Features

Capture, structure, explain, and automate.

Record a real workflow into editable scenes, organize related timing with StoryBeats, explain footage on the canvas, and use compatible AI agents for semantic editing—then finish with voiceover, vectors, camera, and export tools.

  • Record software walkthroughs in steps
  • Keep narrative timing together
  • Edit through experimental WebMCP Site tools
Video on Canvas • Freeze and Explain

Record or import footage. Explain the exact moment.

Turn user-owned local video into a first-class explainer object. Place and crop it on the canvas, trim it on the timeline, then layer drawings, arrows, text, animation, and camera moves over the exact moment that matters.

  • Freeze and Explain holds a frame while annotations and camera moves play.
  • Each accepted screen-recording step becomes an ordinary editable Video-on-Canvas scene.
  • Trim, split, loop, hide, or freeze the last frame with synchronized embedded audio.
  • Use markers, bindings, Reveal Video, object animation, and camera choreography.
  • Preview and browser export keep the video, overlays, timing, and audio together.

Local media only. Scribe Animator does not download YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, or other social-platform URLs.

Scribe Animator editor with a local video selected on the canvas, its timeline lane visible, and Freeze and Explain controls open
Real Scribe Animator editor capture: video lane, embedded audio, Reveal Video, Freeze and Explain, markers, and bindings.

Capture

Screen recording

Turn each accepted walkthrough step into an editable scene.

Structure

StoryBeats

Move related visual, camera, and narration timing as one idea.

Explain

Video on Canvas

Freeze footage, annotate the moment, and resume in sync.

Automate

AI agents

Use semantic WebMCP Site tools in compatible clients.

Core Capabilities

Screen Recording Beta

Capture a browser tab, window, or screen in steps, then add each accepted step as an editable Video-on-Canvas scene.

  • Desktop web with browser-owned permissions
  • Optional microphone and browser-dependent shared audio
  • Trim, annotate, add camera, voiceover, and export
Explore Screen Recording Follow the recording guide

StoryBeats

Organize the objects, Draw Steps, keyframes, camera keys, and optional narration that belong to one explanation.

  • Move timing without stretching authored motion
  • Visual, audio, or locked timing authority
  • Explicit conflict handling and metadata-only deletion
Organize timing with StoryBeats Read the StoryBeats guide

AI Agents / WebMCP Experimental

Let compatible AI agents inspect and edit the visible Scribe project through semantic Site tools while normal controls remain authoritative.

  • Search, inspect, and execute canonical capabilities
  • Real project with supported Undo and existing locks
  • Human-controlled files, permissions, and purchases
Use AI-assisted editing Start the Site tools quickstart

AI Scene & Project Import

Generate a project, scene, or reusable block with ChatGPT/Gemini and bring it into Scribe Animator as validated JSON.

  • Create full projects from JSON
  • Add or replace individual scenes
  • Insert reusable blocks
Import validated AI JSON

Local AI Voiceover

Generate WAV narration locally on desktop, preview takes, then add voiceover to a scene, project, or audio library.

  • Kokoro, Pocket, and Supertonic local providers
  • First use downloads the selected model
  • Included in the free core workflow
Set up local voiceover

Multilingual Local Voices

Use fast English voices, Pocket voices for several common languages, or multilingual Supertonic voices for broader coverage.

  • English, Spanish, German, Italian, and Portuguese via Pocket
  • Supertonic for broader multilingual coverage
  • Desktop local generation, not cloud voice rendering
Review voice and audio support

Audio Script Segment Sync

Generated voiceovers can create script segments so narration beats are easier to align with objects and animation timing.

  • Script-based visual sync regions
  • Generated voiceover segment rows
  • Inspect, move, rebind, or unbind as scenes change
Synchronize narration and visuals

Bind Visuals to Narration

Select an object and bind it to a narration segment so visible ranges, SVG draw reveal, draw steps, or keyframes fit the voiceover.

  • Fit draw steps and keyframes to segments
  • Support for preset animation and mixed timing
  • Included free, no Pro unlock required
Fit animation timing precisely

Smart Lines & Arrows

Create editable diagram connectors for explainers, lessons, and product walkthroughs.

  • Straight, curved, and elbow routes
  • Smart Line and Smart Arrow variants
  • Cleaner process diagrams and callouts
Arrange and connect objects

Mobile Timeline

A touch-first timeline dock helps mobile users review timing, scrub playback, and jump into Draw or Animate.

  • Collapsed, peek, and expanded states
  • Object timing ranges
  • Draw / Animate / Camera shortcuts
Use Mobile Lite

SVG + Assets

Import SVG and raster images, manage libraries, and reuse assets across projects.

  • SVG stroke reveal animation
  • Image + vector asset library
  • Reusable building blocks
Import SVG and vector artwork

Camera

Use zooms, pans, and scene camera moves to guide attention through a whiteboard story.

  • Camera framing for emphasis
  • Scene-level moves and timing
  • Works alongside draw reveal and narration
Author camera moves and paths

Scene-aware Timing

Multi-scene projects stay predictable because scene timing is organized per scene.

  • Better long-form structure
  • Safer duration edits
  • Cleaner scene-based storytelling
Organize scenes and templates

Timeline and Audio Lanes

Work with scene and project audio lanes, track roles, waveform display, and basic audio controls.

  • Music, SFX, and voiceover roles
  • Mute, solo, and volume basics
  • Drag/drop audio import and library reuse
Animate with the timeline

Free Core Workflow

Create with AI scene import, templates, assets, smart arrows, SVG draw reveal, audio import, local desktop voiceover, and unlimited 720p exports with a watermark for free.

  • No Pro account required for core creation
  • Pro keeps exports unlimited and adds 1080p output, no watermark, and 5 GB cloud storage
  • No signup needed to start
Choose and verify an export

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