Whiteboard Animation Creator
your idea, drawn out
Describe the idea or hand it a document. It draws the whole thing and reads it out loud.
Upload a PDF, Word file or notes
Click or drag it here. Nothing is uploaded until you generate.
- •Text-based PDF, Word, Markdown or TXT, up to 50 MB.
- •Headings help: each section becomes a scene.
- •Scanned pages work, but clean text gives better narration.
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A whiteboard animation creator turns an idea into a hand-drawn style video where illustrations appear as if being sketched, with narration over the top. DistilBook does the drawing and the voice for you. Start from a document, an article URL, or a written prompt if you have nothing prepared, and it writes a script, pauses for your edits, then draws and narrates every slide. Signup grants 10 credits, enough for the first slide of a whiteboard video, about 2 minutes narrated and watchable in full, and asks for no card; the rest unlocks on a paid plan.
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 whiteboard animation creator 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.
What do the videos look like?
Untouched DistilBook output. Press play on any of them.
How does it work?
Start from anything, including nothing
A document works, an article URL works, and a written prompt works when there is no source material at all. Describe the topic and who it is for, and it writes from there.
Choose the hand-drawn look
Whiteboard is the classic sketched style and runs about 2 minutes of finished video per slide. If you want something faster paced, motion-graphics styles run about 25 seconds per slide, from 19 styles in all.
Edit the words, not the drawings
You get the full script before any art exists. This is the moment to fix names, numbers and phrasing, because the narration is what the visuals are built from.
Watch it draw itself
Slides appear one at a time as they finish rather than all at the end, so the first narrated slide plays about 6 minutes in while the rest are still generating.
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 | 30 credits for 7 days | First 3 slides generated | Card checked, nothing charged |
| 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?
Teachers and tutors
A chapter or a set of notes becomes a sketched lesson students will sit through. Narration is available in 20 languages.
Creators explaining a concept
Whiteboard suits ideas that build step by step, because the drawing appears at the pace of the explanation instead of all at once.
First-time video makers
No editor to learn and nothing to arrange. If you can write the idea down, you can finish a video today.
Frequently asked questions
How do I create a whiteboard animation without any drawing skill?
Use a creator that generates the artwork rather than one that gives you shapes to arrange. In DistilBook you supply a document or a prompt, approve the script it writes, and it draws every scene and narrates it. Nothing is drawn by hand at any point, including by you.
Can I create a whiteboard animation for free?
Yes, within a limit worth knowing up front. 10 credits at signup covers the first slide of a whiteboard video, about 2 minutes, narrated and watchable in full in the browser; the remaining slides unlock when you subscribe. It carries a watermark, and removing that plus MP4 export starts at $20 per month.
Do I need a script first?
No. It writes one from your document or prompt and shows it to you before generating. If you already have a script, paste it in and it narrates your exact wording instead of authoring anything of its own.
How long is a whiteboard video, and how long does it take to make?
Whiteboard runs about 2 minutes of finished video per slide, so a 5 slide video is roughly 10 minutes long. Making it is much quicker: the first slide is playable in about 4 to 6 minutes, and even a 10 slide video finishes generating in about 15 to 25 minutes.
Can I use my own voice or a real narrator?
Your own voice, yes: on the Pro and Max plans you record about a minute once on My Voices (or upload a recording) and pick that cloned voice as the narrator for any video, in any of the 20 narration languages. A real narrator's finished audio track can't be uploaded to replace the generated narration.
Does it draw characters that act out a story?
No. It draws explanatory scenes: diagrams, icons, objects and text that illustrate what is being said. If you need animated characters with dialogue and performance, a character animation tool is the right choice instead.
What makes a whiteboard animation actually hold attention?
Keep one idea per slide and let the drawing finish roughly when the sentence does, so the picture and the voice land together. Put the point of the video in the first 30 seconds rather than building to it. Whiteboard earns attention through the reveal, so content that unfolds in steps suits it and a static list does not. Since a slide here is about 2 minutes, three or four slides is usually the right length before interest drops.
How does DistilBook compare?
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