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.
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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 30 credits, enough for a complete 3 slide whiteboard video of roughly 6 minutes, and asks for no card.
You start free: signing up gives you 30 credits with no credit card, a slide costs 10 credits, so that is a complete 3 slide narrated video you can watch end to end. 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 $15 per month for 170 credits, roughly 17 slides, which removes the watermark and unlocks MP4 export at up to 1440p. Narration is available in 20 or more languages, and the whiteboard animation creator output can carry your own logo and brand colors.
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, 14 motion-graphics styles are available at about 30 seconds per slide.
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 | Whiteboard hand-drawn plus 14 motion-graphics style presets |
|---|---|
| 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?
Generating and previewing is free. Paid plans are priced per slide, so a video costs a predictable amount.
| Plan | Price | Credits | What that makes | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 30 credits on signup | 3 narrated slides, watermarked preview | No credit card |
| Basic | $15 / month | 170 credits / month | About 17 slides, 30 to 35 minutes of video | MP4 download, no watermark |
| Pro | $35 / month | 450 credits / month | About 45 slides | 1080p export, longer videos |
| Max | $75 / month | 1,000 credits / month | About 100 slides | 1440p export, priority queue |
One slide costs 10 credits. Yearly plans are about 50% 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 or more 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. 30 credits at signup covers a complete 3 slide whiteboard video, roughly 6 minutes, watchable in full in the browser. It carries a watermark, and removing that plus MP4 export starts at $15 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 3 slide video is roughly 6 minutes long. Making it takes about 7 minutes of generation per slide, with the first slide playable about 6 minutes in. A 3 slide video is therefore around 20 minutes end to end.
Can I use my own voice or a real narrator?
Not today. Narration uses AI voices, and you pick the voice and the language before generating. There is no voice cloning and no way to upload your own audio track.
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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