What is explain.ink?

explain.ink is a web-based tool that automatically generates hand-drawn explainer videos from a topic, script, or document. It writes the story, draws every scene stroke by stroke in one of 18 styles, records narration, and renders an MP4 video. No drawing, editing, or animator skills are required.

How to use explain.ink?

To use explain.ink, you start by providing one of three inputs: a topic (one line), a script (your own wording), or a document (PDF, DOCX, or link). Then you choose one of 18 hand-drawn styles. The tool writes the script, splits it into scenes, draws each scene, records narration, and renders a 16:9 MP4 video that you can download.

Core features of explain.ink

Text to video: Type a topic, it writes and draws the rest
Script to video: Your wording, kept word for word
Document to video: Upload the doc nobody reads
PDF to video: Reports, manuals, exported decks
Whiteboard animation: Every stroke drawn on screen
18 hand-drawn styles: Whiteboard, chalkboard, colored chalk, notebook, comic, minimal, blueprint, terminal chalk, napkin sketch, flat systems, frontier print, risograph, deck, carbon, sumi-e, bauhaus, CRT pixel grid, broadsheet halftone
Narration included: Voiceover recorded to match the script
HD MP4 with commercial rights: Watermark-free after buying minutes