3D Explainer AI video style
3D Explainer is an AI video style: The idea staged in 3D: objects, light and a moving camera. See 3 real shorts made in it, then make your own from an idea, a link or a podcast episode.
3D Explainer belongs to the Source-backed formats family, a drawn, animated treatment. The same script can be rendered in any look, so the style changes how a short feels, not what it says.
3D Explainer examples
Real renders from the public gallery, most watched first.
- When the Ark's Door Closed (29 seconds, 2 views)
- Not like your parents? You may just not be there yet (30 seconds, 1 view)
- Leave a ladder: the case that big success is built on shared ground (32 seconds, 1 view)
Make a 3D Explainer short
- Open the composer with 3D Explainer selected and describe an idea, or paste a link or a PDF.
- Read the script it writes and change what you like.
- Render it: 1 credit per 5 seconds, and the first 5-second short is free (plans and credits).
You can also start from a podcast episode, from your own YouTube videos or from an X post.
More Source-backed formats styles
- Animated Explainer: Motion-graphics metaphors, diagrams and cut-outs
- Documentary B-roll: Observational B-roll look with a calm narrator
- Explainer Overlay: B-roll look with animated callouts and arrows
- Office Sketch: Workplace comedy sketch with original characters
- Illustrative Footage: Cinematic concept shot of the idea itself