{ "workflow": { "id": 5393, "name": "Convert Form Inputs to Cinematic Videos with GPT-4, Dumpling AI & ElevenLabs Audio", "views": 1232, "recentViews": 0, "totalViews": 1232, "createdAt": "2025-06-26T21:22:04.127Z", "description": "## πŸ“½οΈ What this workflow does\n\nThis workflow turns a user-submitted form with country or animal names into a cinematic video with animated scenes and immersive ambient audio. Using GPT-4 for prompt generation, Dumpling AI for visual creation,& Replicate for motion animation, ElevenLabs for sound generation, and Creatomate for video stitching, it fully automates video production β€” from raw idea to rendered file.\n\n---\n\n## 🎯 What problem is this solving?\n\nCreating engaging multimedia content can take hours. This workflow automates the entire process of ideation, design, and rendering of high-quality cinematic clips, eliminating the need for manual video editing or audio production.\n\n---\n\n## πŸ‘₯ Who is this for?\n\n- Content creators and educators \n- Digital artists and storytellers \n- Marketers or YouTubers creating short-form visual content \n- No-code/AI automation enthusiasts \n\n---\n\n## βš™οΈ Setup Instructions\n\n### βœ… Step 1: Google Sheet \nCreate a Google Sheet with two columns:\n- `Title` \n- `Generated videos` \nUpdate the Sheet ID and tab name in the final node.\n\n### βœ… Step 2: Google Drive \nCreate two folders:\n- One for **ambient audio tracks** \n- One for **final generated videos** \nUpdate the folder IDs in both Google Drive nodes.\n\n### βœ… Step 3: Credentials Setup \nMake sure all your API tokens are saved as **credentials** in n8n. \nThis workflow uses the following integrations:\n\n- OpenAI (GPT-4) \n- Dumpling AI (via HTTP header) \n- Replicate.com \n- ElevenLabs \n- Google Drive \n- Google Sheets \n- Creatomate \n\n### βœ… Step 4: Form Fields \nEnsure your trigger form includes these fields:\n- `Title` \n- `Country 1`, `Country 2`, `Country 3`, `Country 4` \n- `Style` (e.g., cinematic, epic, fantasy, noir, etc.)\n\n---\n\n## 🧩 How it works\n\n1. **User Form Submission** \n Kicks off the workflow with the required inputs.\n\n2. **Format Inputs** \n Combines all 4 countries/animals into a single array.\n\n3. **GPT-4: Generate Visual Prompts** \n Uses GPT-4 to create rich cinematic descriptions per animal/country.\n\n4. **Dumpling AI: Create Images** \n Each description becomes a high-quality visual.\n\n5. **GPT-4: Create Motion Prompts** \n Each image prompt is rewritten into motion-based video prompts.\n\n6. **Replicate: Animate** \n Prompts and images are sent to Replicate’s model for animation.\n\n7. **GPT-4: Generate Sound Prompt** \n Based on the style, GPT-4 creates an ambient sound idea.\n\n8. **ElevenLabs: Create Ambient Audio** \n Audio is generated and uploaded to Google Drive.\n\n9. **Creatomate: Stitch All Media** \n All 4 motion videos and the audio track are stitched into one cinematic output.\n\n10. **Upload to Google Drive + Log to Sheet** \n Final video is saved in Drive and logged in Sheets with its title and link.\n\n---\n\n## πŸ› οΈ How to Customize\n\n- 🎨 Modify GPT prompts for different themes (e.g., horror, fantasy, sci-fi). \n- 🧠 Swap animals for characters, objects, or locations. \n- 🎧 Replace ambient sound with ElevenLabs voiceovers or music. \n- πŸ“‚ Add metadata logging (generation time, duration, tags). \n- πŸ§ͺ Try using alternative video tools like Pika Labs or Runway ML.\n\n\n---\n\n## βœ… Requirements\n\n- n8n self-hosted or cloud instance \n- Active accounts for: OpenAI, Dumpling AI, Replicate, ElevenLabs, Creatomate \n- Google credentials set up for Drive + Sheets \n\n---\n\nThis is a perfect end-to-end automation that showcases the power of AI + automation for video storytelling.