Features

Tools for every part of your story.

Capture a workflow, explain an idea, add your voice and shape the timing. Start with the tools you need, then explore the detail.

A complete explainer workspace

Start here. Open any card for its details and guides.

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Capture · Beta

Screen Recording

Record a tab, window or screen in meaningful steps, then turn each accepted step into an editable scene.

Details & guides for Screen Recording
  • Record a desktop tab, window or screen with browser-owned permissions.
  • Include microphone audio or shared audio where the browser supports it.
  • Accept steps as editable video scenes; trim, annotate, add camera moves or voiceover, then export.
Local video and Freeze and Explain controls in the Scribe editor
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Video

Video on Canvas

Trim your footage, freeze a key moment, then explain it with drawings, text, camera moves and synchronized audio.

Details & guides for Video on Canvas
  • Crop local footage or accepted recording steps; layer drawings, arrows and text.
  • Trim, split, loop, hide or freeze frames. Freeze and Explain holds a frame for annotations.
  • Use markers, bindings and Reveal Video. Preview/export keeps overlays, object motion, camera timing and embedded audio together.

Import local media you own. YouTube, Instagram, TikTok and other social-platform URLs are not supported.

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Structure

StoryBeats

Keep the objects, drawing, camera and narration for one idea together when you adjust the timing of your story.

Details & guides for StoryBeats
  • Group related drawing, object, camera and narration timing around one idea.
  • Move a beat without stretching authored motion; choose visual, audio or locked timing authority.
  • Resolve timing conflicts explicitly. Deleting beat metadata leaves the scene content in place.
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Assist · Experimental

AI-assisted editing

Let compatible AI agents inspect and edit the visible project through Site tools, with normal permissions and supported Undo.

Details & guides for AI-assisted editing
  • Search, inspect and execute the editor’s supported capabilities through Site tools.
  • Work on the real project with supported Undo and existing locks.
  • Keep files, permissions and purchases under human control.
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Codex plugin

Scribe Animator Director for Codex

Plan an explainer in Codex, create editable Scribe scenes and refine the story with a guided authoring and review workflow.

Details & guides for Scribe Animator Director for Codex
  • Turn a brief into a storyboard and native editable scenes, projects or reusable blocks.
  • Use the open Scribe project and Site tools in a compatible Codex session; use validated AI JSON when live tools are unavailable.
  • Director provides authoring and validation guidance. Scribe's editor handles editing, playback and exports.

Live access depends on client, workspace policy and session. Both guides are written walkthroughs.

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Import

AI scene & project import

Bring a project, scene or reusable block from ChatGPT or Gemini into the editor as validated, editable Scribe JSON.

Details & guides for AI scene & project import
  • Create full projects from JSON
  • Add or replace individual scenes
  • Insert reusable blocks

AI generates structured Scribe templates. Edit and export the final video in Scribe Animator.

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Voice

Local AI voiceover

Generate narration on desktop, preview a take, then place the WAV in your scene, project audio or audio library.

Details & guides for Local AI voiceover
  • Desktop local generation is included in the free core workflow.
  • See the voiceover workflow below for providers, languages, placement and permitted custom voices.
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Artwork

SVG drawing & assets

Import SVG artwork and reusable assets, then control the line reveal and timing as part of your editable scene.

Details & guides for SVG drawing & assets
  • Control SVG stroke order and reveal timing.
  • Trace raster artwork, or start with one-click auto draw across objects.
  • Reuse image/vector library assets and editable building blocks.
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Diagrams

Smart lines & arrows

Connect ideas with editable straight, curved or elbow routes for your process diagrams, lessons and product walkthroughs.

Details & guides for Smart lines & arrows
  • Straight, curved, and elbow routes
  • Smart Line and Smart Arrow variants
  • Cleaner process diagrams and callouts
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Motion

Timeline & camera

Coordinate drawings, object motion, keyframes, curves and camera framing so each part of your explanation lands in order.

Details & guides for Timeline & camera
  • Shape object motion with keyframes, curves and focused controls.
  • Import or reuse music, SFX and voiceover; adjust volume, mute and solo.
  • Time camera pans, zooms and scene framing alongside drawings and narration.
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Narration

Narration segment sync

Turn voiceover chunks into script segments and bind the matching objects, drawing steps and motion to each explanation.

Details & guides for Narration segment sync
  • Use script segments to keep visual timing aligned with narration.
  • See the narration workflow below for binding, mixed timing and rebind controls.
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Mobile

Mobile timeline

Scrub playback and adjust object timing from a touch-friendly timeline, with shortcuts for Draw, Animate and Camera.

Details & guides for Mobile timeline
  • Collapsed, peek, and expanded states
  • Object timing ranges
  • Draw / Animate / Camera shortcuts
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Scenes

Scene-aware timing

Organize timing inside each scene to keep longer, multi-scene videos predictable as you add or rearrange ideas.

Details & guides for Scene-aware timing
  • Better long-form structure
  • Safer duration edits
  • Cleaner scene-based storytelling
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Export

Free video exports

Start with the core creation tools and unlimited 720p video exports with a watermark, without a Pro account.

Details & guides for Free video exports
  • No Pro account required for core creation
  • Pro keeps exports unlimited and adds 1080p output, no watermark, and 5 GB cloud storage
  • No signup needed to start
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Drawing

Stroke-by-stroke drawing

Reveal vector lines in an authored sequence, with control over the order and timing of each drawing step.

Details & guides for Stroke-by-stroke drawing
  • Control stroke sequencing and draw-step timing.
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Audio

Import & mix audio

Bring your own music, sound effects or narration into scene and project audio lanes, then adjust the mix.

