FeaturesLecture formats

FORMATS

Every scene an individually authored motion-graphics composition.

MotionCraft is the no-template format. One planning pass sets a palette, art direction and motion signature for the lecture; every scene is then authored as a bespoke composition against that system, so the film feels designed end to end rather than assembled from parts. Part of the Pro plan.

Design systemBespoke scenesEleven looksPro
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What it does

The detail that makes it work.

Lecture-wide coherence

A single style directive rides into every scene’s author, so palettes and easing agree across the film.

Never error text

If a scene cannot render, an on-brand title scene carrying the full narration takes its place.

Eleven looks and the scenes you want in

Leave the look to the director, or pick Grid Modern, Desk Notes, Control Room, an illustrated look or Isometric Diorama in the Preview’s style menu — and mark the scenes to include, from Chart moves to Chain Reveal, Shape Shift and Isometric cutaway.

Text that never collides

Every scene is measured as it renders: words that overlap, are covered or run off the frame are caught and the scene is reworked before you see it — and its thumbnail is a real frame of the finished scene.

Accessible profiles

Four accessible-learning profiles slow, pace and pause MotionCraft lectures for different learners.

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Cinematic documentariesA narrative director plans the film; stock clips, AI images with Ken Burns motion and short AI video clips bring it to life — for any subject.Whiteboard Sketch lecturesHand-drawn boards that sketch themselves part by part, each part drawn on the sentence that names it — in fifteen drawing styles.Paper Cutout lecturesVox-style collage boards — hand-cut paper, torn edges, tape and bold cut-out headlines — with a camera that moves on the narration.K–5 character videosSing-alongs, letter songs, shapes and compare lessons for Kindergarten to Grade 5, with animated cast members and built-in think time.MathMotion lecturesA Manim-only format for STEM subjects: fluid typeset math, plotted functions and geometry that moves as the narration explains it.Promos, how-tos & recipesSix formats for marketing promos, how-to guides, recipes, coaching and listicles — kinetic type, glass cards, cinematic imagery and speech-synced motion.Mixed-media explainersWhiteboard sketches, paper cutouts, motion graphics and animated math in a single film, split evenly across the lesson.Presentation lecturesPitch decks, business overviews and product launches built from a template catalogue that self-heals its own props.Accessible learning profilesFour accessibility profiles that slow narration, extend pauses and simplify motion — applied per scene, not as an afterthought.Subject lanesDedicated scene libraries and pedagogy per subject: molecule engines for chemistry, orbits for astronomy, schematics for electronics, 3D for biology.Sports BreakdownRules, technique, analysis or the latest news of any sport or game — drawn on a field at its real proportions, with sources on screen.Landscape or vertical, any lecturePick Landscape or Vertical before you generate, and every picture, animation and caption of any lecture type is made for that frame.

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