine-Tune Narration, Subtitles, and Music

This is where the story comes together. Tick Include AI Narration and pick a voice, choose a subtitle style, and let AI match background music automatically or import your own track. Watch the Storyboard Preview update as you go, then click Export when you're happy with it.

AI Storyboard editor on the Narration tab with Include AI Narration and the voice selector highlighted, and the Export button highlighted at the bottom right
Fine-tune narration and music, then hit Export.
Subtitle style options in the AI Storyboard editor
Pick a subtitle style, or turn subtitles off entirely.

The Result

Here's what came out the other end: eight travel clips turned into a narrated 30-second story, complete with subtitles and a script we never had to write ourselves.

Haven't got PowerDirector yet? AI Storytelling wants a folder of clips and a sentence about the moment. If you have the footage sitting on a drive, that is the whole input.

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FAQ About AI Storytelling

Yes. AI Storytelling accepts both videos and photos in the same import, and blends them into one story.

Yes. Click Change beside the voice on the Narration tab to pick a different narrator.

Yes. Open the Background Music tab in the storyboard editor and swap the AI-matched track for one of your own.