AI Visual Research Assistant

Turn your script into a complete visual research plan.

Sceneory transforms documentary and explainer narration into scene-by-scene visual directions, search queries, research paths, and editing instructions.

Built for documentary creators, video essayists, and editors.

Sceneory
The Container Revolution
PRODUCTION PLAN

The Container Revolution

✦ Generate beats
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MAP
SHOW
Animate the shipping route from Asia to Europe.
GUIDANCE
Map visual — create or source a map.
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CHART
SHOW
Container traffic growth over time.
GUIDANCE
Chart visual — create from verified data.

Stop searching for visuals line by line.

Documentary editing often means pausing a script, deciding what fits, writing a search term, opening another source, and planning the cut—again and again.

Sceneory turns that repetitive process into one structured visual plan.

From narration to visual plan.

A clear route from the words on your page to the visuals in your timeline.

SCENEORY / PROJECT● SAVED LOCALLY
01:00 01:10 01:20
SOURCE SCRIPT

For most of human history, moving goods across oceans was slow, expensive, and unpredictable.

Then a simple steel box changed the scale of global trade.

Ports transformed. Supply chains stretched across continents.

ANALYZING NARRATION8 beats found
01 ARCHIVE02 B-ROLL03 MAP04 CHART
00:20–00:28B-ROLL

Container stacks at a modern shipping terminal

Wide establishing shot, then cut to crane movement on the narration beat.

00:28–00:36MAP

Route expansion across major ports

B-ROLLSearch on Pexels↗
ARCHIVESearch Archives↗

You review and download media from the source.

One story. Every kind of visual language.

Plan the right visual for each beat—not just another piece of B-roll.

01 / MOTION

B-ROLL

Supporting footage that makes narration tangible.

02 / HISTORY

ARCHIVE

Period footage and historical records.

03 / STILL

PHOTO

Editorial, historical, and contextual images.

04 / GEOGRAPHY

MAP

Guidance for routes, locations, and spatial context.

05 / DATA

CHART

Directions for visuals built from verified data.

06 / RESEARCH

SOURCE

Articles and websites that support the story.

07 / EVIDENCE

SCREENSHOT

On-screen details, pages, and interface moments.

08 / GRAPHICS

MOTION

Text and graphics to create in your editor.

09 / SYNTHETIC

AI VISUAL

Prompts and direction for an image generation tool.

Built for research-heavy videos.

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YouTube Documentaries

Plan historical, cultural, and investigative narratives beat by beat.

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Video Essays

Match layered arguments with visual evidence and deliberate edits.

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Explainers

Turn complex systems into a paced sequence of clear visuals.

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Faceless Channels

Build a complete visual story without an on-camera host.

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Research-heavy Long-form

Keep long scripts, sources, search terms, and visual choices organized.

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Small Editing Teams

Share a clearer production language before the timeline gets crowded.

Use the AI provider you already have.

Sceneory uses a Bring Your Own Key model for supported cloud providers. Or use local Ollama models without a cloud API key.

AI provider costs, if any, are separate from Sceneory.
01◎OpenAICLOUD
02◇OpenRouterCLOUD
03✦Google GeminiCLOUD
04◒OllamaLOCAL

Your workflow stays yours.

Sceneory is a desktop tool built around local projects and your choice of AI provider—without a Sceneory cloud account or background tracking.

LOCAL WORKSPACEProtected by your Windows session
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Local projects

Your Sceneory project files stay on your computer.

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No Sceneory account required

Open the desktop app and work without a Sceneory cloud login.

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No analytics or telemetry

Sceneory does not include product analytics or usage tracking.

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Bring Your Own Key

Cloud API credentials are stored using Windows-protected encrypted storage.

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Local Ollama support

Use compatible models locally without sending requests to a cloud AI provider.

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WINDOWS / EARLY ACCESS

Sceneory Early Access

Sceneory is currently in early access for Windows. New workflow improvements and visual research tools are actively being developed.

Purchasing will be available soon.

Before you start planning.

01What does Sceneory actually do?

Sceneory turns scripts into structured visual production plans containing scene directions, research and search queries, visual types, and editing guidance.

02Does Sceneory download footage automatically?

No. Sceneory helps you plan and locate visuals. You choose and download the media yourself.

03Does Sceneory include an AI subscription?

No. Supported cloud AI providers use your own API configuration. Any provider costs are separate from Sceneory.

04Which AI providers are supported?

OpenAI, OpenRouter, Google Gemini, and Ollama.

05Can I use Sceneory with local AI?

Yes. Sceneory supports local Ollama models.

06Where are my projects stored?

Projects are stored locally on your computer.

07Does Sceneory send analytics?

Sceneory currently does not include analytics or telemetry.

08Does Sceneory work on macOS?

Not currently. Sceneory is currently available for Windows.