{"toolsIllustratedVideoGenerator":{"badge":"Illustrated Video Generator","heroTitlePrefix":"Illustrated explainer video generator:","heroTitleHighlight":"hand-drawn lessons","heroTitleSuffix":"from your PDF or notes","heroSubtitle":"Upload a PDF, notes, a slide deck, a link, or a YouTube video — or type a topic — and Scholarly tells it as a full-length, doodle-style lesson: ink illustrations on a clean white background, a recurring character acting out each idea, and sparse handwritten labels.","heroCta":"Sign up for free","heroCtaSecondary":"See AI video lectures","heroNote":"Free to start · No credit card required · Every video mode on every plan","heroSocialProof":"Used by 200,000+ learners and professionals worldwide","previewLabel":"Illustrated · Landscape lesson, chapter by chapter","previewLabelHandwritten":"supply meets demand","previewLandscape":"16:9","previewCaption":"A recurring ink character, one visual metaphor per idea, and only the labels that matter.","preview1Label":"Chapter 1","preview1Title":"The character meets the idea","preview1Detail":"Each concept opens with the same hand-drawn character acting it out on a white canvas.","preview2Label":"Chapter 2","preview2Title":"A visual metaphor","preview2Detail":"Abstract ideas become a sketch you can picture later — a seesaw, a bridge, a leaky bucket.","preview3Label":"Chapter 3","preview3Title":"Sparse handwritten labels","preview3Detail":"Only the key terms get written on screen, so the narration carries the explanation.","eyebrowHow":"How it works","howTitle":"From source to illustrated video in three steps","howDesc":"No drawing, no storyboarding. Pick a source, choose the Illustrated mode, and the AI sketches the lesson.","step1Title":"Add your source","step1Desc":"Upload up to 10 PDFs (20 on Laureate), notes, or a deck, pick a file from your library, paste a link or a YouTube video, or type a topic in the Prompt tab.","step2Title":"Choose the Illustrated video mode","step2Desc":"In the customize step, pick Illustrated. Set a target length on paid plans (Free renders a roughly 2-minute lecture), pick 720p or 1080p, the narration language, and any custom instructions.","step3Title":"Watch, study, and share","step3Desc":"Jump between chapters, search the transcript, turn on captions, answer checkpoint questions, chat with the AI about the video, or generate flashcards in one click.","eyebrowAnswer":"Quick answer","answerTitle":"What an illustrated explainer video looks like in Scholarly","updatedLine":"Updated August 2026","quickAnswer":"Upload up to 10 PDFs (20 on Laureate), notes, a deck, a link, a YouTube video, or a typed topic and choose the Illustrated video mode. Scholarly writes a narrated script and renders a full-length landscape lesson drawn in ink on a clean white background, with a recurring character, sparse handwritten labels, and visual metaphors, plus chapters, a searchable transcript, and synced captions. A full lecture often takes about 10 to 25 minutes to generate. The Free plan includes one lifetime AI Creation Credit at 720p; Premium ($30/mo or $144/yr) includes 15 AI Creation Credits per week and Laureate ($99/mo) 80 per week, with 1080p, watermark removal, and MP4 download on paid plans.","answerPara1":"Illustrated is one of Scholarly's five video modes, alongside Standard, Short, Manim Math Animation, and Freestyle. Where Standard chooses an editorial, slide-like treatment concept by concept, Illustrated tells the whole lesson through hand-drawn illustrations — the kind of whiteboard or doodle-style explainer that makes an abstract idea memorable because you can picture the sketch afterwards.","answerPara2":"Illustrated uses the same lecture length setting as Standard: a roughly 2-minute lecture on Free, or a target length up to 45 minutes on paid plans. Every illustrated video ships with chapter navigation, a searchable transcript, synced captions, interactive question checkpoints, AI chat about the video, and one-click flashcard generation — the mode shapes the visuals, not the study tools.","eyebrowFeatures":"What you get","featuresTitle":"A whiteboard-style lesson, grounded in your source","featuresDesc":"The sketches are charming, but they are only useful because every one of them is drawn from the material you provided.","feature1Title":"Hand-drawn illustrations","feature1Desc":"Ink illustrations on a clean white background, in the doodle-style look of a whiteboard explainer rather than a slide deck.","feature2Title":"A recurring character","feature2Desc":"One ink character returns throughout the lesson to act out each idea, giving the explanation a thread you can follow.","feature3Title":"Any source, or just a topic","feature3Desc":"PDFs, text files, images, slide decks, Google Drive files, links, YouTube videos, or a typed prompt all work as a starting point.","feature4Title":"Chapters and a searchable transcript","feature4Desc":"Jump to any section with chapter markers and search the full narration transcript to find a specific moment.","feature5Title":"Synced captions and checkpoints","feature5Desc":"Line-by-line captions in the language you generated in, plus interactive question cards at key moments with instant feedback.","feature6Title":"AI chat, flashcards, and sharing","feature6Desc":"Ask grounded follow-up questions, generate flashcards from the video, and share a public link on any plan. Paid plans add 1080p and MP4 download.","eyebrowWhy":"Why illustrated","whyTitle":"Why tell a lesson through hand-drawn animation?","why1":"Some ideas are better seen than listed. A supply curve, a feedback loop, a legal chain