Create narrated videos for YouTube, documentaries and lessons from an idea, script or voiceover. Choose your visual style, edit every scene and build videos up to 3 hours long on Ultra.
Four short stories made in Animatic, each in one of the built-in Visual Styles. The characters and places stay the same from the first scene to the last.
1A craftsperson mends a broken moon.
The Moon Repair Shop
Visual Style
3D Animated Feature
Scenes
5
Stays the same throughout
The craftsperson, his rooftop workshop and the mended moon
Made by the Animatic team
2The last crack seals with gold.
3He carries it up onto the roof.
4He lets it go.
5The moon back in the sky.
1A fox at the edge of a red forest.
The Fox and the Burning Forest
Visual Style
Linocut Print
Scenes
5
Stays the same throughout
The white fox, the pale tree and a three-color palette
Made by the Animatic team
2It follows the shore.
3Into the trees.
4At the foot of the pale tree.
5It sleeps.
1A whale carries a glasshouse garden.
A Whale Carries the Garden
Visual Style
Risograph Print
Scenes
5
Stays the same throughout
The whale, the glasshouse on its back and the gardener
Made by the Animatic team
2The gardener at work inside.
3Down through the clouds.
4Over a town that looks up.
5Resting at dusk.
1A city unfolds from a book.
The City Folded into a Book
Visual Style
Stop-Motion Miniature
Scenes
5
Stays the same throughout
The book, the red paper bridge and the card houses
Make room for the full documentary, the winding history or the deep dive you’ve been meaning to make. Animatic keeps your narration and scenes together in one editable project, all the way to the final export.
Projects up to 1 hour on Creator, 2 hours on Pro and 3 hours on Ultra.
The longest project on each plan
Plan
Longest project
Free
10 minutes
Creator
1 hour
Pro
2 hours
Ultra
3 hours
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The longest project on each plan. However long it runs, it's one project and one export.
Give your videos a look of their own.
Find the look your story calls for. Explore the built-in Visual Styles, then carry your favorite through the scenes.
Every plan includes the 20 built-in Visual Styles. Paid plans also let you save your own.
Cinematic Concept ArtStylized photorealism in the manner of film concept art and matte painting: epic scale, dramatic atmospheric light and painterly realism, for history, science and stories that need grandeur.
Painted Cinematic DocumentaryAtmospheric editorial illustration combining painted cinematic imagery with clear modern visual storytelling, creating vast landscapes, believable characters and elegant scientific explanations.
Painted Anime FilmHand-painted anime feature film aesthetic: lush painted backgrounds, soft natural light, clean cel-shaded characters and a gentle, contemplative mood, for stories with heart and atmosphere.
3D Animated FeaturePolished 3D animation in the manner of a modern animated feature film: appealing stylized characters, soft global lighting, rich materials and warm, expressive worlds.
Stop-Motion MiniatureHandmade stop-motion sets and characters built from clay, felt, card and wood, lit like a tabletop film set with soft depth of field, for playful, tactile and approachable explainers.
Watercolour StorybookGentle watercolor washes and loose ink line on textured paper, with soft edges, warm light and generous white space, for personal, reflective and human-centered stories.
Torn-Paper Editorial CollageA bright, tactile editorial-collage style combining torn paper, vintage print textures, expressive cut-out characters and bold mid-century colors.
Risograph PrintBold two- and three-color risograph illustrations with soft ink grain, slight misregistration and overprinted spot colors on off-white paper, for a fresh, contemporary print feel.
Linocut PrintBold hand-carved linocut illustrations with thick black ink, carved white highlights and one or two earthy spot colors, for folklore, history and stories with weight and texture.
Noir Graphic NovelHigh-contrast ink illustration with deep shadows, dramatic angles, sparse hatching and a single cold accent color, for true crime, investigations and tense historical storytelling.
Archival Film StillStylized photorealism with the look of rediscovered archive footage: faded film stock, soft grain, period color and gentle wear, for history and stories told from the past.
Cinematic Documentary PhotographPhotorealistic documentary stills with natural light, honest color, believable people and locations, and the composure of a feature film, for stories that need to feel real.
Vintage Field GuidePrecise naturalist plate illustration in gouache and fine ink, in the tradition of classic scientific field guides and encyclopedias, for nature, science, anatomy and how-it-works subjects.
