Describe the concept
Say what to explain, or paste a script, PDF, or link as your source.
Whiteboard Animation Maker
Make whiteboard-style animated explainers from a prompt, PDF, or link. TapVid writes the script and animates the idea step by step, with no drawing and no timeline.
Examples
Explainers made with TapVid
Real motion-graphics output, generated from a concept or a doc, no drawing.
The workflow
How it works
AI animates it
TapVid writes the narration and builds the idea up step by step.
Refine and export
Adjust the pace or wording with a prompt, then export an MP4.
Overview
What is a whiteboard animation maker?
Whiteboard animation earns its place in teaching and onboarding because it builds an idea up piece by piece, which is easier to follow than a wall of text or a talking head. The catch is that the classic way to make one means storyboarding, drawing, and syncing narration by hand.
A whiteboard animation maker removes the drawing. You describe the concept, or paste a script, PDF, or link, and TapVid writes the narration and animates each step as a paced explainer. You steer the wording and timing by describing changes rather than working a timeline.
Because the explainer is generated from your content, it follows your material and your pacing, and you can regenerate any section by describing the change, so a lesson or a process doc becomes a watchable explainer without a designer.
In practice
From concept to animated explainer
Describe the concept or paste your content
Tell TapVid the idea to explain, or hand it a script, PDF, or link. It plans a step-by-step outline and writes the narration.
- Prompt, script, PDF, or link
- Step-by-step outline and narration
AI animates it step by step
TapVid builds each point as an animated scene that develops the idea, so the viewer follows along as it is drawn out.
- Idea built up piece by piece
- Narration and captions included
Refine by prompt, then export
Ask for a slower pace, simpler wording, or a different order, then export an MP4 or share a link.
- Edit with words, not a timeline
- Export MP4 or share a link
Why TapVid
Why make whiteboard-style explainers with TapVid
No drawing required
Generate the explainer from a description instead of storyboarding and drawing it by hand.
Built to follow
The idea develops step by step, which is what makes whiteboard-style explainers easy to watch.
Narration written for you
TapVid writes the voiceover from your content, and you can rewrite it before it renders.
Start from a doc
Paste a script, PDF, or link and TapVid builds the explainer from your material.
Edit by prompt
Slower, simpler, reordered, ask for it in words and regenerate. No timeline.
Ship-ready output
Export a clean MP4 with narration and captions. Watermark-free on paid plans at 1080p.
What you can create
What you can explain
One maker covers the explainers where building an idea step by step helps it land.
Concept explainers
Teach a single idea by developing it piece by piece for the viewer.
Process walkthroughs
Show how a workflow or system works, one step at a time.
Course and lesson content
Turn lesson notes into paced explainers students can watch and replay.
Onboarding
Walk new users or hires through the essentials in a clear sequence.
How-it-works videos
Explain a product or method as an idea that builds toward the payoff.
Pitch and thesis explainers
Lay out an argument step by step for investors or stakeholders.
Use cases
Built for Educators, Product, and Founders
Educators & course creators
Turn lessons into paced explainers students actually watch.
Product & support
Explain workflows and features step by step for onboarding and help.
Founders
Lay out a concept or thesis clearly for customers and investors.
Questions & answers
Frequently Asked Questions
- Describe the concept, or paste a script, PDF, or link, and TapVid writes the narration and builds a whiteboard-style animated explainer that walks through the idea step by step. You refine the pacing and wording in plain language, then export a video, no drawing and no timeline.
- You can start for free with 300 one-time credits (valid for 7 days) and no credit card. Free exports are 720p with a watermark and clips up to 1 minute; Pro and higher are watermark-free with 1080p exports. See all plans on our pricing page.
- No. You describe the idea and TapVid generates the animation, so you do not need to draw, storyboard, or use a timeline. You steer it with words and export when it explains the idea clearly.
- Whiteboard-style explainers work well for teaching a concept, walking through a process step by step, onboarding, and course content, where you want the viewer to follow an idea being built up piece by piece.
- Yes. Paste a prompt, drop a PDF, or paste a link, and TapVid reads it, writes the narration, and animates each section, so a lesson or process doc becomes a paced explainer.
- Most explainers generate in minutes. You describe the concept, TapVid builds it, and you refine from there, so a whiteboard-style explainer is done the same day.
- Export a finished MP4 or share a link. Free exports are 720p with a watermark; Pro and higher unlock 1080p, watermark-free exports for a lesson, a course, or a landing page.
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Plans & credits
Simple, credit-based pricing
3 credits = 1 second, so you only pay for what actually renders. Start free, upgrade anytime.
Pro
$49/mo
2,000 credits / mo
Max
$99/mo
6,000 credits / mo
Ultra
$199/mo
14,000 credits / mo