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You know that feeling when you watch a useful YouTube video, think "I should save this somehow," and then just... bookmark it and never come back? That's most of us.
There's a way to actually do something with it now. Paste the link into one Google tool, type a quick instruction, hit a button and you get a clean infographic back in about two minutes.
The weird part is it's completely free and most people already have access to it. They just haven't used it like this yet.
Here's exactly how it works.
Turn Any YouTube Video Into an Infographic in 2 Minutes
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What These Two Tools Are
You need to know two things before the steps make sense.
Google NotebookLM is a free research tool from Google that lets you drop in sources - YouTube videos, PDFs, websites, Google Docs.. and then interact with that content through prompts. It reads your source material and can restructure it into summaries, study guides, outlines, or whatever format you ask for. Most people know it for the audio overview feature. Not many know it now supports visual outputs too.
Nano Banana Pro is Google's latest image generation model, the same one powering image creation inside Google Gemini. NotebookLM can now call on it to turn structured content into visual infographics, directly inside the notebook.
The combination is what makes this workflow fast. You're not switching between apps or reformatting content for a different tool. Everything happens in one place.
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WORTH KNOWING NotebookLM doesn't just grab the YouTube link. It pulls the full transcript, processes spoken content, and builds a structured understanding of what was actually said in the video. That's why the infographic it generates is coherent rather than just a collection of random lines pulled from the video title or description. This also means it works on videos with no visual content - a podcast uploaded to YouTube, a talking-head explainer, a recorded webinar. If there's spoken content, NotebookLM can work with it. |
The Steps, Start to Finish
This is genuinely fast once you do it once. The first run might take five minutes while you get familiar with the interface. After that, two minutes is realistic.
Step 1 : Open NotebookLM
Go to notebooklm.google.com and sign in with any Google account. Click "New Notebook" to start fresh.
Step 2 : Add the YouTube video as a source
Inside the notebook, click "Add Source." You'll see a list of source types. Select YouTube, paste in the video URL, and let NotebookLM process it. It reads the full transcript and indexes the content. Takes about 20 to 30 seconds depending on video length.
Step 3 : Get a clean summary first
Before generating the infographic, it helps to ask NotebookLM to summarize the video in a structured format. In the chat panel, type something like:
"Summarize the main points of this video using short, clear labels. Group related ideas together and keep each point to one line."
Read through what it gives you. If something is off, refine your prompt. This step takes a minute but it directly affects the quality of the infographic you get back.
Step 4 : Generate the infographic
Once the summary looks good, click the Infographic button in the top-right toolbar of the notebook. NotebookLM passes your structured content to Nano Banana Pro, which renders a visual layout. When it's done, download it. That's the whole process.
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Three Outputs From One Video
The infographic is the main event, but the same notebook gives you two more things worth knowing about.
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BONUS: MORE OUTPUTS FROM THE SAME VIDEO
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One source, three usable outputs, zero additional tools.
Who Gets the Most Out of This
The obvious audience is content creators who already produce YouTube videos and want to repurpose them across formats. Drop your own video in, get an infographic for Instagram or LinkedIn, and move on. But honestly, this is useful for a wider group than that.
Writers can take a long interview or research video they referenced in an issue and turn it into a visual that readers can actually screenshot and save. It's a much stronger way to present information than summarizing in paragraph form. If you write about tech, business, or any topic with structured explainers, this fits naturally into your workflow.
Students and researchers can feed lecture recordings and educational videos directly into NotebookLM and get study materials back in minutes. No transcribing, no manual note-taking, no organizing a wall of text.
Consultants and team leads can take a recorded Zoom call or client presentation and convert it into a one-page visual recap. It's faster and clearer than a written summary, especially for people who weren't in the meeting.
Social media creators can repurpose their long-form YouTube content into platform-ready graphics without touching a design tool. Canva is still great for custom work, but for speed and zero learning curve, this beats it when you just need something clean and clear quickly.
When It Works Best and When It Doesn't
This workflow shines on videos with a clear, structured format. Tutorials, how-to guides, explainer videos, interviews with distinct sections, and educational content all produce strong infographics because the underlying structure is already there.
It works less well on loose, conversational content. A casual vlog, an unstructured rant, or a live stream with no clear throughline will give you a messy output because there isn't a coherent structure to extract. The quality of what comes out reflects the quality of what goes in.
Your prompt also matters more than most people expect. Being specific gets you better results. Saying "focus on the five practical steps discussed in the video, use one-line labels for each" will consistently outperform "summarize this video." If the first infographic isn't quite right, go back and adjust the summary in the chat, then regenerate. You're not committed after the first attempt.
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TOOLS MENTIONED Google NotebookLM : Free. Add YouTube videos, PDFs, websites as sources and interact with them. Google Gemini : Nano Banana Pro is also available here for standalone image generation. Google AI Products : Full list of what Google has shipped across its AI tools. Canva : Still useful for custom designs, but not needed for this workflow. |
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Before your next piece of content, try this once. Find a YouTube video you've been meaning to reference, paste it into NotebookLM, and generate the infographic. The whole thing takes less time than writing a summary paragraph from scratch.
If it works for your workflow, great. If it doesn't, you've lost two minutes. That's a reasonable trade for finding out.
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