Pixel art explainer video maker — Pixel News style

Make a pixel art explainer video: news, timelines and true stories in grey-and-red scenes, a date on screen, voice and captions. A free style, in 1 click.

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In the free plan: 3 videos a month with a watermark · preview rendered by the ClipOnIt engine

Preview of the Pixel News style, rendered by the ClipOnIt engine

What this style looks like

Pixel News draws every scene in grey pixel art, with red as the only accent: a character, a building, a banknote or an alarm stands out in red while the rest fades back. At the top, captions run word by word, the spoken word underlined in red and the next one ghosted. An info bar shows the date of the story being told, which gives the video the look of a retro TV news bulletin.

Between scenes, the picture breaks into a mosaic, and a light CRT effect holds it all together. Red stamps hit the screen on key facts (“CONFIRMED”, “1938”, “CLASSIFIED”). It is the engine's base style: its library is the largest, so the AI nearly always finds an element that matches what the voice says, from a satellite to a hamster.

Topics it suits

Avoid: topics that live on colour (food, fashion, interior design) or a very colourful brand: the grey-and-red palette flattens them. For a light topic meant to be funny, a cartoon style works better.

NewsThe date on screen and the red stamp set a news frame straight away, even in a vertical feed.
TimelinesThe bar changes year with each scene: viewers follow a case, an invention or a war step by step.
True storiesGrey keeps the tone sober and red points at the key piece of evidence, without shocking images.
Faceless channelsThe look is recognisable from one video to the next, which helps a series exist without a face.

Video ideas in this style

The year 2038 bug
A computer clock, a counter that overflows, a “19 JANUARY 2038” stamp: a technical topic told like an alert.
The timeline of a case
Each scene is a date on the bar, from the first clue to the verdict, with the suspect in red.
A shock figure explained
The figure lands as a stamp, then three scenes show where it comes from and what it hides.
The first program that talked
An old terminal, a researcher, a conversation on screen: the story of an invention in a minute.

Get it in 1 click

Open this style's link
The “Create a video in this style” button opens the editor with this style already picked. Without an account, signing up takes a minute and needs no card.
Write your topic in one sentence
One idea is enough. You can also paste your text or, from Starter, narrate into the mic: the video then builds on your voice.
Review, then render
AI writes the scenes, picks the style's elements and times them to the words, with voice and captions. You fix what is off, then the vertical MP4 arrives in a few minutes.

What you can adjust

You can change the date and credit on the bar, the word hit by the stamp, each scene's length and the narration line. Click an element to move it or swap it for another from the library, or ask for three variants of a scene. Captions and voice follow your text; from Starter, you can record your own voice and make fixes by talking to the AI Director.

Drawn in this style

9 518 elements in its library, searchable by meaning. A few of them:

Figuren
Geräte
Dokumente & Orte
Daten
Oberflächen
Aktionen

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Free or not, output, uses: the short answers.

What is a pixel art explainer video?

A short video where each idea is illustrated with chunky-pixel drawings, like 90s video games, over a voice-over. In Pixel News, AI picks the drawings, animates them on the words and adds the captions.

Do I need to know pixel art?

No. The elements are already drawn in the style and filed by theme; AI finds them by meaning from your narration. If an element is missing, the editor can draw it from your description.

What format is the video?

A vertical 1080×1920 MP4 with voice and captions built in, ready for TikTok, Reels and Shorts.

Is this style in the free plan?

Yes. It is one of the 8 styles in the free plan: 3 videos a month with the ClipOnIt watermark, no credit card. Starter ($29/month) removes the watermark, gives 15 videos a month and opens all 24 styles, plus your own.