Features

Everything you need to build clear explainer videos.

Start with local footage, AI-generated templates, or your own assets, then shape the story with annotations, smart arrows, local desktop voiceover, timeline control, camera moves, and export workflows.

Freeze and annotate local video
Generate scenes with ChatGPT or Gemini
Create local AI voiceover on desktop

Open the app Start with the quickstart

New • Video on Canvas

Pause the footage. Explain the moment.

Turn user-owned local video into a first-class explainer object. Place and crop it on the canvas, trim it on the timeline, then layer drawings, arrows, text, animation, and camera moves over the exact moment that matters.

Freeze and Explain holds a frame while annotations and camera moves play.
Trim, split, loop, hide, or freeze the last frame with synchronized embedded audio.
Use markers, bindings, Reveal Video, object animation, and camera choreography.
Preview and browser export keep the video, overlays, timing, and audio together.

Try Video on Canvas

Local media only. Scribe Animator does not download YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, or other social-platform URLs.

Video

Freeze + explain

Pause local footage, add annotations and camera moves, then resume in sync.

Diagrams

Smart arrows

Create editable process flows, callouts, and concept links.

Voiceover

Local AI

Generate WAV narration locally on desktop with no Pro account required.

Sync

Script segments

Bind objects, draw steps, and keyframes to narration segments.

Core Capabilities

AI Scene & Project Import

Generate a project, scene, or reusable block with ChatGPT/Gemini and bring it into Scribe Animator as validated JSON.

Create full projects from JSON
Add or replace individual scenes
Insert reusable blocks

Import validated AI JSON

Local AI Voiceover

Generate WAV narration locally on desktop, preview takes, then add voiceover to a scene, project, or audio library.

Kokoro, Pocket, and Supertonic local providers
First use downloads the selected model
Included in the free core workflow

Set up local voiceover

Multilingual Local Voices

Use fast English voices, Pocket voices for several common languages, or multilingual Supertonic voices for broader coverage.

English, Spanish, German, Italian, and Portuguese via Pocket
Supertonic for broader multilingual coverage
Desktop local generation, not cloud voice rendering

Review voice and audio support

Audio Script Segment Sync

Generated voiceovers can create script segments so narration beats are easier to align with objects and animation timing.

Script-based visual sync regions
Generated voiceover segment rows
Inspect, move, rebind, or unbind as scenes change

Synchronize narration and visuals

Bind Visuals to Narration

Select an object and bind it to a narration segment so visible ranges, SVG draw reveal, draw steps, or keyframes fit the voiceover.

Fit draw steps and keyframes to segments
Support for preset animation and mixed timing
Included free, no Pro unlock required

Fit animation timing precisely

Smart Lines & Arrows

Create editable diagram connectors for explainers, lessons, and product walkthroughs.

Straight, curved, and elbow routes
Smart Line and Smart Arrow variants
Cleaner process diagrams and callouts

Arrange and connect objects

Mobile Timeline

A touch-first timeline dock helps mobile users review timing, scrub playback, and jump into Draw or Animate.

Collapsed, peek, and expanded states
Object timing ranges
Draw / Animate / Camera shortcuts

Use Mobile Lite

SVG + Assets

Import SVG and raster images, manage libraries, and reuse assets across projects.

SVG stroke reveal animation
Image + vector asset library
Reusable building blocks

Import SVG and vector artwork

Camera

Use zooms, pans, and scene camera moves to guide attention through a whiteboard story.

Camera framing for emphasis
Scene-level moves and timing
Works alongside draw reveal and narration

Author camera moves and paths

Scene-aware Timing

Multi-scene projects stay predictable because scene timing is organized per scene.

Better long-form structure
Safer duration edits
Cleaner scene-based storytelling

Organize scenes and templates

Timeline and Audio Lanes

Work with scene and project audio lanes, track roles, waveform display, and basic audio controls.

Music, SFX, and voiceover roles
Mute, solo, and volume basics
Drag/drop audio import and library reuse

Animate with the timeline

Free Core Workflow

Create with AI scene import, templates, assets, smart arrows, SVG draw reveal, audio import, local desktop voiceover, and 720p watermark exports for free.