🎥 AI Tour Video Generator with GPT-4o, RunwayML & ElevenLabs for Social Media'

This n8n workflow generates 20-second faceless videos for social media by combining AI-generated images, audio, and video clips for a given tour destination.

The output is a ready-to-publish video file, which can be pushed to social platforms and logged in a tracking sheet.

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⚙️ Workflow Overview

This system is divided into 4 main sections:

• 🧠 Generate Image Prompts
• 🎨 Generate Media (Images, Videos, Audio)
• 🛠️ Render & Upload
• 📈 Future Enhancements

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🔌 Integration Setup Table

Integration

Service Used

Setup Instruction

OpenAI

GPT-4o (Prompt Generation)

Get API Key and configure in n8n

Google Sheet

Idea I/O tracking

Connect Google account with OAuth/Credentials in n8n

Piapia API

AI Image Generation

Sign up at piapia.ai and get API key

Runway API

AI Video Generation

Register at runwayml.com for access

ElevenLabs

AI Voice Generation

Sign up at elevenlabs.io for API key

CreateMate API

Render Final Video

Visit createmate.ai to access API

Google Drive

Upload/Share Final Video

Use n8n Google Drive node to configure credentials

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✅ Required Services & Tools

Ensure you have active accounts with the following tools and services:

• ✅ OpenAI (GPT-4o + Embeddings)
• ✅ Google Sheets (for destination ideas and tracking)
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• ✅ Piapia API (Image generation)
• ✅ RunwayML API (Video generation)
• ✅ ElevenLabs API (Voiceover TTS)
• ✅ Google Drive (Storage & Sharing)
• ✅ CreateMate (Video Rendering)
• ✅ Social Media Scheduler (Optional - Zapier, Buffer, Make.com)

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🧠 1. Generate Image Prompts

Purpose: Prepares the content idea and generates visual prompts.

Step

Node Name

Function

🔁 Trigger

Schedule or Manual

Starts the workflow

📥 Grab Idea

Read Sheet

Pulls destination idea from Google Sheet

✍️ Set Content

Manual Input

Adds structure/narrative to the idea

🔀 Split

Split Out

Breaks input into chunks

🤖 GPT Agent

Image Prompt Agent

Uses GPT-4o to generate creative image prompts

🧹 Clean

Remove \n

Cleans up formatting

📌 Save

Set Prompts

Finalizes prompts for next stage

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🖼️ 2. Generate Media

🎨 Generate Images

Step

Function

Generate Image

Calls Piapia API with AI-generated prompts

Wait

Adds delay for rendering (90 sec)

Get Images

Retrieves final images for video

🎥 Generate Videos

Step

Function

Generate Video

Calls RunwayML to generate video clips from the prompts

Wait

2-minute delay to allow video generation

Get Videos

Fetches completed video clips

🔊 Generate Audio

Step

Function

Update Status

Logs progress in Google Sheet

Sound Agent

Gemini or GPT generates narration text

Set Audio

Formats narration for voice synthesis

Generate Audio

Uses ElevenLabs for realistic voiceover

Upload to Drive

Saves final audio to Google Drive

Share File

Creates sharable URL for audio file

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🛠️ 3. Render & Upload

Purpose: Combines all elements (image, video, audio) into a single output and prepares for social media.

Step

Function

Merge

Combines images, videos, and audio

Split Out Parts

Breaks content for rendering

Render Video

Uses CreateMate to render the final 20-second video

Wait

Short delay to complete rendering

Download Video

Saves output video locally or on Drive

Update Sheet

Logs final video URL/status in Google Sheet

Social Upload

(Coming Soon) Post to Instagram, YouTube Shorts, TikTok, etc.

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🧩 Pre-Conditions

Before running the workflow:

• ✅ Google Sheet should be created with destination ideas
• ✅ All API keys must be configured in n8n
• ✅ Google Drive folder must exist for output videos
• ✅ Sufficient credit/quota must be available on AI platforms
• ✅ Internet access must be stable for external API calls

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🚀 Outcome

• A polished 20-second travel destination video
• Combines AI visuals, short clips, and AI narration
• Ready for instant social media upload
• Fully automated from idea to video file

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🧠 Tech Stack Summary

Component

Tools Used

Language Model

GPT-4o (OpenAI), Gemini (Google)

Image Generator

Piapia API

Video Generator

RunwayML

Audio Generator

ElevenLabs

Storage

Google Drive

Video Composer

CreateMate API

Orchestration

n8n

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📈 Future Enhancements

✅ Smart Enhancements

• Dynamic hashtags & captions via AI
• Auto-post to TikTok, Instagram, YouTube via Buffer/Zapier
• Scene detection + matching B-roll
• Multilingual narration (e.g., Arabic, French, Malay)
• A/B testing of video versions to analyze performance

🧪 Testing Add-ons

• Add preview screen before upload
• Error tracking & retry flow
• Manual override before publishing

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🧰 Customization Guide

Element

How to Customize

✏️ Prompt Format

Change structure inside Set Content or Prompt Agent

🌍 Destination Ideas

Modify Google Sheet for different destinations/categories

🎨 Image Style

Customize prompt to Piapia (e.g., “in Pixar style”, “3D render”)

🎙️ Voiceover Script

Adjust tone/structure in the Sound Agent

📆 Posting Schedule

Use Zapier/Buffer for timed posting

🎯 Target Duration

Adjust number of clips or frame duration

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🙌 Community Value

This workflow is ideal for:

• 📸 Travel content creators
• 🌍 Destination marketers
• 🏛️ Tourism boards
• 🧳 Travel SMEs looking for automation

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