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A lecture that draws itself while you explain it.

Every scene is a hand-drawn board. The pen draws each part of the picture on the sentence that talks about it, the board’s title is lettered across the top, and arrows, circles, labels and counting numbers land on their words. Pick one of fifteen drawing styles — whiteboard, chalkboard, technical blueprint, sketchnote, Coral Line, Comic Rough, Marker Infographic and more — and it carries across the whole lecture.

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What it does

The detail that makes it work.

Drawn in the order you speak

Each part of a board is drawn in a second or two on the sentence that names it, then holds while you explain it.

Fifteen drawing styles

Whiteboard, chalkboard in black-and-white or colour, technical blueprint, sketchnote, Sharpie, oil pastel, crayon, Coral Line, Comic Rough, Marker Infographic and more — each previewed before you pick.

Marks on the words

Arrows, circles, strike-throughs, hand-lettered labels and numbers that count up appear on the word that calls for them.

Animation where it explains

A board can pin a short rendered animation for the sentence that needs motion, then return to the drawing.

Your cast, on the board

Characters you designed in Character Studio are drawn into the boards, the same in every scene.

A roadmap and a sign-off

The lecture opens on a drawn roadmap of what it covers and ends on a drawn recap.

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The 1956 Suez Crisis — a full Whiteboard Sketch lecture

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Pairs well with these.

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.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.MotionCraft bespoke animationA director plans a design system for the whole lecture; each scene is then written as its own animation and rendered in isolation.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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