Overview

The author claims that Claude can independently create 2D animation for YouTube, including the script, visuals, music, and sound design. According to the author, producing a video takes minutes of waiting rather than hours of manual work. Below are the trends the author describes, the process for creating a video, and the metrics he reports.

Why Animation Niches Are Gaining Views

According to the author's observations, new channels in the "What if," prehistoric people, psychology, and finance niches are receiving a large number of views. By his data, a number of these channels gained from hundreds of thousands to millions of views on long-form videos within a few weeks or months.

The author links this growth to lower production costs:

• First, AI made videos from static images cheaper. According to the author, many large channels in the prehistoric people niche built their content over four months based entirely on generated images.
• Then animation became cheaper. The author believes that creators who currently use images will move on to animation.
• In his view, visual style is no longer an advantage in itself. The advantage goes to those who choose a niche with an accessible entry point, analyze competitors, prepare scripts and video packaging, and publish regularly.

Indicators Cited by the Author

The author notes that these indicators refer to long videos, not Shorts.

Video Creation Procedure

Step 1. Installing the Plugin

According to its author, the Razgon 2D Studio plugin is free. It contains animation rules that the author compiled from several dozen YouTube channels and uploaded to Claude. The plugin is trained on videos featuring stick figures (stickman).

Installation:

1. Open Claude's settings.
2. Go to the plugins section.
3. Click "Upload plugin" and drag the downloaded file into the window.

An active Claude subscription is required.

Step 2. Choosing a Topic

The author uses a ready-made prompt to generate ideas. Claude suggested 35 ideas in the "What if" niche. For example:

• "What if your body aged 10 times more slowly?"
• "What if your IQ rose to 1,000?"

The author chose the topic "What if you had 100 times more adrenaline."

Step 3. Writing the Script

A separate prompt is used for the script. The topic is added to the dialogue with Claude along with the prompt. Claude creates a finished script, after which you can start creating the animation.

Step 4. Voiceover

Claude does not create the voiceover. It creates music, sound effects, and sound design. The voiceover can be made either before or after the animation.

The author used a neural network aggregator for speech synthesis, which offers ElevenLabs voices and other models. According to the author, the cost of voicing a 20-minute video averages 10 cents (about 8 rubles), which is roughly eight times cheaper than the price on the original websites.

Procedure:

1. Select a voice from the library. The author chose English, an American accent, and a male voice.
2. Click "Create template," then "Create."
3. Go to the speech synthesis section.
4. Copy the script text without the word "topic," otherwise the neural network will pronounce it.
5. Paste the text, select the created template, and click "Generate audio."
6. Wait until it is ready. According to the author, this takes 2–3 minutes.
7. Download the voiceover file.

Step 5. Preparing the Folder and Configuring Claude

1. Create a folder on your computer where Claude will create the animation and save files. Place the voiceover file in it.
2. In Claude, select "Select folder" and specify this folder.
3. Choose a model. The author recommends Opus 3.5.
4. Set the effort level to "high" or "extra high." The higher the model and the effort level, the more tokens are used and the higher the quality of the result.
5. Monitor token usage in the Claude interface.

Step 6. Starting Video Creation

1. Enter a command with a slash and select Razgon 2D Studio.
2. Select the "Create 2D video" section. The plugin contains separate sections for rendering, sound, and style, but the general section is used to create a complete video.
3. Send the prompt "Create a 2D video" and remind Claude that the voiceover is already in the folder.
4. Allow Claude to make changes to the folder: saving, deleting, and other actions.

Before starting, Claude asks questions that you need to answer:

• Video quality. The author chose 16:9 (horizontal video), 1080p.
• Music and effects. The author confirmed the creation of effects and sounds.
• Video title. Claude takes the title from the script if one is there. In this case, the author entered the title manually.
• Style. The user can choose a dark or light style, or upload their own samples, such as screenshots of competitors' channels, and specify in the prompt that the video must be made only in that style. The author notes that Claude suggested a style associated with stick figures, since the plugin is trained on such videos.

Results and Resource Costs

Final Video

Claude created a 5.5-minute video on the topic "What If You Had 100 Times More Adrenaline." The author describes the video as dynamic, with a lot of infographics and overlays. By his assessment, the style matches that of a competitor channel, although the pacing of his video is slower.

Editing Individual Frames

All frames are saved in a folder. If a particular fragment is not satisfactory, the user sends it to Claude with a description of the edits. Claude redraws only that fragment and inserts it into the finished video without re-rendering the entire clip.

Creation Time

• Waiting for Claude's response after launch: about 30–40 minutes by the author's initial estimate.
• Pure video rendering time: about 2.5 hours.
• The author used Claude's computing power. Rendering can be done on your own computer. To do this, Claude needs to be told to switch to the local computer at the rendering stage. According to the author, this significantly speeds up the process.

Token Usage

• A five-hour session used 21% of tokens.
• The author estimates that in five hours, about four such videos could theoretically be created.
• Over 24 hours, by his estimate, about 14–15 videos of this length and format can be created. If a video is twice as long, the number is halved.
• The author uses the Max 5x plan, which costs $100. According to him, on the minimum$20 plan, the volume of work is reduced fivefold, which comes to roughly three videos per day.
• Processes can be run in parallel.

Author's Conclusions

• Automation simplifies video creation but, in the author's view, does not replace a system. The system includes choosing a niche, analyzing competitors, adapting concepts, choosing a thumbnail idea, maintaining quality, and publishing regularly.
• The author believes that visual style will stop being a competitive advantage as the tools become available to a larger number of users.
• Choosing niches with high demand and a low share of animated content remains, in his assessment, a key factor. The author cites the POV niche in the English-language segment as an example, which in the Russian-language version is close to the "situation" or "scenario" format. Example: life in a bunker for a year after a nuclear explosion.
• The author recommends a simple way to find niches: enter a query into YouTube search (for example, "psychology," "prehistoric people," "investments"), apply a filter for videos uploaded within the last day or week, sort by popularity, and assess how many creators still use static images.
• Financial blogger Andrey, according to the author, revealed the structure of his channel and showed his income for the past year. The amount is not given in the source material.