Features
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3
Votes
Considered
New "Deliver" option to complement "Share"
Create a "Deliver" option that assigns the asset to the account whose email address is supplied. The asset would disappear from the sender's library, and appear with full control in the receiver's lib...
0
Votes
Declined
Remove Fonts, Props, ... that users uploaded
Hello Doodly,
It would be great if you add a feature which allows users to delete or remove font, props.... that they uploaded onto Doodly software, this way they can delete or remove their own upload...
9
Votes
Considered
Edit Draw Paths on Shared Images
I love the fact that we can share draw paths and custom images, but I would like to have the option to edit draw paths on shared images, as well. For example, I may not like the way the original owne...
43
Votes
Completed
Merge projects / Copy entire scenes to clipboard
It would be helpful to have the ability to copy entire scenes and be able to paste them from 1 project to another easily.
19
Votes
Considered
Scene library
Be able to save a full scene from a video to a scene library for later reuse, including all timing, etc.
0
Votes
Declined
Bath import images
It would be awesome if I could import multiple pictures into a subfolder/category in the library. I have about 1000 SVG images on my HD and importing them one by one would be a pain.
51
Votes
Considered
90 degree custom path turns
I'm an architect, and I'd like to draw custom paths over line drawings. When I do this from point to point and turn a corner,, the path tries to smooth out the turn. The only way I've been able to do ...
0
Votes
Declined
Props folders
Allow users to organize props into folders. especially when uploading custom props for projects
0
Votes
Declined
Allow saving project under different names
I want to keep iterations of projects and typically name them "project X1" Project X2" etc. I cannot find a way to do that and it would be helpful!
0
Votes
Considered
Street Signs
I would appreciate street signs like: One Way, Wrong Way, Do Not Enter, Speed Limit, Yield, multiple street names sign, etc. I use them for all kinds of things and rarely as an actual street sign.
0
Votes
Declined
Bulk Uploads
It would be great to have the option to bulk upload images and fonts instead of individual.
0
Votes
Declined
Sharing of Props and images
When a user uploads and Image, scene, prop, character etc. They have the ability to add it to a shared catalog. This allows all doodly users to use these images. This would be useful for colored ima...
55
Votes
Considered
Changing color marker on animation drawing
Will be possible to add new feature to change the "hand with new color marker" on each new Path configured ?
85
Votes
Considered
Adding color through the platform
I watched how one person added color to their Doodly. WAY TOO COMPLICATED. Anyway of getting color added to the Doodly platform as opposed to creating an image and then coloring it on a photoshop and ...
0
Votes
Declined
Duplicate Completed/Saved Project
Perhaps the feature to duplicate a completed/saved project?
I am planning to create a video template where the entire flow may be the same except I will change certain words/names (eg. different clie...
17
Votes
Considered
Ability to set time for each path in imported images.
I create explainer videos where I import images i draw in softwares like sketchbook and I need to set custom paths with their own time and delays so that I can explain different parts of a image.
Exam...
0
Votes
Declined
Greater diversity of characters
Need way more diversity in age, race, and heritage across all character types, but especially in what I would call "business casual." Not necessarily suits, but definitely not midriff-baring women. Yo...
7
Votes
Declined
Typewriter Effect
Have text appear as if it were typed in like a typewriter. Also a sound option for it as well.
123
Votes
Completed
Exporting or sharing of Doodly Files
I suggest that Doodly consider making an easy way for people to share the Doodly file so that they can edit on another machine easily, or can share with another Doodly user. The current version of Doo...
0
Votes
Declined
Flamingo vs. Ibis (Props)
Talk about a low priority request, this is it! The pictures associated with either the "White Ibis" or the "Flamingo" appear to be swapped.
This was raised in a comment on my first video posted to...
6
Votes
Considered
44
Votes
Considered
Movement of images after drawn
I guess I'm not the only one asking this. It would be great to have movement of specific images, such as a world globe spinning once its drawn. Thanks!
62
Votes
Completed
Insert scene anywhere on timeline (not just at the end)
A bit crazy to have to add a scene and drag it to the point you want. BTW, dragging is very cumbersome (doesn't work smoothly).
0
Votes
Declined
"Select all" gesture for a scene
Simple gesture, e.g., Ctrl-A, to select all the objects in a scene, e.g., to change all their properties at once. Backgrounds sometimes have many shapes. It's a pain to select them one-by-one to chang...