Details & guides for Import & mix audio
  • Scene and project audio lanes with waveform display.
  • Music, SFX and voiceover roles; volume, mute and solo controls.
  • Drag/drop audio import and library reuse.
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Artwork

Trace raster artwork

Bring PNG, JPG and other raster images into the editor and turn the artwork into draw-ready scene content.

Details & guides for Trace raster artwork
  • Trace PNG, JPG and other raster artwork into draw-ready scenes.
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Drawing

One-click auto draw

Apply drawing to every object with a single action when you want a starting point for your reveal sequence.

Details & guides for One-click auto draw
  • Apply drawing across objects, then adjust the timing for your own scene.
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Backgrounds

Scene backgrounds

Choose a shared background for your project or give individual scenes their own background as the story changes.

Details & guides for Scene backgrounds
  • Set shared multi-scene backgrounds or override individual scenes.
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Surfaces

Boards & stroke styles

Choose whiteboard, chalkboard, paper, kraft or blueprint surfaces, then match them with physical-looking stroke materials.

Details & guides for Boards & stroke styles
  • Whiteboard, chalkboard, paper, kraft and blueprint surfaces
  • Solid, marker, chalk, pencil, crayon, ink and highlighter strokes
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Tools

Hand & tool library

Choose a hand and drawing tool for your scene, then adjust the selection to fit your own authoring workflow.

Details & guides for Hand & tool library
  • Hand and tool selectors are part of the authoring workflow.
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Languages

Multilingual handwriting

Keep text editable and animate handwriting in English, Spanish, Italian, Hindi and other supported languages in your scene.

Details & guides for Multilingual handwriting
  • Keep text editable as part of the scene
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Overrides

Per-object hand overrides

Switch hands and tools within an object or across scenes, with overrides for the parts that need a different treatment.

Details & guides for Per-object hand overrides
  • Switch hands and tools within the same object
  • Use per-object overrides across scenes
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Motion

Keyframes & curves

Control object motion with authored keyframes, a curve editor and focused keyframe controls as your scene takes shape.

Details & guides for Keyframes & curves
  • Object motion, authored keyframes, curve editor and focused keyframe controls.
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Framing

Camera moves

Guide attention with pans, zooms and scene camera moves alongside your drawings, animation and narration.

Details & guides for Camera moves
  • Camera framing for emphasis
  • Scene-level moves and timing
  • Works alongside draw reveal and narration
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Workspace

In-page floating panels

Float and reposition authoring panels inside the editor tab, keeping the timeline and scenes close to your canvas.

Details & guides for In-page floating panels
  • Dock or float the scene manager within the editor tab
  • Arrange floating panels over the canvas; these stay inside the same browser tab
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Start

Ready-made templates

Choose a project, scene or reusable block template, replace the content and keep editing after it joins your project.

Details & guides for Ready-made templates
  • Project, scene and reusable block templates
  • Keep editing after you add a template
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Projects

Local & server storage

Keep local project backups or use available server storage to continue editing your work across devices.

Details & guides for Local & server storage
  • Local project export
  • Server project storage for cross-device work
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Explore

Example projects

Watch a finished animation, open its editable project and inspect how the scenes were built across different visual styles.

Details & guides for Example projects
  • Browse example projects with Watch/Open actions where a finished video is available.
  • Opening an example gives you an editable project to inspect.
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Creative library

Drawings, shapes & emoji

Browse 10,152 SVG drawings, 2,000 procedural entries, 7,334 shapes and 1,442 base emoji in the editor’s public libraries.

Details & guides for Drawings, shapes & emoji
  • Procedural entries include 948 static and 1,052 animated native drawings.
  • Drawing and shape variants count separately. Emoji count uses Twemoji base entries; skin-tone variants and alternate Noto artwork are not added.

Public libraries are included without Pro; export and cloud-storage limits depend on your plan.

Voiceover workflow

Create voiceovers inside the editor

Generate narration locally on desktop, preview it, then add it to your story. No Pro account is required for the local core workflow.

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Local AI voiceover

Generate WAV narration on desktop with Kokoro, Pocket or Supertonic. First use downloads the selected model; generation then runs locally. Preview takes before adding them.

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Multilingual narration

Use fast English voices, Pocket voices for English, Spanish, German, Italian and Portuguese, or Supertonic for broader multilingual coverage.

PocketSupertonic31 Supertonic languages
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Place voice where it belongs

Save a take to the Audio Library, add it to the current scene or project audio, or download the WAV for your own workflow.

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Custom voice cloning

Upload or record your own permitted sample to create a local custom voice, then use that voice to generate scene or project narration.

UploadRecordPermission required
See all 31 Supertonic languages

English, Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese.

Pocket also covers English, Spanish, German, Italian and Portuguese.

AI voiceovers may be machine-generated. Use custom voice samples only when you own the voice or have permission, and disclose AI-generated voice where required.

Set up voiceover and audio →

Narration workflow

Sync visuals to narration segments

Turn voiceover chunks into script segments, then connect each explanation to the objects and timing that belong with it.

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Script segments from voiceover

Generated voiceover chunks can create script-based segments, giving each explanation a region you can inspect and time visually.

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Bind visuals to narration

Select an object and bind it to a narration segment so SVG draw reveal, keyframes and visible ranges stay aligned with the explanation.

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Fit draw steps and keyframes

Fit SVG draw reveal, preset animation, draw steps, keyframes or mixed draw-and-animate timing inside the selected audio segment.

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Rebind or unbind anytime

Inspect bound objects, move bindings, rebind to another segment or unbind as the scene and its narration change.

Synchronize visuals and narration → Fit animation timing precisely →

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