Changing the drawing hand
Learn how to change the drawing hand or pen in VideoScribe
VideoScribe allows you to change the default drawing/animation hand for all projects and for individual elements within a project.
Changing the default hand for all project
- Click on the 'Settings'
button in the left-hand panel
- Here you can select a default animation type to use for each animation stage, and if applicable you can also select a default hand or pen
- For each animation stage you can either select the same animation settings 'For all' element types, or separate ones for 'Images', 'Text' and 'Shapes'

Top tip: Select the animation type 'Hand draw' if you want to select a hand, 'Pen draw'
to use a pen, or just 'Draw'
to have elements draw with no hand.
Changing the hand for an individual element
- Select the element on the canvas or on the timeline
- In the right-hand panel, select the ‘Animation’ tab
- Click the ‘Hand’ option, and select a new hand or pen

Please note: Not all animation types use a hand. For more details see our articles on Entrance animations and Exit animations.