0
Votes
Considered
Consistent gesture to delete audio track
Should be the same as deleting a scene. A bit silly to navigate to the end of the track to do it. Can't imagine anyone figures this out intuitively.
0
Votes
Declined
Select default text in text dialog so I can overwrite it easily
When I want to edit a text object, I double-click it and am presented with default text which I must select and delete. Most apps automatically highlight the text so I can simply start typing, overwri...
9
Votes
Considered
9
Votes
Considered
A catalog of assets to view your many assets available to new members.
To browse threw the assets on the little window to come up with ideas is daunting. I would like to scroll threw a full page version of all drawings available to use. even print out for use in a group ...
3
Votes
Declined
Drawing in Doodly
I enjoy drawing cartoons, but I find some graphics packages hard. I like the Word "shapes" way of drawing - but this is not ideal for Doodly paths. So, could there be a feature for drawing simple cart...
2
Votes
Considered
Increase the default value of Extra time at the end
The number one problem in nearly all first Doodlys is placing text on the screen at the end of a scene, and jumping to the next scene before anyone can read it. If you would change the default value f...
0
Votes
Declined
Group and Ungroup Assets
Having a group and ungroup feature, like you do with "send to back" and "bring to front," would be a time saver when needing to move assets around.
0
Votes
Declined
Import and export
Allow for exporting and importing scenes, props and entire doodly videos. This would allow people to easily share with lots of people and not have to share individually by email. Simply download someo...
9
Votes
Considered
LANGUAGE FONTS
Over the last several days, your Facebook site has been bombarded with requests to add more fonts. Like Word, Power Point, , Whatsapp and other platforms, they accept foreign language fonts and allow ...
6
Votes
Considered
3
Votes
Considered
More custom scene color options
Provide more color options in the Custom Scene pallette. Right now everything is limited to shades of green, gray and black. It would be nice to be able to provide more colors (red, blue, yellow, what...
3
Votes
Considered
Auto-import Doodly club images
Suggested improvement to product: Instead of making people click "Club" located next to "All" (which logically would include everything" to import new items.. why not just ditch the "Club" tab, put th...
12
Votes
Considered
edit images
it would be nice if we can erase/cut part of an integrated image in system. Example...use a body and replace with an live real individuals face laughting, crying, scared, excited, etc etc... same thin...
3
Votes
Considered
Other religious symbols
I notice you have a Christian cross. There are a lot of other religions in the world. Please consider adding some of them as well as standard features (I'm in Doodly Club, but I think this is a good f...
177
Votes
Started
Make the SEARCH feature more functional
While there are thousands of images, they’re very difficult to find. It would be so helpful to filter and search to find what we need. This could be done by adding tags to all assets. For “Pablo P...
16
Votes
Considered
Multiple feature options for characters
Like the emoji on an iPhone—(perhaps Android too), when you choose an emoji, there’s a sub-selection of options. For Doodly as it functions now, that obviously doesn’t include color options, but...
6
Votes
Completed
Make "Request Center" more obvious
So much of this product is intuitive that leaving things hidden often makes them semi-invisible. Although there is a Request Center weblink under Help, well, it's not all that obvious. Placing it in t...
27
Votes
Considered
More health/biology/science characters and props
I just started with Doodly and love the application. However, the library doesn't seem to suit my needs. I am a health coach and need more animation options that include health-related items, biolog...
90
Votes
Completed
Semi Animated Characters and Props by allowing GIF file Import
It would really be nice to be able to see some live looking movements in the drawings and its should be simple to allow GIF to be imported instead of only JPEG and PNG
3
Votes
Considered
Re-size current scene
One should be able to re-size current art work on screen to a smaller size in one corner and continue on the adding more images to create a continuation of the main idea and eventually be able to wipe...
79
Votes
Completed
Add ability to VIEW filenames in all assets used in a project (including audio)
I would like to SEE the name of a file I've used in a project. I'd like to be able to click (or right click) on the track to see its name. For example, I want to know the name of a sound file I chose...
2
Votes
Completed
Invert color of an imported asset
After importing an asset that has color and tracing paths on it. it would be helpful to be able to invert the colors so that same asset could be used, with paths intact, on a whiteboard or a chalkboar...
