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# Content Studio
> Generate text, images, and video from your business and competitor context.
## Content generation walkthrough
What you see: choose a content type, enter a campaign idea, generate a draft, review the result, and move between text, image, and video assets in the library.
## Guided Content Studio tutorial
What you see: select Google Business Profile post ideas, type a campaign topic, generate the draft, copy it, open the refinement field, and submit feedback. The clip is muted and uses product-demo sample data only.
Content Studio is NearIQ's AI-powered content creation hub. It generates marketing
assets — text, images, and video — using your business profile, competitive data,
and local market context. Review generated content before publishing.
The studio has three tabs: **Text**, **Images**, and **Video**.
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## Text generation
Content Studio generates eight types of structured text and data-ready content:
* **Landing page copy** — locally optimized page sections
* **FAQ sections** — question-and-answer pairs drawn from competitor and review data
* **Google Business Profile posts** — ready-to-publish GBP updates
* **Social media drafts** — platform-aware posts for Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn
* **Review response templates** — on-brand reply starters for positive and negative reviews
* **Blog outlines** — topic structures with heading suggestions
* **Comparison tables** — structured competitor comparison rows for pages or reports
* **Performance charts** — chart-ready summaries from stored business and competitor data
Each generation uses your business name, category, location, competitor landscape,
and review themes to produce relevant output. You can refine any draft with
feedback to adjust tone, length, or emphasis.
You can also paste a public source URL from your own site, offer page, menu,
product page, or service page. NearIQ fetches bounded public page text,
respects robots rules for the NearIQ content bot, strips scripts/styles, and
uses the page as untrusted reference material rather than as instructions. This
keeps the workflow fast for first drafts without letting a source page override
NearIQ's generation rules.
Growth and higher plans can request batch variations from the same prompt. Each
batch variation is generated with a distinct hook, framing, and call to action,
and each variation reserves one normal content-generation unit. Batch output is
shown as `Option 1`, `Option 2`, and so on so teams can compare drafts before
refining a single version.
When no explicit tone is selected, Content Studio uses your saved AI tone preference. Generated drafts also respect your preferred output language.
### Tones and lengths
| Tone | Description |
| ------------ | --------------------------- |
| Professional | Polished business tone |
| Friendly | Warm and approachable |
| Casual | Conversational, relaxed |
| Persuasive | Sales-oriented with urgency |
| Informative | Educational, fact-driven |
Lengths: **short** (headline or one-liner), **medium** (paragraph), or **long** (multi-section).
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## Image generation
Image generation uses style presets to route your prompt to the best-suited AI
image model automatically. You choose a style and size; NearIQ handles the
rendering pipeline.
### Style presets (14)
| Preset | Label | Use case |
| ------------------ | ------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------- |
| `photoreal` | Photoreal ad | Storefronts, services, and local campaign photos |
| `food_photo` | Food / menu | Restaurant, cafe, menu item, and promo photos |
| `product_photo` | Product shot | Clean commercial image for a product or offer |
| `interior` | Space / storefront | Business interiors, exteriors, offices, or studios |
| `service_showcase` | Service in action | Your service being performed — tools, process, result |
| `before_after` | Before / After | Split transformation image — renovation, cleanup, results |
| `team_action` | Team at work | Staff in action — hands, tools, expertise (no faces) |
| `event_promo` | Event promo | Grand opening, celebration, or special event imagery |
| `seasonal` | Seasonal | Holiday or seasonal themed business imagery |
| `menu_board` | Menu board | Organized menu or price display layout |
| `social_graphic` | Social graphic | Posters and social posts with readable short text |
| `logo_text` | Logo / text concept | Brand marks, typography, and readable words |
| `infographic` | Infographic | Simple educational graphics and process visuals |
| `custom` | Custom prompt | Describe exactly what you want — no preset routing |
Photorealistic presets (photoreal, food, product, interior, service, before/after,
team, event, seasonal) are routed to a photorealistic AI image model.
Text-heavy and graphic presets (menu board, social graphic, infographic) are routed
to a model optimized for readable text rendering. Logo/text concepts use a
typography-focused model. Custom prompts are auto-routed based on content analysis.
