Getting started with Doodle Clips

Doodle Clips lays crayon-style doodles over footage you've already shot. The order and speed you draw in become the animation, and the lines wobble slightly like real hand drawing. Doodles can also follow a moving person or object.

Your video is never uploaded anywhere. From the moment you open a file to the export, everything runs in the browser on your own computer. So a slow connection or a huge file never means waiting on an upload.

What you need

Browser: the latest Chrome or Edge on a computer is recommended. Safari supports only some features, and Firefox can't open iPhone video (HEVC).
Video: on a computer, choose a segment of up to one minute for long videos. Experimental tablet support is limited to 1080p, 30fps and 20 seconds. Only the selected segment is read from a large file.
If you opened the link inside an app like KakaoTalk or Instagram, use Open in another browser from the top-right menu. In-app browsers often block opening and saving files.

Wondering whether your video and browser will work? Drop the video into the Video check page. It shows in a table whether it opens and which export options are available.

Try it in 5 minutes

Open the editor and press Open video, or drag a video file onto the page.
Go to the moment the doodle should appear, using the timeline below or the ← → keys.
Under Add drawing on the right, press Draw, draw on the video with a mouse or pen, then press Done. The order and speed you drew in are recorded as-is. Built-in drawings like stars and hearts are in the Library tab.
Press Space to play it back. Drag the doodle to move it, and drag its timeline bar to change when it starts.
Top right: Export > PNG sequence or mp4.

Lines look clean in the editor; the crayon texture, wobble and shadow are added in the exported result.

Two kinds of output

	PNG sequence (for editing)	Composited mp4
Contents	Doodles only, transparent background	Original + doodles
Original quality	Untouched (the original isn't modified)	Re-encoded, slight loss
HDR and log video	Kept as-is	Becomes regular (SDR) video
Use it when	You keep editing in Premiere, Resolve, etc.	You want to post or send it right away

For the full comparison, see Export.

Learn more

Drawing and choosing doodlesDrawing, text as handwriting, uploading SVGs, timing Following moving subjectsAutomatic tracking from one box, fixing jumps Importing into your editorPremiere, Resolve, After Effects, Final Cut, CapCut Matching fps23.976 vs 24, iPhone variable fps, slow motion When colors look offiPhone HDR, log footage, white too bright or dark FAQWhere work is saved, moving to another PC, slow exports