Exporting and sharing your animation
Press Export Video and the animation downloads as a .webm file. No watermark, no account, no export limit — the file is yours. This page covers where that file goes next and what to do on the rare occasion something will not take it.
What comes out
A single .webm video file. Nothing is added to it: no logo in the corner, no outro, no metadata pointing back here. It is not a project file either — it is the finished video, which means it plays anywhere a video plays and it is the thing you archive if you want to keep the result.
There is no cloud save, so the exported file is your copy. Export before closing the tab if the work matters, in the same way you would save any other document.
Where .webm works without conversion
More places than people expect. Every major video platform transcodes on upload anyway, so the format you hand them mostly does not matter.
| Destination | Takes .webm directly? | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| YouTube and Shorts | Yes | Uploads and transcodes normally |
| TikTok | Yes | Upload from a desktop browser |
| Yes | Via the desktop uploader | |
| Discord and Slack | Yes | Plays inline in the chat |
| A web page | Yes | A <video> tag plays it in every current browser |
| WhatsApp, iMessage, PowerPoint | Not reliably | These want MP4 — see below |
When you need an MP4 or a GIF
Messaging apps and presentation software are the two places that still expect MP4. Converting is quick and does not need software installed if you would rather not: any browser-based video converter will take a .webm and hand back an MP4, and the quality loss on a flat-shaded stick figure animation is not something you will see.
If you have ffmpeg on your machine, ffmpeg -i in.webm out.mp4 is the whole command. For a GIF instead — useful for a forum, a README or a chat that will not autoplay video — the same tool will do it, though remember a GIF of any length is a much larger file than the video it came from.
Getting a good-looking upload
- Export at the end, not throughout. Every export is a fresh render, so make your timing changes first and export once you are happy
- Check it plays before you upload it. Open the downloaded file locally and watch it through — it takes fifteen seconds and it catches the one segment you forgot to retime
- Pick the style for the screen it will be watched on. Bold Cartoon holds up at phone size; the finer styles look better full-width on a desktop
- Keep the clip short. Platforms reward things people watch to the end, and a tight twenty seconds gets finished by both you and the viewer
Questions
Is there a watermark on the export?
No. There is no watermark, no outro and no branding of any kind added to the file.
Can I use what I make commercially?
Yes. The animation is yours and there is no licence attached to it.
Can I export as MP4 or GIF directly?
The export is .webm. Converting to MP4 or GIF takes one step in any browser-based converter or one ffmpeg command, and every major video platform accepts the .webm without conversion anyway.
Is my work saved if I close the tab?
There is no account and no cloud save, so export the video when you are happy with it. That file is the copy you keep.