### Image sizes
| Size | Aspect ratio | Best for |
| ----------- | ---------------- | ---------------------------------------------- |
| 1024 x 1024 | Square (1:1) | Instagram feed, GBP posts, profile images |
| 1792 x 1024 | Landscape (16:9) | Facebook covers, blog headers, website banners |
| 1024 x 1792 | Portrait (9:16) | Instagram Stories, TikTok, vertical ads |
### Tips
* Be specific in your prompt: "modern gym interior with natural lighting and plants"
beats "nice gym photo."
* Photorealistic presets avoid text overlays — use social graphic or menu board when
you need readable words in the image.
* Upload a reference image when you want image-to-image edits or brand-consistent
variations. NearIQ sends the reference to the configured image model for that
request only; the source upload is not saved unless you save the generated
output.
* Use **Animate** from the image library to pre-load a saved image as the starting
frame for a video prompt without uploading it again.
* Quick edit handles deterministic, no-AI image polish on the spot: resize,
rotate, mirror, flip, grayscale, contrast, social aspect reframes, freeform
crop, device mockups, format conversion, and text overlays with an optional
CTA. These edits use local/server image transforms and do not make paid AI
generation calls.
* All generated images are drafts. Edit, crop, add text overlays, or add your
logo before publishing.
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## Video generation
Video generation creates finished commercial source bundles with AI-generated
visuals. You describe the concept, pick a style and duration, and NearIQ writes
the script, generates one or more source shots, and returns provider-neutral
render metadata.
### Video style presets (13)
| Preset | Label | Use case |
| ----------------- | ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------- |
| `social_ad` | Social Ad | Short-form ad for Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook |
| `product_demo` | Product Demo | Showcase a product or service with motion |
| `promo` | Promotional | Sale, event, or seasonal campaign |
| `explainer` | Explainer | How-it-works or educational walkthrough |
| `testimonial` | Testimonial | Customer review or success highlight |
| `before_after` | Before / After | Transformation or renovation reveal |
| `behind_scenes` | Behind the Scenes | Authentic workspace, prep, or process footage |
| `event_highlight` | Event Highlight | Grand opening, celebration, or event recap |
| `team_spotlight` | Team Spotlight | Workplace environment and expertise showcase |
| `how_to` | How-To | Step-by-step tutorial or guide |
| `seasonal` | Seasonal | Holiday or seasonal themed content |
| `grand_opening` | Grand Opening | New location or business launch announcement |
| `customer_story` | Customer Story | Narrative customer journey |
### Duration and credit cost
Each video costs credits based on its duration. Credits are deducted from your
rollover video credit balance; new credits are added each billing cycle.
| Duration | Credits | Typical use |
| ---------- | --------- | ---------------------------------- |
| 5 seconds | 1 credit | Bumper ads, quick teasers |
| 15 seconds | 2 credits | Short finished commercials |
| 30 seconds | 4 credits | Standard finished commercial spots |
### Aspect ratios
| Ratio | Label | Best for |
| ----- | --------- | -------------------------------- |
| 16:9 | Landscape | YouTube, website embeds |
| 9:16 | Portrait | Instagram Stories, TikTok, Reels |
| 1:1 | Square | Instagram feed, GBP posts |
### Resolutions
| Resolution | Description |
| ---------- | ------------------------------------------------ |
| 720p | Faster rendering and lower credit-risk iteration |
| 1080p | Higher fidelity, recommended for publishing |
### How it works
1. **Enter a prompt** — describe the video concept (up to 800 characters)
2. **Pick a style** — the style shapes the visual direction and script tone
3. **Optionally upload a prompt image** - image-to-video references are sent
transiently to supported renderers for that request only
4. **Choose duration, aspect, resolution, voice, pitch, pace, and music** - preview
each provider-backed narration style before generating, select a built-in
voice or saved voice profile, choose slow/normal/fast speech, adjust
narration pitch, and pick an upbeat, calm, corporate, inspirational, or
silent music bed
5. **Set audio timing and mix** - optionally choose when narration and music
start or stop inside the finished video, then adjust voice, music, and
native source-audio levels
6. **Generate** - NearIQ writes a script and generates the source shots needed
for the selected commercial length
7. **Render final** - pass the source bundle to the compositor for exact timing,
full audio, overlays, and download
Silent or multi-shot renders can be passed to the composite endpoint for
stitching, voiceover, background music, safe text overlays, final-duration
normalization, and plan-required watermarking. Composite output costs 1
additional video credit only when a configured compositor returns a completed
video. If compositing is not configured or fails, the source video is returned
without deducting the extra credit unless the plan requires a watermark.
