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A free tier is offered with no payment required: 2 guide generations, watermark, and no voice over, embedding or PDF and image export.
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Turn screenshots into step-by-step guides, videos and embeds
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What is MotionShot?
MotionShot is a PDF maker tool that turns screenshots into step-by-step guides, videos and embeds. MotionShot builds step-by-step screen guides from screenshots, with annotations, highlights, voice over and music, then exports them as MP4, GIF, PDF or images, or publishes them as shareable links and embeds.
MotionShot is a browser-based editor for building step-by-step screen guides out of screenshots. Instead of recording a screen capture and cutting it down in a video editor, you upload stills of each screen, drop numbered steps onto them, and animate the sequence with zoom, duration and highlight overlays. The finished walkthrough can be exported as MP4, GIF, PDF or a ZIP of step images, or published to a hosted page with a shareable link. The editor handles the details that make a guide readable: padding, rounded corners and outlines around each screenshot, a background color or image, a choice of pointer styles, rectangle highlights, per-step annotations, background music and voice over. Narration can be generated through the built-in voice over characters or recorded yourself. A Chrome extension captures screens as you click through an app, which removes most of the manual screenshot work for product walkthroughs. Publishing is the other half of the product. Each published guide gets a public read page where viewers jump between steps, and an iFrame embed code lets the same guide sit inside a WordPress, Webflow or Framer site. Paid accounts also get a Hub, a public collection of guides under a custom handle that can serve as a lightweight help centre, plus read mode, analytics and custom branding. The tool suits SaaS teams writing customer tutorials, support and operations staff documenting internal tools, and HR or enablement teams building onboarding material and SOPs. It competes with screen recorders and documentation platforms rather than with AI video generators: the output is a structured, navigable instruction set first and a video second. Anyone who already has clean screenshots will move fastest here. A free tier covers two guide generations with a watermark and no voice over, embedding or PDF export. The paid tier is sold as a lifetime purchase on the homepage, with monthly generation and voice over character limits.
How do you use MotionShot?
1Create a new guide
Open the dashboard and choose New walkthrough to get an empty guide and the editor canvas.
2Add your screenshots
Upload screenshots one by one or drag and drop them all at once. The Chrome plugin can capture each screen as you click through the app instead.3Add steps and annotations
Switch to Edit, tap the canvas to place a step, pick a pointer type, then draw highlight rectangles and add annotation text. Adjust duration and zoom for each step.4Style and narrate
Set padding, rounded corners and outlines on the screenshots, choose a background color, add background music, and record or generate a voice over.5Export or publish
Download the guide as MP4, GIF, PDF or images, or publish it with a title, description and call to action to get a shareable link.6Embed or share the link
Copy the published link for your community, or grab the iFrame embed code and place the guide on your own webpage. Browse the guide hub for examples.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Ships one guide to several destinations: video, GIF, PDF, images, hosted link and iFrame embedAI
- Step annotations, zoom levels and highlight rectangles are edited directly on the screenshot canvasAI
- Chrome extension can capture screens with clicks, so screenshots do not have to be taken by handAI
- Hub feature turns published guides into a branded public help centre under a custom handleAI
- Free tier lets a team test the full editing flow before payingAI
Cons
- Free tier is capped at two guides and adds a watermark, with no voice over, embedding or PDF exportAI
- Paid plan is metered: 300 guide generations and 22,000 voice over characters per monthAI
- Public read pages are only reachable through the share link or embed, not through a private workspace or password gateAI
- Only listed through the Chrome plugin, so the click-to-capture workflow depends on that browserAI
- Deep support and onboarding material is thin beyond a help site and a small set of sample guidesAI
How much does MotionShot cost?
Pricing
Free plan: 2 guide generations, watermark, no voice over, embedding, PDF or image export, translation, custom branding or custom domain. Paid: $147 for a lifetime, 300 guide generations and 22,000 voice over characters per month, video, PDF and image export, Chrome plugin, custom domain and branding, read mode and analytics.
Learn moreSupport
Support is listed only as a paid feature on the pricing table, with a separate help site for documentation and no stated response times.
Learn moreIntegrations
Embeds work anywhere iFrame is supported, including WordPress, Webflow and Framer sites. A Chrome plugin handles screenshot capture with clicks. No other integrations are listed.
Features
Upload screenshots or capture them with the Chrome extension, add numbered steps with pointer types, annotations, highlight rectangles, duration and zoom, style edges and backgrounds, add voice over and music, then export to MP4, GIF, PDF or images or publish with a link, read mode, CTA and iFrame embed. Paid plans add a branded hub, analytics and custom domains.
Frequently asked questions about MotionShot
How much does MotionShot cost?
Free plan: 2 guide generations, watermark, no voice over, embedding, PDF or image export, translation, custom branding or custom domain. Paid: $147 for a lifetime, 300 guide generations and 22,000 voice over characters per month, video, PDF and image export, Chrome plugin, custom domain and branding, read mode and analytics.Does MotionShot offer a free trial?
A free tier is offered with no payment required: 2 guide generations, watermark, and no voice over, embedding or PDF and image export.How do you use MotionShot?
The walkthrough on this page covers 6 steps: 1. Create a new guide 2. Add your screenshots 3. Add steps and annotations 4. Style and narrate 5. Export or publish 6. Embed or share the link.What platforms does MotionShot support?
MotionShot is available on Web App and Browser extension.What does MotionShot integrate with?
Embeds work anywhere iFrame is supported, including WordPress, Webflow and Framer sites. A Chrome plugin handles screenshot capture with clicks. No other integrations are listed.What are the limitations of MotionShot?
Free tier is capped at two guides and adds a watermark, with no voice over, embedding or PDF export. Paid plan is metered: 300 guide generations and 22,000 voice over characters per month. Public read pages are only reachable through the share link or embed, not through a private workspace or password gate.
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Added10/21/2026
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