🥢 Stick Style: Full Workflow

Stick Style turns a script into a stick-figure animated video. It's the right choice when the simple, hand-drawn look is the point: whiteboard-style explainers, quick concept videos, and low-fidelity narrative content where clean, minimal visuals communicate faster than detailed ones.

📝 Step 1: Adding Your Script

In Step 1, you have several options for adding your script:

• You can paste or type directly into the text box.
• Use the AI Script Writer to generate a script from an idea, or
• Click any Suggested Script card below the input area as a starting point.

Set the language from the dropdown at the bottom left, then click Next. If your scenes don't match your script as expected, make sure each distinct idea has its own paragraph. The AI Script Writer output can be refined by adding context about tone, genre, and audience.

👥 Step 2: Finalise the Cast

In Step 2, define the narrator voice and create characters, objects and locations that appear consistently throughout the video.

• Select a Country Accent and Narrator Voice from the dropdowns.
• For each auto-detected character, click "Click to Edit" and Save to create AI Characters - you can also change the filled in details: name, age, gender, ethnicity, a detailed visual appearance description (hair, face, build), clothing, and actor voice settings.
• Similarly, click 'Click to Edit' and Save to create AI Locations and Objects - you can also upload your own photo or create with a prompt.
• You can create new characters or objects from scratch, pick from the Characters Library, or
• Upload a reference image of your character and use it throughout the video.

The more detail you provide in Visual Appearance, the more consistent the character will look across scenes.

💳 Step 3: Generate Options & Credit Costs

Click on the 'Finalise Video' button to choose from three output types.

1. You can generate 'Storyboard' - still images/visuals for the animated video first. (Then, scene-by-scene generate motions and lip-syncs)
2. You can choose 'Preview Video' - generate the first 25 seconds with full motion & lip-sync. (To check if this aligns with your vision)
3. Generate the Full Video with everything end-to-end. (Visuals, Motions, Lip-syncs for all the scenes)

📹 Script to Video: Storyboard Output

Atlabs crafts your characters first ("Crafting your characters…"), then builds a scene around each paragraph with that character appearing consistently. The storyboard has the same layout as Idea to Video, Edit Video, Export, Translate, Music, Captions, and Characters in the top bar. Motion generates in the background if you chose Generate Video.

Final Storyboard:

Still Need Help? Reach out to us at support@atlabs.ai — we’re happy to assist with the workflows.

Updated on: 07/27/2026