Blueprint Technical DrawingPrecise white line drawings on deep cyanotype blue, in the language of engineering and architectural blueprints, for explaining how things are built, measured and work.
Isometric CutawayClean isometric illustrations with sliced-open cutaways, flat-shaded surfaces and a calm tonal palette, built to explain systems, buildings, machines and how the parts connect.
Chalkboard LectureHand-drawn chalk illustrations and diagrams on a dark slate board, with soft dust, muted pastel chalk colors and the warmth of a great teacher explaining an idea step by step.
Luminous Dark TechSleek dark-mode illustrations with soft luminous gradients, glass-like translucent forms and precise geometry on deep charcoal, for technology, science, finance and the future.
Modern Editorial VectorClean, geometric documentary illustrations with simplified characters, confident outlines and a restrained flat-color palette. Designed for clear, consistent visual storytelling with a polished contemporary feel.
Hand-Drawn Editorial ExplainerAn expressive documentary illustration style combining the personality and simplicity of hand-drawn characters with polished vector colors, strong composition and subtle texture. It supports cinematic scenes, visual metaphors, accurate diagrams and occasional purposeful text—remaining clear, cohesive and engaging throughout an entire video.
Illustrated DocumentaryClean 2D stick-figure editorial illustration on a white background, matched to one consistent reference style.
Credits pay for what Animatic makes for you, and you see the cost before each step. Paid plans get their credits every month, however you pay, and unused credits don't roll over. The longest project is a limit on each project, not an amount of video.
Billing, credits and top-ups are covered on the pricing page.
What does Animatic make?
A narrated video, from an idea, a script or your own voiceover. Animatic plans a scene for each part of the narration, generates an image for every scene in the Visual Style you choose, adds camera motion and transitions, and exports a finished video. Every scene stays open to edits until you export. On every plan, including Free, you can also turn the scenes you choose into generated video with Animate scene.
Who is Animatic for?
People who make narrated videos: faceless YouTube channels, documentary and video-essay makers, and teachers turning lessons and courses into video. It suits stories from a few minutes to several hours long that should look consistent from start to finish.
Do I need a script or recording?
No. Start with an Idea drafts a script from your idea, which you edit and approve before anything is narrated. If you've written a script, one of 6 AI voices can read it. If you've recorded a voiceover, upload it as an MP3, WAV or M4A file.
What do the finished videos look like?
Your narration over a picture for every scene, in the Visual Style you choose. Each picture moves gently with the camera and flows into the next. On every plan, including Free, you can turn the scenes you choose into generated video with Animate scene, and the rest stay as pictures in the same timeline. On paid plans, Cinematic Depth can add a subtle sense of depth to pictures that suit it.
Can I change the generated scenes?
Yes. Remake any picture or upload your own, rewrite what a scene shows, change its timing, its camera movement and its transition, or reorder scenes. Earlier versions of each picture are kept, so you can go back.
How long can my videos be?
Up to 10 minutes on Free, 1 hour on Creator, 2 hours on Pro and 3 hours on Ultra, each as one project and one export. That's a limit per project, not an allowance of video: how many credits a project uses depends on how many scenes it has and what you generate.
Is Animatic good for long-form and ultra-long-form video?
That's what it's built for. A single project runs to 2 hours on Pro and 3 hours on Ultra, as one script, one timeline and one export — so a feature-length documentary or an ultra-long-form YouTube upload doesn't have to be cut into parts and stitched together afterward. One Visual Style carries through every scene, which holds a two-hour video together end to end and keeps a series looking the same from episode to episode.
What is included free?
Free includes 100 credits once, projects up to 10 minutes and 720p exports with a watermark. No credit card required. You get the 20 built-in Visual Styles, AI voices and the full editor, and Free projects are kept for 30 days. 100 credits is enough to try Animatic. A full 10-minute video usually needs more. Every step shows its credit cost before it runs.
Can I use the videos commercially?
Yes, on any paid plan, including videos with ads or sponsorships and work for clients. Meeting each platform's rules on originality, rights and AI disclosure is up to you as the publisher.
What have you been meaning to make?
That documentary idea. The history you keep reading about. The lesson that deserves more than a slide deck. Bring it to Animatic and start shaping your first scenes.
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