of custody, the stages of a sales pipeline — each has a shape, and a sketch of that shape is far easier to recall than a paragraph about it. Illustrated mode leans into this: it keeps the background white, keeps the labels sparse, and lets a single character and a visual metaphor carry each idea.","why2":"Scholarly's Illustrated mode is different from generic whiteboard animation tools because you do not write the script or pick the drawings. The AI reads your PDF, notes, or link, writes the narration from that material, and draws the sketches to support it. The transcript lets you check every claim against the source, and the AI chat answers follow-up questions using the same material.","why3":"If a lecture does not land the way you hoped, switching the mode and regenerating is often a bigger improvement than rewording the prompt. Try the same chapter in Standard and Illustrated and compare — the difference between modes is dramatic, and the hand-drawn version is usually the one you can still picture a week later.","workTitle":"For work and teams","workPara":"Illustrated lessons suit training storytelling: turning a compliance policy, an onboarding guide, or a product concept into a narrated, hand-drawn explainer that people actually remember. For the full training workflow, see the","workTrainingLink":"AI training video generator.","workTeamsLine":"Need shared source libraries, seats, and one bill for the whole company? Explore","workTeamsLink":"Scholarly for Teams.","eyebrowFaq":"FAQ","faqTitle":"Illustrated video generator questions","faq0Question":"What does an illustrated video look like?","faq0Answer":"A full-length landscape lesson told through hand-drawn illustrations on a clean white background. A recurring ink character acts out each idea while sparse handwritten labels and visual metaphors make the explanation memorable — a whiteboard or doodle-style explainer built from your source.","faq1Question":"How long can an illustrated video be?","faq1Answer":"Illustrated uses the lecture length setting. On Free the lecture is about 2 minutes. Paid plans can set a target length up to 45 minutes before generating.","faq2Question":"What can I turn into an illustrated video?","faq2Answer":"Up to 10 PDFs (20 on Laureate), text files (.txt, .md, .csv), images, slide decks, Google Drive files, a link to a website or online PDF, a YouTube video, or a topic typed into the Prompt tab.","faq3Question":"Does an illustrated video include chapters, captions, and a transcript?","faq3Answer":"Yes. Every video mode ships with chapter navigation, a searchable transcript, synced captions, interactive question checkpoints, AI chat about the video, and one-click flashcard generation.","faq4Question":"Is the illustrated video mode free?","faq4Answer":"Every video mode is available on every plan. The Free plan includes one lifetime AI Creation Credit and one upload (8 MB; PDFs are processed up to 32 pages) at 720p. Premium is $30/mo or $144/yr with 15 AI Creation Credits per week. Laureate is $99/mo with 80 AI Creation Credits per week. Kimi K3 and Claude Sonnet 5.5 cost 2 credits; GPT 6.1 Sol and Frontier models GPT 6 Astra and Claude Opus 5.5 cost 3; most models cost 1.","faq5Question":"Can I download the illustrated video as an MP4?","faq5Answer":"On a paid plan, open the completed video, click the three-dot menu, and choose Download video to get the rendered MP4. Paid plans also unlock 1080p rendering and watermark-free output. On every plan you can share a public viewing link.","faq6Question":"How long does generation take?","faq6Answer":"A full lecture often takes about 10 to 25 minutes; long targets, especially at 1080p, can take more than an hour. Generation runs in the background — close the creator, and Scholarly notifies you when the video is ready. You can cancel or retry from the video page.","relatedLinksHeading":"Related video tools","related0Title":"AI Short Video Generator","related0Desc":"A vertical short video format for quick review on a phone.","related1Title":"PDF to Video","related1Desc":"Turn up to 10 PDFs (20 on Laureate) into a narrated, chaptered video lecture.","related2Title":"Notes to Video","related2Desc":"Turn your own notes into a narrated video you can study from.","related3Title":"Text to Video","related3Desc":"Type or paste text and get a narrated video lecture.","related4Title":"AI Lecture Generator","related4Desc":"Generate a full lecture from a topic or your sources.","related5Title":"AI Video Lectures","related5Desc":"Every mode, setting, and study tool explained.","eyebrowPricing":"Pricing","ctaTitleHighlight":"Start free.","ctaTitleSuffix":"Upgrade when you need more creations.","ctaSubtitle":"One AI Creation Credit on Free, 15 per week on Premium, 80 per week on Laureate. Every video mode on every plan.","seoTitle":"Illustrated Explainer Video Generator {'|'} Scholarly","seoDescription":"Turn a PDF, notes, or a topic into a hand-drawn, whiteboard-style explainer video with a recurring ink character, narration, and chapters. Free to start.","seoKeyword0":"illustrated explainer video generator","seoKeyword1":"AI whiteboard explainer video from PDF","seoKeyword2":"doodle-style explainer video generator","seoKeyword3":"hand-drawn animation from notes","seoKeyword4":"whiteboard animation AI","seoKeyword5":"PDF to illustrated video","seoFeature0":"Hand-drawn illustrations on a clean white background","seoFeature1":"Recurring ink character and visual metaphors","seoFeature2":"Chapters, searchable transcript, and synced captions","seoFeature3":"AI chat, question checkpoints, and one-click flashcards"}}