Sha5bata
Whiteboard animation studio
Hand-drawn whiteboard
videos, made by you
Turn icons, images and text into engaging whiteboard animations with a quill pen that draws your story stroke by stroke — then export it as a video in minutes.
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How it works
From idea to video in four steps
Add your elements
Drop icons, upload art, or type text onto the board. Add video clips to the video track. Move, resize and rotate anything right on the canvas.
Animate
Choose how each element enters — quill draw, pen hand, paper cutout, slide, paper unfold or pop/fade/slide appear. Pick the direction too.
Direct the camera
Add pan and zoom keyframes, build multiple scenes with transitions, and lay down music or a voice-over.
Preview & export
Watch the full animation, then record and export an MP4 or WebM video straight to your downloads.
Entry animations
8 ways to bring an element on screen
Every element gets its own entrance. Mix and match the styles for a lively, hand-crafted feel.
Quill pen
Drawn stroke by stroke
Hand with pen
Written by an illustrated hand
Hand slide
Carried in and dropped in place
Paper unfold
A crumpled ball opens up, then dissolves
Paper pen
A paper cutout hand draws the element on
Pop
Springs in with an overshoot
Fade in
Cross-fades smoothly into position
Slide
Glides in from left, right, up or down
Everything included
A full whiteboard studio
200k+ icon library
Search and drop icons from Iconify — the same 200k+ open icons. Filter by name or category and click to place them on your canvas instantly.
Upload your own art
Bring in SVG, PNG or JPG files. PNGs and JPGs are auto-vectorised with Potrace so the quill pen can trace their outlines stroke by stroke.
Handwritten text
Add text in a range of built-in fonts — handwritten Kalam, marker, serif, sans and typewriter — or import your own font files and pick the weight.
Text backdrops
Wrap text in coloured shapes — rounded boxes, pill shapes, circles or ovals. Pick any background colour, corner radius and padding to make your words stand out on the board.
Quill pen drawing
The signature quill draws every SVG stroke and letter in order, exactly like a real whiteboard artist at work.
Hand & pen animation
Watch an illustrated hand hold the pen as it writes, carry finished elements into place, and sweep the whole scene away between takes.
Paper unfold & exits
Crumple a ball of paper that unfolds to reveal your artwork, then dissolves away — timed to just before or after the reveal finishes.
Paper pen entry
A paper cutout hand draws the element on screen with a realistic pen motion — different from the live hand, this one is a stylised paper silhouette.
Appear styles & directions
Pop in with a springy overshoot, fade in smoothly, or slide in from any of the four sides — pick the mood and direction for every single element.
Multi-scene timeline
Build a video from many scenes, reorder them, and chain them with transitions — fade, slide, wipe or a sweeping hand.
Camera pan & zoom
Add camera keyframes to pan, zoom and refocus the action. Or turn on auto-follow so the camera tracks each element as it appears.
Motion keyframes
Animate elements along a path with motion keyframes — place numbered handles and drag them anywhere on the canvas.
Voice-over, music & video
Record or upload audio clips on the global timeline, trim them, and adjust volume. Drop video clips on the video track — trim, layer and reorder them alongside your animation.
12 scene backgrounds
Style every scene with one of twelve hand-painted paper textures — crumpled kraft, dark parchment, vintage paper and more. Or import any image you like.
16:9 or 9:16
Switch your board between landscape widescreen and portrait vertical formats with one click.
Preview & export
Scrub through the full animation and record it in real time. Export to MP4 (H.264) or WebM straight to your Downloads folder.
Keyboard-first workflow
Everything has a keyboard shortcut. Stay on the keyboard: add elements, cut scenes, duplicate, rename, and preview without reaching for the mouse.
Undo / redo everywhere
Every change is captured. Undo, redo, revert camera tweaks and element nudges exactly the way you expect a pro editor to behave.
RTL & Arabic text
Type in Arabic, Hebrew or any right-to-left script. Sha5bata detects direction automatically and preserves connected-letter shaping with seven Arabic fonts built in.
Transition indicators
See exactly where scene transitions begin and end in the timeline. Drag incoming and outgoing edges to control how long each transition takes.
Full editor workspace
A collapsible asset library, a resizable timeline and a property panel keep everything organized while you create.
FAQ
Questions, answered
Ready to make your first animation?
Open the studio and start drawing — no account, no software, no downloads. Your ideas, on the whiteboard.
Start creating now