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What is Zaoju

Zaoju is a one-stop AI short drama, AI comic drama, and AI video production platform for individual creators and short drama teams. It integrates scriptwriting, character and scene asset generation, intelligent storyboarding, AI video generation, and timeline editing into a single workflow. Users only need to input a single idea or an existing novel to generate a script, automatically extract and generate unified, reusable character, scene, and prop assets, then split the script into shots, generate visuals and videos shot by shot, and finally complete editing, dubbing, and scoring on the timeline and export the finished film. Zaoju also features a 3D director's desk for complex scene staging, and integrates multiple large models such as DeepSeek, GPT Image, and Seedance for collaboration, leaving only a single "Generate" button between the script and the finished film.

Zaoju's main features

• AI scriptwriting and adaptation: Supports generating a script from a single idea, and also supports converting short stories/long novels into scripts (can be paired with "Luobi AI Writing").
• Asset generation and management: Automatically extracts characters, scenes, and props from the script, generates unified, reusable visual assets, and maintains consistency across shots.
• Intelligent storyboarding: Automatically splits shots according to the script, and allows adjusting shot descriptions, shot sizes, and composition while linking assets.
• Multi-path AI video generation: Covers multiple generation methods such as storyboard, clip content, shot script, first frame, first and last frames, grid image, continue previous segment, and video replacement.
• 3D director's desk: Arrange character positions and orientations in a three-dimensional scene, manage multiple camera angles, and switch preview between director view and camera view to handle complex scene staging.
• Editing and finishing: Built-in timeline editor allows arranging shots, adding transitions, configuring dialogue, sound effects, and background music, then exporting the finished film.

How to use Zaoju

• Download and install the client: Visit the Zaoju official website https://zaoju.art/ , download the installation package and complete installation, then register and log in to enter the workspace.
• Prepare the script: Paste an existing script directly on the homepage; or use "Novel to Script" to adapt an existing short story/long novel into a script; or use "Generate Script" to start creating from a single idea.
• Initialize the project: Set the work type (short drama/comic drama, etc.), aspect ratio, visual style, and text model, confirm the number of episodes and estimated cost, then initialize the project。
• Generate visual assets: Check the characters, scenes, and props automatically extracted by the system, generate unified, reusable assets, and ensure character and scene consistency across shots。
• Director's desk scheduling (as needed): When encountering complex scenes, enter the 3D director's desk to arrange character positions and orientations, add multiple camera angles, and switch preview between director view and camera view to compose the shot.
• Generate images and videos from storyboards: Automatically generate storyboards according to the script, and adjust shot descriptions, shot sizes, and composition; choose the appropriate generation method for each shot (storyboard, first frame/first and last frames, shot script, grid image, continue previous segment, video replacement, etc.) to generate images and videos.
• Edit, finish, and export: Arrange shot clips in the timeline, adjust duration, add transitions, configure dialogue, sound effects, and background music, preview and confirm, then export the finished film.

Core Advantages of Zaoju

• One-stop full workflow: Script writing, asset generation, intelligent storyboarding, video generation, and editing into a finished film are all integrated into the same workflow, with no need to switch back and forth between multiple tools for scripts, drawing, video generation, editing, etc., significantly reducing operating costs.
• Extremely low barrier from idea to finished film: Supports generating a script from a single idea and converting a novel into a script with one click. Combined with the guided 6-step process of "Initialize Project," individual creators without film and television production experience can also get started quickly.
• Reusable assets and high cross-shot consistency: Automatically extracts characters, scenes, and props from the script and generates unified visual assets. It supports management operations such as one-click HD and regenerating designs, effectively solving the pain point of character appearance "face-changing" in AI video production.
• Flexible and diverse generation methods: Provides as many as 8 video generation paths, including storyboard, clip content, shot script, first frame, first and last frames, grid image, continue from previous segment, and video replacement. Each shot can choose the most suitable output method as needed.
• Professional-grade 3D director's desk: Arrange character positions and orientations in a 3D scene, manage multiple cameras, and support preview switching between director view and camera view, bringing the scene scheduling capabilities of professional film and television to ordinary creators.
• Multi-model collaboration: Not tied to a single model. It can freely orchestrate mainstream large models such as DeepSeek V4 pro (text), GPT Image 2 (image), and Seedance 2.0 fast (video), combining them as needed for the best results.

Comparison of Zaoju with Similar Competitors

Application Scenarios of Zaoju

• AI short drama production: Covers the entire process from story conception, script, and character settings to storyboarding, shot generation, and post-production editing. Suitable for individual creators or small teams to produce vertical/horizontal AI short dramas in batches.
• AI comic drama creation: Generate characters, scenes, props, and storyboard frames around an existing story or original script to produce comic drama content with a continuous plot.
• Video adaptation of novel IP: Use the "Novel to Script" feature to adapt an existing short story or full-length novel into a video script, then generate characters, storyboards, and videos, providing a complete video adaptation path for text content.
• Short video plot content production: Individual video creators do not need to combine multiple tools; they can complete plot-based short videos within a unified workflow, making it suitable for content output for plot accounts on platforms such as Douyin and Kuaishou.
• Large-scale mass production for short drama teams: Suitable for production teams that need to manage multiple characters, scenes, props, and a large number of storyboard shots, reducing repetitive production costs through reusable assets and supporting efficient output of multi-episode continuous dramas.
• Previsualization and scheduling of complex scenes: With the 3D director's table, build spatial relationships and arrange character blocking and multiple camera angles, which can be used for composition preview and shot planning of scenes with multiple characters and multiple camera angles (such as meetings, confrontations, and ensemble scenes).