112
Votes
Considered
Biblical themes for Church
Signed up to do videos for Sunday School at church. Would be great if you could incorporate bible type of sceneries and some characters with biblical type of clothing, props, etc...
14
Votes
Considered
0
Votes
Declined
Text formatting
It would be great if you are able to see sizes of fonts especially when you have text on multiply pages. I would also like to be able to change leading and when clicking on text boxes see which font h...
0
Votes
Declined
Alignment of objects
Being able to align objects would save so much time. Would be great to have this option available.
93
Votes
Considered
Sub-Categorize Characters
Scrolling through the huge amount of characters and poses takes a LONG time and they're all mixed up. I suggest creating sub-categories by character. For example, when you click on the Characters ta...
10
Votes
Considered
Storyboard
Is it possible to create a storyboard feature that somehow allows a user to organize their planned spoken text alongside their scenes? Sort of a planning/staging area?
0
Votes
Considered
Second Timeline Layer
It would be very nice to have a second timeline-layer to place animations, text, or other things there to appear at the perfect time or overlap with the core timeline-layer.
3
Votes
Considered
Anatomy props
Would like anatomy props such as gallbladder, pancreas, liver etc to make medical videos and disease states. I see these are missing.
0
Votes
Declined
Project files
Please consider creating a file system that can be used to file projects logically. It is a real pain to scroll through a long list of projects to find a particular one. I am thinking of the standard ...
7
Votes
Considered
Add animals
Please consider adding animals, especially native North American wildlife species like squirrels, raccoons, opossums, etc.
11
Votes
Considered
9
Votes
Considered
Drawing method
What about just the pen or chalk without a hand for drawing assets. The hand can be quite obstruction to reading or seeing assets develop.
3
Votes
Declined
Constrict draw paths to straight lines when holding shift/control/ect?
Currently, when adding paths to custom images it seems to create rounded paths if I put too much distance between path points.. Maybe hold down a "key" to allow a straight line path to be added over a...
17
Votes
Considered
Display paths without the background image
I import an image to assist me with creating some paths (basically tracing). I would like to keep the paths in the display but get rid of the image once I am done drawing the paths.
0
Votes
Declined
Search for Videos
I now have around 500 video and expect to have 900 in a week's time. It is a real pain to scroll and search for specific videos. Can we have a search function?
Also, can we have the ability to save v...
105
Votes
Completed
Fixing Arabic language appearance !
Hello,
Although Doodly has "right to left" option for typing text the final result for Arabic language is till not usable. Arabic words consist of joined characters, that's how it shows in the text b...
40
Votes
Considered
Slider timeline
Please make the timeline into a slider a la Adobe Audition et al so I can click anywhere in the timeline bar (adjacent to the settings button) drop in anywhere on the preview to fine tune. I waste a l...
1
Votes
Considered
Duplicate item button
Add a function to contextual menu for individual objects that allows you to duplicate - would prevent us having to use the slow right click, copy, right-click paste process now in effect.
0
Votes
Declined
Short cuts and settings for faster workflow
Allow [delete key] to delete props, and add an option to disable/enable "asking before deleting"
6
Votes
Considered
Bulk exporting
Allow users to bulk export videos by selecting projects to export from the main menu, that would be very useful when segments are made separately in different projects and needed to be exported to an ...
6
Votes
Considered
Easer Transition
It would be nice to have a Scene transition that the entire area is eased with the hand and easer, just like the artist is clearing the board.
2
Votes
Completed
12
Votes
Considered
Scaling objects along paths
It would be nice to be able to scale objects after they were drawn. For example a light bulb is drawn and then getting bigger or smaller to either gain attention on the object or transfer it to the ba...
0
Votes
Declined
Moving objects after they were drawn
To produce more complex videos it would be nice to move already drawn objects along a user-defined path. For example a text is drawn and then moves to the right upper corner of the screen.
12
Votes
Considered
Jon Oliver Last Week Tonight transition
Instead of a swipe, make it look like the canvas is infinitely large. move the current scene off at a slower speed than a swipe, but start the drawing animation of the new scene as it moves into frame...
0
Votes
Declined
Offline Use Of Doodly
It would be great if we could use Doodly offline i.e. not needing to be link to the internet.
This is because sometimes, ideas flow in the woods where there is no internet signal.
And once we are i...
