Make your first openCanviz video: describe a topic or paste your text, check the plan, then press Make my video.

The three ways to start a project in openCanviz: generate with AI, import JSON or Mermaid, or open a blank canvas.

Find, open, organize, duplicate and delete your videos on the Projects page, and learn how Trash and project limits work.

What the create box accepts (a topic, pasted text, or a web link), the size limits, and what openCanviz cannot read.

Set how long your video is, how its story is shaped, and whether it is landscape 16:9 or vertical 9:16.

Review and change the plan of scenes before anything is drawn, then press Make my video to build it.

Plans you draft are kept on your account under Your plans, so you can come back and build them later.

What happens after you press Make my video: the progress card, how long it takes, and what to do if a build fails.

Select, move, retype and restyle what is on screen, and manage scenes from the Scenes panel.

Ask the Assistant to change your video, edit one chapter with a prompt, or rework a single element with quick AI options.

Rebuild one scene from scratch, draw a picture again and pick the version you like, and know the Free plan rebuild limit.

Use the timeline to play a scene, reorder and time its steps, set the camera, and fine-tune each element's motion.

How the editor saves your work, how undo, redo and Undo rebuild work, and how to download and restore a backup.

Play your video in the editor, set captions, sound effects and looping, and present it fullscreen or step by step.

Rewrite a skit's lines, gestures and faces, change costumes and places, and build a custom look for a character.

Choose the language and voice when you create a video, then edit, regenerate or record the narration for each step in the editor.

Turn on-screen captions on or off, change how they look, and what happens to them when you download the video.

Make a translated copy of a finished video, with its narration, on-screen text and voiceover in another language.

The five format cards on the create screen, what each one makes, and how to pick before you draft.

Choose the board a Whiteboard video is written on, what sits behind it, and whether the drawing hand shows.

Pick a drawing style and a character style for Drawn and Painted videos, plus the backdrop, pacing and colour options.

How Poster videos work, and how to pick the sheet style, how each picture arrives, the camera and how fast it cuts.

Use Fine-tune, your own look, saved characters and your brand kit when creating, then adjust the style in the editor.

Download your finished video as an MP4, choose a resolution, and what free accounts can do.

Invite specific people to view or edit a project by email, and find projects others have shared with you.

Turn on link sharing so anyone can watch your video without an account, and embed the player on a web page or in notes.

What the Free, Plus and Pro plans include, what credits pay for, and where to see your balance.

Upgrade to Plus or Pro, and change your card, view invoices or cancel through Manage plan.

Ways to sign in, resetting your password, what you can change on the Account page, and how to reach us.

What an openCanviz JSON file contains, how to import one, and how scenes, nodes, edges and steps fit together.

Every field in an openCanviz JSON file, with types and defaults, plus the full JSON Schema to validate against.

Complete openCanviz JSON files you can copy, import and edit: a flow diagram, a two-scene explainer and a vertical Short.

Have an AI agent write openCanviz JSON: the agent skill, the rules it must follow, common mistakes, a checklist and a prompt.