Can I draw in smooth.video?

Yes, with a simple brush: the drawing becomes an image you can move, scale, rotate and fade on the timeline. It isn't made for drawing each frame.

Yes. Add an audio file and it's included in the MP4 or WebM. A GIF can't carry sound.

No, and there's nothing to join.

A Brush Ninja alternative without drawing every frame

Brush Ninja is a friendly, child-safe browser tool for drawing animated GIFs frame by frame, with onion skin, stickers, sound effects and lesson plans for teachers. It's free with ads, and a membership removes them and unlocks video with sound. smooth.video is free with no ads and no membership, and animates a different way: you place text, images and shapes, and move them at points in time.

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smooth.video vs Brush Ninja

	smooth.video	Brush Ninja
Price	Free, no paid plan	Free with ads, membership at US$7 a month or US$48 a year
Account	Not needed	Only for membership
How you animate	Keyframes on a timeline	Frame-by-frame drawing, with onion skin
Layers	Every element is its own layer	None
Video with sound	Free, as MP4 or WebM	WebM, for members
Formats	MP4, WebM, GIF, PNG, JPG, WebP	GIF, image sequence, and WebM for members
Lesson plans for teachers	No	Yes

Brush Ninja as of September 2026. Plans change, so check theirs before you decide.

How it works

1
Open smooth.video. No account, no ads.
2
Add text, photos, shapes or a drawing, and give each one an entrance or a movement on the timeline.
3
Export a GIF, or an MP4 with the sound you added.

Start from a template

See all 164 templates

Logo reveal

1080×1080

A name that pops into place

Bold statement

1080×1920

Three lines, one point

Count-up stat

1080×1080

A number that climbs

Lower third

1920×1080

Name and title, on cue

Quote card

1200×630

A line worth sharing

Product drop

1080×1350

An announcement that lands

When smooth.video fits better

The animation is made of things that move: a title, a photo, a logo, a sticker, a chart. You want sound in the video, more than one layer, and no ads, without a membership.

When Brush Ninja fits better

You want to draw every frame, like a flipbook, in a tool made for children and classrooms, with stickers, sound effects and lesson plans ready to go.

Questions

Can I draw in smooth.video?: Yes, with a simple brush: the drawing becomes an image you can move, scale, rotate and fade on the timeline. It isn't made for drawing each frame.
Can I add sound?: Yes. Add an audio file and it's included in the MP4 or WebM. A GIF can't carry sound.
Are there ads?: No, and there's nothing to join.