Guide
How to make an explainer video with AI
Short answer
Connect PopNow to your assistant or install an explainer skill in a coding agent, then give it the topic or a document. It outlines the story, writes a script for your approval, voices it with PopNow, times every scene and caption to the narration and renders an MP4 in the style you pick: whiteboard, paper cut, hand-drawn infographic, storybook or collage.
Five steps from idea to file
Connect PopNow once
Add PopNow to Claude, ChatGPT or another app that supports MCP, or install the skill in a coding agent such as Claude Code, Codex or Cursor. It takes about a minute.
Say what you want
Describe the piece in plain words: what it is for, how long or how many pages, and anything it must include.
Pick a style
Your assistant shows matching styles with a preview of each. Pick one, or ask for the one you saw on this page by name.
Approve the price
The skill is free. Any pictures, clips, music or voice it needs are priced before anything runs, and nothing starts until you say yes.
Get the finished file
In a coding agent the skill builds and renders the files on your computer. In a chat app it plans the piece and makes the media with PopNow. Failed runs are refunded automatically.
Try asking
Make a 60-second explainer about how our app syncs notes offline, in the whiteboard style, with a calm voiceover.
Pick a style
Every style below is a free skill. Open one to see its sample, or ask your assistant for it by name.
AI Chatbot Demo Video
+3A narrated demo inside a dark chat app: switch on your integration, ask, get the result and a count-up.
Agentic Product Launch Film
+3A calm keynote-style launch film built from your product's real site and interface, cut on the beat.
Animated Checklist Product Demo
+3A paper-note checklist beside a phone screen; each box ticks the moment its step happens on screen.
Before-and-After Comparison Launch Video
+3Near-black canvas, mono file names, one electric accent: your content as a still page, then as a film.
Changelog Explainer Video
+3Turn a real pull request into a 30-second film for people who will never read the diff.
One-Thread Chat Launch Video
+3One chat window on warm paper that never resets: ask about the wait, ask for the fix, watch it run.
Hand-Drawn Infographic Video
+3Felt-tip panels on one long poster, a drawn route the camera follows, then a pull-back to the whole sheet.
Narrated Explainer Video
+3A 45-120 second explainer with voiceover and word-synced captions, in collage, whiteboard or data style.
Paper-Cut Science Animation
+3Shadow-box paper layers, a cut-paper Sun and Moon, labels swinging on strings: one science idea, narrated.
Paper Storybook Animation
+3A picture book that moves: felt-and-clay cut-outs, layered paper hills and words that pop on one by one.
Whiteboard Animation Video
+3A marker pen draws the whole lesson on one board, erases the myth, then pulls back to the finished board.
Why make it with PopNow
Made for these styles
Each skill's prompts, sizes and model choices are written for PopNow, so the first take already lands on the look you picked.
Finished media, not loose files
Pictures, clips, music, voice, sound effects, upscaling, background removal and free assembly with music, voice and captions all come from one PopNow account.
No surprise bills
Every run shows its price first and only starts after you approve it; failed runs are refunded automatically. There is no subscription.
Yours to use
What you make is yours for personal and commercial work, including client projects, and PopNow never trains models on it.
Questions
Can AI make an explainer video for me?
Yes. An explainer skill turns a topic or document into an approved script, a PopNow voiceover with captions and scenes timed to the narration, then renders the MP4.
What styles of explainer video can I make?
Whiteboard drawing, paper-cut shadow boxes, hand-drawn infographic posters, storybook animation and paper collage, each a separate free skill with its own sample.
Can I check the script before it is voiced?
Yes. Every explainer skill shows you the script and a storyboard sheet first, and only records the voice after you approve it.
Which languages can the voiceover use?
PopNow voice models speak many languages, and the skills keep captions in the same language as the narration.
What does it cost?
The skills are free; the voiceover, music and any illustrations use PopNow credits, priced before each run.