When video composition is configured, it adds voiceover, generated
background audio, timed text overlays, and multi-source stitching. Voice, speech
pace, pitch, narration timing, music selection, music timing, and voice/music/native
volume levels from the generator are carried into the final render, so users do
not need to repair the audio manually after generation.
Final rendering is asynchronous for longer commercials: the app keeps polling
render status and saves the downloadable MP4 only after the job completes;
extra credit is charged only after a completed MP4 is available.
If requested premium audio is unavailable, the app shows an audio-unavailable
error before starting the final render and does not charge the composite credit.
Production renders reject synthetic or basic fallback audio instead of returning
silent or low-quality final commercials.
Voice previews and standalone commercial narration use
`/api/businesses/me/content/voice`; background music uses
`/api/businesses/me/content/music`; and the selector can load built-in, saved,
and sanitized library voices without exposing provider identifiers.
Agency and higher plans can save voice profiles from consented voice samples in
Settings -> AI. Creating a saved voice does not spend video credits. When a saved
voice is used in a finished composite video, the normal video/composite credit
rules apply. If no voice is selected, the business default saved voice is used
when available.
Fifteen- and thirty-second commercials may use multiple provider source shots.
The source generation prompt asks for continuous rendered motion instead of a
slideshow or camera move over a still image. The final compositor output trims
or pads to the selected duration so the script, CTA, and audio bed resolve
before the asset ends.
The multi-clip stitch flow lets the dashboard send selected generated clips to
`POST /api/businesses/me/video/composite-clips` in a reviewed order. The route
supports hard cuts or short fade transitions, expands saved source bundles,
and returns either a finished MP4 or an async job token that is polled through
the existing composite status endpoint. The normal composite credit rule still
applies: 1 extra video credit is charged only after the compositor returns a
completed output.
Video captions/subtitles are generated from the saved video script or a reviewed script
you provide. The captions endpoint returns timed cues and persists them with the
video history row; if you choose burn-in, those cues are burned in through the composite endpoint as timed lower-third overlays. New captions spend 1 video
credit, while reusing saved captions does not charge again.
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## Voice features
NearIQ includes voice input and output in the AI chat assistant:
* **Speech-to-text** — tap the microphone in the chat widget to speak your question.
Audio is transcribed in real time using an AI speech recognition model.
* **Text-to-speech** — the assistant reads its response aloud. Useful when you are
on the move or multitasking.
* **Saved voice profiles** - Agency and higher plans can create consented saved
voices for video narration. Plan limits are 1 for Agency, 2 for Enterprise,
3 for Scale, and 5 for Unlimited.
Voice features are available on Growth plans and higher.
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## Generation state
Longer generations (especially video) show a loading state while the output is
prepared. All generated items — text, images, and video — are stored in your
content history so you can revisit, download, and reuse them.
## Best practices
* Review generated content before publishing. Adjust tone and details for your brand.
* Do not publish claims that are not true for your business.
* Image and video outputs are AI-generated drafts — always add your own branding,
logo, and final edits before going live.
* Use refinement feedback on text generations to iterate toward the right voice
without starting over.
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## Plan availability
| Feature | Free | Starter | Growth | Agency | Enterprise | Scale |
| --------------------------- | :--: | :-----: | :-------: | :-------: | :--------: | :-------: |
| Text generations / month | 1 | 2 | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Content history | -- | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Image generation | -- | -- | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Video credit top-up / month | -- | -- | -- | 12 | 12 | 30 |
| Voice chat | -- | -- | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Saved voice profiles | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Unused video credits remain in the rollover balance after the monthly top-up.