AI-assisted storyboarding
Turn a topic or script into a structured sequence of narration, visual beats and editable timeline content.
About Animator
A simpler way to turn ideas into animated videos
Animator is a browser-based whiteboard animation maker for creating lessons, explainers, training videos and product stories. It combines AI-assisted storyboarding, talking characters, natural voiceovers, visual assets and a complete timeline editor in one workspace.
From idea to editable project
Start with a topic, script, media file or blank timeline
Animator can help build a useful first draft, but it does not stop at generation. Narration, text, visuals, characters, handwriting, timing, audio and animation remain available on the timeline so you can shape the result yourself.
Narration
Visuals
Characters
Handwriting
Timing
Audio
Animation
Export
What Animator does
Creative assistance with real editing control
Whiteboard handwriting
Animate text, equations, diagrams and visual explanations with configurable drawing hands.
Talking characters
Build presenter-led videos with voice, lip sync, blinking, gaze, expressions and natural movement.
Natural voiceovers
Generate narration, record a voiceover or import audio and align it with the visual story.
Full timeline editing
Move, trim, layer and replace every generated element using a multi-track editing workspace.
Visual asset library
Use line-art SVGs, images, Lottie animations, templates, characters and your own imported media.
Browser-first workflow
Create on a supported desktop browser without installing a traditional heavyweight video editor.
Video export
Produce lessons, explainers, training material and product stories for sharing or publishing.
Built on an open-source foundation
Animator is based on FreeCut, an open-source browser video editor released under the MIT License. FreeCut provides a strong timeline-editing and browser-rendering foundation.
Animator is an independent project that extends that foundation with whiteboard animation, AI storyboarding, talking characters, handwriting, lesson-generation workflows, specialised visual assets and AnimatorAI™ services. FreeCut’s authors and contributors deserve credit for the original foundation; this relationship does not imply that they endorse Animator.
View licensing and reference informationA small team with a big idea
Animator isn’t backed by big corporations—at least not yet. It’s being built by a small, passionate team from Australia who genuinely care about creating a tool we love using ourselves, and we’re excited to share it with you.
We are building Animator around practical creative workflows: less time fighting complicated software, more time explaining ideas clearly. Feedback from educators, creators, trainers and small businesses directly shapes what we improve next.
Principles guiding the product
Editable, not disposable
AI-generated work should remain editable instead of becoming a locked result.
Clear over complicated
Powerful animation tools should still feel understandable and approachable.
Browser-first
The creative workspace should be available without a traditional desktop installation.
Useful AI
AI should assist the creative process while leaving the user in control.
Accessible creation
The free editor should remain genuinely useful for creating and exporting videos.
Ready to animate your next idea?
Create a lesson, explainer or product story directly in your browser.