\n\n", "workflow": { "id": "UTTbkRAZmXfQFS3K", "meta": { "instanceId": "a1ae5c8dc6c65e674f9c3947d083abcc749ef2546dff9f4ff01de4d6a36ebfe6", "templateCredsSetupCompleted": true }, "name": "Auto-Generate Cinematic Animal Videos & Sound from Form using Dumpling AI", "tags": [], "nodes": [ { "id": "84bfaa76-c4ff-40d7-8bfc-c8e8db13ab78", "name": "Sticky Note", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote", "position": [ 2900, -1820 ], "parameters": { "width": 1700, "height": 920, "content": "### 🟨 Sticky Notes for Workflow: Create Cinematic Animal Videos & Audio\n\n🟑 **Trigger: Form Submission** \nStarts when a user fills out a form with a title, 4 animals, and a visual style.\n\n🟑 **Format Inputs** \nPrepares animal inputs as an array and pulls the selected style for processing.\n\n🟑 **Generate Cinematic Prompts (OpenAI)** \nEach animal is transformed into a cinematic, first-person prompt using GPT-4.\n\n🟑 **Create AI Image (Dumpling AI)** \nEach prompt is sent to Dumpling AI to generate a high-quality AI image.\n\n🟑 **Motion Prompt for Video (OpenAI)** \nThe image prompt is rewritten into a motion video prompt with natural movements.\n\n🟑 **Generate Motion Video (Leonardo)** \nLeonardo AI turns each image into a short animated video clip using the motion prompt.\n\n🟑 **Generate Audio Prompt (OpenAI)** \nGPT-4 generates a vivid sound prompt based on the style.\n\n🟑 **Create Ambient Sound (ElevenLabs)** \nThe sound prompt is used to generate a 20-second ambient audio file.\n\n🟑 **Upload Audio to Drive** \nThe generated .mp3 is saved to a Google Drive folder and made shareable.\n\n🟑 **Merge Videos and Audio (Creatomate)** \nAll videos and audio are stitched into a single cinematic video with text overlays.\n\n🟑 **Upload Final Video** \nThe completed video is uploaded to Google Drive in the β€œAI generated Videos” folder.\n\n🟑 **Log Output to Sheet** \nVideo title and share link are logged into Google Sheets for future access.\n" }, "typeVersion": 1 }, { "id": "f93eb54b-8d04-4e1a-ac60-4fa273a61974", "name": " Form: User Submission", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.formTrigger", "position": [ 1200, -1360 ], "webhookId": "27a461aa-7306-4c89-b562-ff239197ae35", "parameters": { "options": {}, "formTitle": "Content ", "formFields": { "values": [ { "fieldLabel": "Title", "requiredField": true }, { "fieldLabel": "Country 1", "requiredField": true }, { "fieldLabel": "Country 2", "requiredField": true }, { "fieldLabel": "Country 3" }, { "fieldLabel": "Country 4", "requiredField": true } ] } }, "typeVersion": 2.2 }, { "id": "c93adf81-d657-4e5e-bba3-d6eb093c8fcb", "name": "Format into an Array ", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.set", "position": [ 1420, -1360 ], "parameters": { "options": {}, "assignments": { "assignments": [ { "id": "bd9cd00c-976b-4a94-8a43-e7a01993ff44", "name": "animals", "type": "array", "value": "=[\"{{ $json['animal 1'] }}\",\"{{ $json['animal 2'] }}\",\"{{ $json['animal 3'] }}\",\"{{ $json['animal 4'] }}\"]" } ] } }, "typeVersion": 3.4 }, { "id": "5940e19d-23f7-4b87-9373-6cf9c6c3d5d7", "name": "Split: Loop Through Array", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.splitOut", "position": [ 1640, -1360 ], "parameters": { "options": {}, "fieldToSplitOut": "animals" }, "typeVersion": 1 }, { "id": "112610e5-d6ef-400a-8e43-1a55e93e269e", "name": "GPT-4: Create Cinematic Prompt", "type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.openAi", "position": [ 1860, -1360 ], "parameters": { "modelId": { "__rl": true, "mode": "list", "value": "gpt-4.1", "cachedResultName": "GPT-4.1" }, "options": {}, "messages": { "values": [ { "role": "system", "content": "=Task:\nYou are an advanced AI that transforms a country name or an animal into a vivid, cinematic prompt meant for image generation only. The visual should depict a powerful, mythical warrior with the head of a symbolic animal, walking slowly and majestically toward the viewer. The scene must reflect the cultural essence of the country or the natural environment of the animal.