AI motion graphics generator for vertical video

What an AI motion graphics generator should actually do

Motion graphics are designed elements in motion: words, shapes, arrows, charts and simple illustrations, timed to a voice or a beat. A designer would build them in After Effects one keyframe at a time. The promise of an AI motion graphics generator is that you describe the idea and the keyframes are made for you.

There are two very different ways to deliver that promise. The first asks a video model to dream up the whole frame from a prompt. That works for footage-like scenes, but it struggles with exactly the things motion graphics are made of: readable letters, straight axes and the same character from one shot to the next. The second way, the one WhatToUpload uses, has a language model plan the animation and a renderer draw it with real fonts and real geometry. The result looks designed rather than generated, because it is.

Drawn as code versus prompted from a video model

Neither approach is better at everything. Here is where each one is strong, so you can pick the right tool for the job rather than the louder one.

The three motion graphics styles

Every style is a complete visual system: fonts, colours, pacing rules and a vocabulary of animations the storyboard can use. Claude picks the shots; the style decides how they look.

• Kinetic type: huge words land the moment they are spoken, on ink and paper with one red accent. Best for stories, hot takes and countdowns that hang on one strong line.
• Ink stickman: a stick figure is drawn in ink as the narrator talks, with hand-lettered labels and simple props. Best for history, psychology and how-it-happened stories.
• Diagram explainer: graphs, equations and shapes draw on and morph on a dark grid. Best for science, money and anything with a number in it.

Topics that suit motion graphics

Motion graphics shine when the idea has a shape: a number that grows, a cause that leads to an effect, a moment that turns on one word. They are weaker for topics that depend on seeing a real place, a real product or a real person's face.

• Money: "What $100 a month becomes in 30 years" (Diagram explainer).
• History: "The 1983 night a computer nearly started a war" (Kinetic type).
• Psychology: "Why you avoid the one task that matters" (Ink stickman).
• Science: "Why exponential growth always surprises us" (Diagram explainer).
• Tech failures: "The glitch that lost a trading firm $440 million" (Kinetic type).
• Habits: "What 1% better a day really adds up to" (Diagram explainer).

How to write a topic that animates well

You only need one sentence, but a good sentence gives the storyboard something to draw. Name the specific thing rather than the category: "the Mars probe lost to a units mix-up" beats "space mistakes". If there is a number, put it in. If there is a twist, hint at it. Claude builds the script from facts you can check and does not invent statistics, so a precise topic also gets you a more precise script.

Pacing matters more in motion graphics than in footage, because every beat is a new element on screen. A 30 second video holds roughly one idea with one turn; a 60 second video can carry a setup, two developments and a payoff. If your topic needs a list of ten items, pick the best three, or split it into a series of videos.

How to make a motion graphics video

1. 1

   Type your topic

   One specific sentence in the box above, for example "why the Titanic's binoculars were locked away". You can sign up first and the topic carries over.

2. 2

   Pick a style and a length

   Kinetic type, Ink stickman or Diagram explainer, at 30 or 60 seconds. The credit cost is shown before anything renders.

3. 3

   Let it render

   Claude writes the script and storyboard, ElevenLabs records the voice, captions are timed from the voice's own word timings, and the renderer draws every frame. It takes about 3 minutes.

4. 4

   Download and post

   You get a 9:16 MP4 with music and sound effects mixed in. Upload it to YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels or TikTok yourself.

Styles and what each video costs

Prices are fixed per style and length, shown before you render, and charged only for a finished video: a failed render refunds its credits automatically.

What it does not do yet

Worth knowing before you sign up. All of these are coming soon; none of them are live today.

• Auto-posting and scheduling to YouTube, Instagram and TikTok, on Pro and Studio. Today you download the MP4 and upload it yourself.
• Series and autopilot, where a new episode is made on a schedule without you starting each one.
• More styles beyond Kinetic type, Ink stickman and Diagram explainer.
• Other formats: Reddit stories, fake text conversations, brainrot and gameplay split-screen.

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