Easyimate / Text to animation
Text to animation: turn your words into an animated video
Paste a topic, a lesson or a full script. Easyimate turns the text into a narrated storyboard, draws every scene by hand on a whiteboard and adds music and captions — ready to publish.
30 free credits · No credit card · Videos from 15 seconds to 30 minutes
Text in: “Explain what a VPN is and why people use one.” Video out: 26 seconds, unedited.
From text to animation, unedited
Two real examples: one started from a single sentence, the other from a short script the user wrote.
“Explain what a VPN is and why people use one.”
“Think of an API like a waiter in a restaurant…”
What kind of text works?
Anything that explains something. The clearer the idea, the clearer the drawings.
A one-line topic
Easyimate writes the script for you.
Explain compound interest to teenagers.
Your own script
Your words are kept; scenes are planned around each line.
Every time you tap your card, three companies talk to each other…
A lesson plan
Turn objectives and key points into a lesson video, up to 30 minutes in chapters.
Photosynthesis: inputs, outputs, where it happens.
A product description
Feature notes become a homepage or onboarding explainer.
Our app finds unused subscriptions and cancels them for you.
A blog post or article
Paste the key paragraphs to get a short video version for social media.
Why your password needs to be long, not complicated.
How text becomes animation
You approve each step. Nothing is rendered until the script and storyboard look right.
Text → script
Your text becomes narration lines sized to the length you pick, from 15 seconds to 30 minutes. Paste a script and it stays as written.
Script → storyboard
Every line is matched with what to draw: characters, props, arrows and handwritten labels. Change any of it with a click.
Storyboard → video
Easyimate records the voiceover, draws each scene in time with it, adds music and exports MP4 plus SRT captions.
Why a structured explainer, not a random clip
- Many AI video generators turn a prompt into a short cinematic clip. Easyimate produces a complete explainer: a beginning, the steps of the idea and a takeaway.
- Drawings stay consistent from scene to scene, so a character introduced at the start is the same character at the end.
- Narration, drawings and captions are timed together, line by line.
- You can edit the script and every drawing before you spend credits on the final render.
Looking for animated text effects?
- This page is about turning written text into an animated video with drawings and narration.
- If you only need moving titles, kinetic typography or animated captions, a motion-text tool is a better fit.
- If you want your words explained visually — for a lesson, a product or a channel — try Easyimate free.
What you can control
15 seconds to 30 minutes
Long videos start from an editable chapter outline.
Every line, editable
Rewrite lines yourself, or ask for a rewrite in a different tone.
Every scene, editable
Change labels, props, characters, poses and arrows on the board.
21 natural voices
Listen to each voice before you choose.
Pitched to the viewer
Beginners, students, decision-makers or developers.
Up to 4K at 60 fps
MP4 plus an SRT caption file for YouTube and course platforms.
Prefer the classic hand-drawn look explained in depth? See whiteboard animation. Comparing tools? See Easyimate vs Doodly vs VideoScribe. Pricing starts free; see all plans.
Questions
How do I turn text into an animation?
Paste your text into Easyimate — a one-line topic, a lesson outline or a full script. Easyimate turns it into a narration script and a storyboard, you review and edit both, and it renders a hand-drawn animated video with voiceover, music and captions.
Can I turn my own script into a video without it being rewritten?
Yes. Paste the script and Easyimate keeps your wording, then plans and draws the scenes for each line. You can still edit any line before rendering.
How long can the video be?
From 15 seconds to 30 minutes. Text for videos over five minutes is first turned into a chapter outline you can edit; each chapter is then written, drawn and joined into one video.
Is this for animated text effects?
No. Easyimate turns written text into an animated explainer video with drawings and narration. If you only need moving titles or kinetic typography, a motion-text tool is a better fit.
Is it free?
You can try it free: new accounts get 30 credits after email verification, enough for one short video in 720p with a small watermark. Paid plans start at $19 a month.