\n\nRules for Output Generation:\n\nFocus on front-facing, full-body motion in a slow, majestic walk\n\nThe warrior should be muscular, highly detailed, and visually dominant\n\nAdd motion details like cape flow, weapon movement, foot pressure\n\nFor country input: use accurate terrain, architecture, weather, and mood\n\nFor animal input: use the animal’s natural habitat as the setting\n\nBackground must be slightly blurred for cinematic depth\n\nOutput must be in plain text, no JSON\n\nKeep each output below 950 characters\n\nDo not generate video prompts\n\nπŸ”» Input Format Examples:\nmakefile\nCopy\nEdit\nInput: Morocco, Brazil, Japan, Nigeria \nInput: Tiger, Eagle, Gorilla, Falcon\n\nπŸ”» Output Format Example :\nInput: Morocco\nWalking with slow, thunderous steps across an ancient desert courtyard, a lion-headed warrior with golden fur and scarred bronze armor moves toward the viewer. His black cape ripples in the hot wind, dust kicking around his armored sandals. Muscles flex under leather carved with Berber motifs, and a curved blade glints at his hip. Behind him, the blurred kasbah walls glow under orange sunlight, casting long shadows across the tiled ground.\n\n\n" }, { "content": "=Country: {{ $json.animals }}\n" }, { "role": "system", "content": "It is is very important to note that the prompt must not exceed 950 characters" } ] } }, "credentials": { "openAiApi": { "id": "credential-id", "name": "openAiApi Credential" } }, "typeVersion": 1.8 }, { "id": "3fc20348-f6d8-49e1-8e5a-484de33c17f4", "name": " Clean: Remove Line Breaks from Prompt", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.set", "position": [ 2240, -1360 ], "parameters": { "options": {}, "assignments": { "assignments": [ { "id": "629e44a0-0d8d-40de-ab7b-8c93de23887e", "name": "prompt", "type": "string", "value": "={{ $json.message.content.replace(/\\n/g, ' ').replace(/\\\\n/g, ' ') }}" } ] } }, "typeVersion": 3.4 }, { "id": "471696d3-a451-4ccc-bb4f-801dfc3f5ac1", "name": " Dumpling AI: Generate Image", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest", "position": [ 2440, -1360 ], "parameters": { "url": "https://app.dumplingai.com/api/v1/generate-ai-image", "method": "POST", "options": {}, "jsonBody": "={\n \"model\": \"FLUX.1-pro\",\n \"input\": {\n \"prompt\": \"{{$json.prompt}}\"\n }\n}\n", "sendBody": true, "sendHeaders": true, "specifyBody": "json", "authentication": "genericCredentialType", "genericAuthType": "httpHeaderAuth", "headerParameters": { "parameters": [ { "name": "accept", "value": "application/json" } ] } }, "credentials": { "httpHeaderAuth": { "id": "credential-id", "name": "httpHeaderAuth Credential" } }, "typeVersion": 4.2 }, { "id": "50e89d3c-62b3-4689-84ca-1bc7cff445c3", "name": "GPT-4: Create motion prompt", "type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.openAi", "position": [ 1280, -1100 ], "parameters": { "modelId": { "__rl": true, "mode": "list", "value": "gpt-4.1", "cachedResultName": "GPT-4.1" }, "options": {}, "messages": { "values": [ { "role": "system", "content": "=You are helping me generate a motion video prompt based on a previous image generation prompt.\n\nI will provide the image prompt, and your job is to rewrite it so it can be used to create a motion video using Leonardo.ai.