36
Votes
Considered
Provide ability to flag assets as "favorites" or "hidden"
Some assets will be used more frequently than other to maintain consistent use or representation of various things. Knowing which ones I have used in the past and allowing a filter to only show those...
34
Votes
Considered
Copy draw paths from one identically dimensioned asset (height & width in pixels) to another
Scenario:
1. You create a custom piece of art and import it into Doodly—black & white line art, for example.
2. You take the time to create intricate draw paths to achieve a high quality animation ...
5
Votes
Declined
Duplicate Scene includes times
Currently when I duplicate a scene the lead times are all set back to zero. In my current project I show different certificates so the cornerstones are the same. Therefore I'd like them to appear in t...
0
Votes
Declined
Auto stop when previewing Sounds
As I go from sound file to sound file in the layout editor, it would be helpful if the currently playing sound is stopped when I pick another sound. Currently, a sound plays until manually stopped. ...
4
Votes
Considered
Modified date column on Video list
I think a last modified date in the video list would be most helpful for us developers.
0
Votes
Declined
0
Votes
Declined
13
Votes
Considered
Layer stack order vs. Render priority order
The layer stack order now determines both the objects render sequence and the objects visibility as determine by the top to bottom layer stack. Making these features independent of each other would b...
17
Votes
Considered
Timeline show time in/out of props/characters/text
It would be really handy to have the scene timeline show the time a prop/character/text etc begins and ends. This would be really handy for getting the audio sync right with an imported voiceover.
30
Votes
Considered
0
Votes
Considered
6
Votes
Considered
Keyboard hot key for starting new path
When using a lot of paths in a drawing, it would be nice if there was a hot key that could be pressed to quickly start a new path versus having to take the cursor off the drawing, move it to the lower...
0
Votes
Declined
See music/sound titles on the timeline
Is there a way to see what music/sound we have used on our timeline? I am returning to an older project and can't figure out what song I used with it without listening to every single song in the data...
48
Votes
Considered
Manage assets: delete, rename, create folders
I have uploaded some assets that I won't use. It would be nice to be able to delete unneeded assets that we have uploaded (not Doodly assets).
It might also be nice to be able to create folders or ta...
41
Votes
Considered
Adding font for Indian, Nepali users
Non of Hindi and Nepali font i.e Devanagari font is supported by doodly so far. I hope it will be good for doodly to add at least one font , for example, rukmini, kantipur, devanagari etc .
Regar...
3
Votes
Declined
Categorize videos for better management
Please introduce a feature to create custom categories and assign videos to them for better management.
Thanks,
Bilal
0
Votes
Declined
Favorites
Hi ,
It would help me very much if there was a way to store some favorite, often used, characters in a seperate map. Would that be possible?
Thanx
Albert Heemeijer
0
Votes
Declined
18
Votes
Considered
0
Votes
Declined
Preview one scene at a time
The ability to preview the screen I am currently working on without having to start at the beginning every time.
19
Votes
Considered
Bendy text / vertical and diagonal text / Word Art
The ability to bend, arch, skew or warp the text would be ace. Arch, Banner, Wave, Circle and multidirectional. You get the idea ;)
48
Votes
Considered
Enable text as hyperlink
Enable text to act as a hyperlink so users can go to a web page/location when the link is clicked
89
Votes
Considered
Save to Hard Drive
It would be handy to be able to save to a hard drive - from a security perspective, some IP - I don't want to share with another company - especially if it is a bit sensitive.
If that feature could b...
127
Votes
Considered
Drawing Foreground Assets First
I would love to be able to layer assets so that I can choose to have Doodly draw the foreground assets first and then the background assets around the foreground. This would eliminate the perfectly e...
0
Votes
Declined
4
Votes
Declined
color for Images
I would love to see a variety of color options for the characters, scenes, and props. So a clean fill color, or a water color fill, or a slightly messy marker fill. This would be a HUGE asset to the ...
0
Votes
Considered
Scrolling Timeline During Preview
When previewing a video, the timeline only resyncs at the beginning of each scene. That means that if the scene runs long enough, then you cannot tell where in the soundtrack you are as the video is ...
3
Votes
Considered
Show Drawing Delay and Duration the Timeline for Each Drawing Item
It would make it much easier to adjust the timing of the drawing and the soundtrack if there was some indication on the timeline showing the Delay and Duration for each drawn item. At a minimum, make...