Doodle Video Maker
serious message, playful ink
Playful, hand-drawn doodle videos generated from your content. Big personality, zero drawing skill needed.
- •Say who it is for and what they should be able to do after watching.
- •Name the two or three ideas the video must cover.
- •Mention an example or analogy you want used.
Trusted by teams, schools, and organizations around the world
DistilBook is an AI doodle video maker that runs online in your browser: type a topic, paste a script or upload a document, approve the narration it writes, and it generates hand-drawn doodle scenes animated in time with an AI voice. There are two doodle looks: Doodle Color Pop, a playful motion-graphics style with bright colour accents, and Sketch Notebook, ink doodles on paper that a pen draws on screen in the whiteboard style. A short whiteboard video finishes in about 5 minutes, a short motion video in about 8.
You start free: signing up gives you 10 credits with no credit card, a slide costs 10 credits, so the first slide of your video generates free and you can watch it in full; the rest unlocks on a paid plan. DistilBook accepts PDF, Word, images, plain text, a web article link, or a written prompt, and you approve the AI narration script before anything renders. Paid plans start at $20 per month for 230 credits, roughly 23 slides, which removes the watermark and unlocks MP4 export at up to 1440p. Narration is available in 20 languages, and the doodle video maker output can carry your own logo and brand colors. Whiteboard and motion videos can be made in 16:9 landscape or in 9:16 vertical for Shorts, Reels and TikTok. Since April 2026, more than 1,400 people have made over 2,800 videos with DistilBook, most of them from PDFs.
Last updated : timings, limits and prices on this page were checked against the live product.
Doodle video or whiteboard animation: what is the difference?
Both are hand-drawn. A whiteboard animation is mostly line art drawn on a white background as the narrator speaks; a doodle video is looser and more playful, with characters, icons and pops of colour. In DistilBook, Sketch Notebook gives the doodle look in the pen-drawn whiteboard style, and Doodle Color Pop gives it in full colour as a motion-graphics style.
What do the videos look like?
Untouched DistilBook output. Press play on any of them.
How does it work?
Bring your content
A prompt, a script, or a document. Doodle style suits lighter topics: product tours, event promos, kids' education, community updates.
Approve the script
Edit tone at the script stage; doodle videos land best with short, punchy narration.
Generate the doodles
Loose ink characters and objects draw on with color pops timed to the voice, in a consistent doodle art direction across scenes.
Export
MP4 with subtitles, up to 1440p, or a shareable web link.
What do you get in every video?
| Video styles | 19 styles: hand-drawn whiteboard plus motion graphics |
|---|---|
| Narration | AI voices in 20 languages, reviewed and editable before generation |
| First result | First narrated slide plays in about 6 minutes |
| Branding | Your logo, colors, and company text on every slide |
| Editing | Edit narration, slide images, titles, and reveals before rendering |
| Export | MP4 at 720p, 1080p, or 1440p, plus a shareable web link |
| Inputs | PDF, Word, images, plain text, web articles, or a written prompt |
What does it cost?
The first slide generates free with 10 signup credits. Paid plans are priced per slide, so a video costs a predictable amount.
| Plan | Price | Credits | What that makes | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 10 credits on signup | First slide generated, watermarked preview | No credit card |
| Basic | $20 / month | 230 credits / month | About 23 slides, 45 minutes of video | MP4 download, no watermark |
| Pro | $50 / month | 650 credits / month | About 65 slides | 1080p export, longer videos |
| Max | $100 / month | 1,340 credits / month | About 134 slides | 1440p export, priority queue |
One slide costs 10 credits. Yearly plans are 30% cheaper. Full details on the pricing page.
Who is this for?
Social media managers
Doodle videos stop the scroll where corporate motion graphics blend in. Generate platform-ready cuts with subtitles baked in.
Teachers of younger students
Doodle characters keep young attention on the concept. Same lesson pipeline as our lecture generator, friendlier art.
Event and community organizers
Announcements, recaps, and how-to-participate videos with charm, from a paragraph of text.
Frequently asked questions
What is a doodle video?
A doodle video explains something through loose, hand-drawn illustrations that draw themselves on screen in sync with narration. It is the whiteboard format's playful cousin, and it works because the drawing motion itself holds attention.
Do I need to draw the doodles?
No. The doodle artwork is generated by AI for your specific script, in a consistent style across the whole video.
Can I mix doodle and other styles?
Each video uses one style for coherence, but you can generate the same script in different styles and compare previews before rendering.
What videos suit doodle style best?
Announcements, explainers for consumer audiences, education for younger students, and any topic where warmth beats polish.
Is there a free AI doodle video generator?
Yes, to start. Sign up with no card and you get 10 credits, which generate the first slide of your doodle video free to watch in full in the browser, with a watermark. Paid plans from $20 a month remove the watermark and unlock MP4 download.
Can I make a doodle video online without installing anything?
Yes. Everything runs in the browser: no download, no plugin and no drawing tablet. All you need is a document, a script or a one-line topic.
How is this different from Doodly or VideoScribe?
Doodly and VideoScribe are manual editors: you pick images from a library and place them on a timeline yourself. DistilBook generates the doodles for your script, writes the narration and syncs the drawing to the voice, so there is no timeline to manage. The trade is control: you edit the script and any slide's artwork, not each stroke.
How long can a doodle video be?
You set the length. A motion-graphics slide such as Doodle Color Pop runs about 25 seconds and a whiteboard slide about 2 minutes. Motion videos go up to 4 minutes (8 slides) on Basic, 6 minutes (12 slides) on Pro and 10 minutes (20 slides) on Max.
Can I make vertical doodle videos for Shorts, Reels and TikTok?
Yes. Choose 9:16 before generating for a phone screen, or 16:9 for YouTube, courses and slides. Subtitles come from the same narration.
Guides and comparisons
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