\n\nYour output must follow these rules:\n\nKeep the subject, style, and atmosphere from the original image prompt\n\nAdd natural motion elements (such as camera pan, slow zoom, blinking, fog moving, flickering lights, etc)\n\nWrite in a descriptive cinematic tone\n\nKeep the response short, between 1 to 2 sentences\n\nReturn only the rewritten motion prompt as plain text\n\nEnsure the output includes a line break at the end\n\nExample input:\n\"A black cat sitting on a haunted piano in a dark room, ghostly ambiance, cinematic style\"\n\nExample output:\n\"A black cat blinking slowly as ghostly light flickers across the haunted piano, the camera pans slowly, cinematic mood\"" }, { "content": "=Now, generate a motion video prompt from this image prompt:{{ $(' Clean: Remove Line Breaks from Prompt').item.json.prompt }}\n" } ] } }, "credentials": { "openAiApi": { "id": "credential-id", "name": "openAiApi Credential" } }, "typeVersion": 1.8 }, { "id": "a05020bc-e914-45b4-b9fb-52bf996d6c76", "name": "Wait: Leonardo Processing", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.wait", "position": [ 1980, -1100 ], "webhookId": "b1658720-27be-47a2-8bca-9c3c97d1e998", "parameters": { "amount": 60 }, "typeVersion": 1.1 }, { "id": "2939324b-7964-48a4-9b83-304c8635d427", "name": " Fetch: Download Motion Video ", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest", "position": [ 2240, -1100 ], "parameters": { "url": "={{ $json.urls.get }}", "options": {}, "authentication": "genericCredentialType", "genericAuthType": "httpHeaderAuth" }, "credentials": { "httpHeaderAuth": { "id": "credential-id", "name": "httpHeaderAuth Credential" } }, "typeVersion": 4.2 }, { "id": "5a9a433e-d2a6-4359-adcd-ca19357af660", "name": "Limit: One Audio Track Per Run", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.limit", "position": [ 1240, -820 ], "parameters": {}, "typeVersion": 1 }, { "id": "b2f54f28-ee3d-4614-9d55-8df3514580dc", "name": "GPT-4: Generate Audio Prompt", "type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.openAi", "position": [ 1460, -820 ], "parameters": { "modelId": { "__rl": true, "mode": "list", "value": "gpt-4.1", "cachedResultName": "GPT-4.1" }, "options": {}, "messages": { "values": [ { "role": "system", "content": "=# Overview\nYou are a master sound prompt generator. Given a style, generate a vivid one-to-two sentence prompt that describes the ambiance, tone, and key sound elements to create an immersive audio scene. Use evocative language to capture the essence of the style.\n\n## Example\n- Style: Haunted Ghost Hunters\n- Output: Eerie whispers echo through a decaying mansion as floorboards creak under cautious footsteps. A distant, distorted radio crackles with ghostly voices, while a cold wind howls through shattered windows.\n" }, { "content": "=Style: {{ $(' Form: User Submission').item.json['Style '] }}" } ] } }, "credentials": { "openAiApi": { "id": "credential-id", "name": "openAiApi Credential" } }, "typeVersion": 1.8 }, { "id": "2e804af2-57cd-4650-b42e-fba4fa6d0ff7", "name": "ElevenLabs: Create Ambient Soundtrack", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest", "position": [ 1840, -820 ], "parameters": { "url": "https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/sound-generation", "method": "POST", "options": {}, "sendBody": true, "authentication": "genericCredentialType", "bodyParameters": { "parameters": [ { "name": "text", "value": "={{ $json.message.content }}" }, { "name": "duration_seconds", "value": "20" } ] }, "genericAuthType": "httpHeaderAuth" }, "credentials": { "httpHeaderAuth": { "id": "credential-id", "name": "httpHeaderAuth Credential" } }, "typeVersion": 4.2 }, { "id": "73123bf5-4638-4a1b-ba47-8b1f7fa8fa3a", 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