Upload a photo, illustration or logo — our AI traces it into line art and re-draws it stroke by stroke as a hand-drawn whiteboard animation. No design skills, no software to install.
How to turn a photo into a sketch video
Upload your image
JPG, PNG, WebP or SVG up to 10MB. Drag and drop a photo, logo or drawing — automatic line-art extraction handles busy backgrounds on its own.
Customize the drawing
Choose how long the sketch video runs (5–60 seconds), pick a hand style, set stroke detail, and decide how colour returns — wipe, brush, blocks or fade.
Download the MP4
Preview the whiteboard animation in your browser, then export a crisp 1080p MP4 or GIF — watermark-free on paid plans — or publish a share link.
Examples: photos, comics, and illustrations
Seven real 16-second renders made from illustrations, comics, anime, portraits, products, and classroom art. Every card plays automatically.
Features that shape your sketch video
Four realistic hand styles
Realistic
Dark tone
Child
Fountain penContour colouring & fills
Automatic line-art extraction
Neural line-art models trace your photo into clean strokes — no manual outlining. You review the sketch next to the original and only spend credits once it looks right.
HD MP4 & GIF export
Render your speedpaint at up to 1080p — landscape, vertical or square. Download the MP4, grab a looping GIF, or publish a share page. Paid plans export every sketch video watermark-free.
Made for creators, teachers, and marketers
Creators
Open your YouTube intro with a hand-drawn hook, turn a thumbnail into a speedpaint opener, or drop a doodle clip into a TikTok edit. A sketch video reads as handmade in a feed full of stock footage.
Teachers
Animate a diagram so it draws itself on screen while you narrate — the classic whiteboard explainer that keeps students watching to the end.
Marketers
Spin product shots, logos and listing photos into charming ad creative. A drawn animation stands out in paid placements — no motion designer needed.
Speedpaint vs. traditional whiteboard software
Classic tools are timeline editors built around clip libraries. Speedpaint starts from the image you already have and converts it into a sketch video automatically.
| Speedpaint | Traditional whiteboard software | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting point | Your own photo, logo or illustration — line art is extracted automatically | Pre-drawn clip libraries; custom images need manual tracing |
| Time to first video | Minutes in the browser | Hours learning a timeline editor first |
| Skill needed | None — upload an image and pick a few options | Editing, asset management and scene direction |
| Price | Free plan with 10 credits; paid from $9/month | Paid-only for meaningful use, licences vary |
| Best for | Turning existing images into sketch videos, fast | Long multi-scene explainers built from stock assets |
To be fair: for a five-minute multi-scene explainer built from a clip library, a traditional editor is still the better tool. To get your own image drawn on screen in the next ten minutes — that is what Speedpaint is for.
Simple, credit-based pricing
1 credit ≈ one 720p / ≤15s sketch video. Higher resolution & length cost more.
Free
10 credits, once. Kick the tyres.
- ✓10 free credits at sign-up
- ✓720p, up to 15s
- •Watermarked
- •Personal use only
Starter
$54 billed yearlySave $54/yr
30 credits added every month · ≈ 30 videos (15s · 720p). No watermark.
- ✓30 credits refresh every month
- ✓1080p, up to 30s
- ✓No watermark
- ✓Commercial licence
Pro
$114 billed yearlySave $114/yr
200 credits added every month · ≈ 200 videos (15s · 720p). Priority rendering.
- ✓200 credits refresh every month
- ✓1080p, up to 60s
- ✓High-priority queue
- ✓Buy credit top-ups
Studio
$414 billed yearlySave $414/yr
1000 credits added every month · ≈ 1000 videos (15s · 720p). For heavy creators and teams.
- ✓1000 credits refresh every month
- ✓1080p, up to 60s
- ✓Highest priority
- ✓Priority support
Frequently asked questions
What is Speedpaint?+
Speedpaint is an AI image-to-sketch-video maker: it turns photos, logos and illustrations into hand-drawn whiteboard animations. It extracts the line art from your picture, animates a realistic hand drawing every stroke, colours the artwork back in, and exports a share-ready MP4.
How do I make a sketch video from a photo?+
Upload an image, approve the extracted line art, pick the duration (5–60 seconds), a hand style and a colouring mode, then render. A typical video is ready to download in 3–5 minutes, and new accounts get 10 free credits to start.
How is Speedpaint different from other speedpaint tools?+
It auto-creates speedpaint and drawing-timelapse videos from a finished image. Tools like SpeedSketch record your brush strokes, and whiteboard suites like Doodly build scenes from clip libraries — Speedpaint instead starts from your own photo, with no recording or manual tracing.
Is Speedpaint free?+
Yes — every new account gets 10 free credits with no credit card required. Free exports are 720p with a small watermark; paid plans start at $9/month for 1080p, watermark-free downloads and commercial use.
Can I remove the watermark?+
Yes. The watermark only appears on Free-plan exports. On any paid plan — Starter, Pro or Studio — every video renders clean at up to 1080p, in landscape, vertical or square.
What image formats are supported?+
JPG, PNG, WebP and SVG, up to 10MB and 4096×4096 pixels. Photos, illustrations, logos and handwriting all work. SVG files skip line-art extraction entirely, which makes logo animations especially crisp.
Does it work with anime, logos and portraits?+
Yes — those are three of the most common inputs. The line-art models preserve facial likeness in portraits, keep anime linework sharp, and follow logo contours precisely. The stroke-detail setting controls how much fine texture gets drawn.
Can I use the videos commercially?+
Every paid plan (Starter and up) includes a commercial licence covering client work, ads, monetised channels and course content. The Free plan is for personal use only. You own the video files you export.
