Features
| Votes | Idea | Comments | Date |
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3
Votes
Considered
8
Votes
Considered
Static Backgrounds
Let's say I have a scene where I want the background to remain the same but characters in the scene to change (either entirely or just their pose). As far as I can tell it is currently not possible to...
1
Votes
Completed
Allow setting visibility of drawing arms by asset, not only globally for the entire video.
For example, it would be nice to be able to have characters and props and backgrounds drawn with the hand, but have text appear letter by letter without the hand, all in the same scene.
0
Votes
Declined
Add a Voice Recording Feature to the Software
Would love if a voice recording feature could be added to the software to avoid having to record on a another device and upload to Doodly. Timing will be more intuitive with the voice recording being ...
33
Votes
Considered
Way to Save a Video as a Template That Already Contains Favorite Fonts, Logo and Colors
It would be great to be able to save a video as a business template. This template would already be populated with desired fonts, business colors, favorite characters and logo. Then the user could jus...
3
Votes
Completed
Please Add More Simple and Singular Food Based Props that are not Fast Food Brands
Currently there are inadequate choices for food based props. So may are branded for Fast Food. It would be great to have simple and singular props of vegetables, fruit, proteins, fat sources and carbo...
0
Votes
Declined
Please Add Characters with Different Body Shapes, Weight and Ethnicity/Color
I am a Dietitian who owns a meal planning software business. I would like to use Doodly to market my business, but cannot find any overweight or out of shape looking characters. People come in all dif...
39
Votes
Declined
New hands for watercolor paintings
Hi Brad. Just today I have a new challenge... I am drawing a Doodly over watercolor paper, and I couldn't find tools for it... Customize the board wasn't the problem... The problem was because I could...
7
Votes
Considered
Adjustable pane size.
Allow users to adjust the height of the left/right/bottom windows so that the users can see more of what they wanted to work on.
For example, a taller right windows would make drag-and-drop of assets ...
37
Votes
Considered
Delay between paths
Hi,
When creating the paths for one image where you are creating multiple paths for the one image. Can a delay be added between paths.
Either once the one path as draw we can add a delay before it s...
55
Votes
Completed
Lock an asset in place
Hi, I would love the ability to lock an asset into place. Sometimes when they overlap and you're editing one nearby, I accidentally click the wrong one and as I move it I realize I just messed up my a...
16
Votes
Considered
Sort feature for assets (especially our own imports) and filter for custom assets
Hi, currently when you import a new asset, it shows on the top -- temporarily. Once you close the video and return to it, the assets are sorted from oldest to newest. This means that if you return to ...
97
Votes
Completed
Save As.?
A "Save As" feature would make life easier a project could be saved in different files as you progress.
0
Votes
Declined
Folders to organise videos per project/topic
Hi,
I just joined Doodly and love it!
As I'm working on various projects, keeping an overview of the videos in a folder structure at the homepage would really help!
So I can organise the long list ...
177
Votes
Considered
452
Votes
Considered
Simple Animation Features
If characters/text could follow a path to move across the screen after they are drawn, that would be great. This would include resizing to create a zoom in/out effect. Being able to have a character g...
42
Votes
Considered
Music Sort Options
It would be super helpful if there were ways to sort through the (abundant) background music options. You might consider by mood ("sad" "uplifting" "cheerful" "dark" "dramatic") and/or by instrument (...
41
Votes
Completed
Auto Save
It would be great to have an Auto Save feature like those found in drawing and DTP programs
12
Votes
Completed
Remember sign in
It's a little thing, but it'd be nice if the software could remember our log in credentials so we would not have to type them in every time we log in.
72
Votes
Considered
Merge Videos
The ability to merge videos into one video giving the ability to create sections at a time, then merging them together for the final production.
7
Votes
Considered
Save and Open
The ability to save a Doodly file to a location (local or internet) with the ability to open other shared files. "How did they do that?" When someone shares a file you can see the step by step proces...
29
Votes
Considered
Persistent linking of assets
It is presently only possible to link assets for a moment, for moving or resizing. This feature would allow assets to be linked permanently (or at least until unlinked). This would allow outline and...
164
Votes
Completed
Bulk importing of image files
I find it tedious to import 1 image at a time. A bulk importer would be amazing if possible
67
Votes
Completed
Text Sizing
Instead of sizing text by dragging the text container, it would be great if in the settings we could define the exact text size needed
19
Votes
Considered
Text animation timing : with previous
I used to animate with GoAnimate (now Vyond). One of the cool features of this tool is that it allows you to set the timing for your text animation. For instance, a series of text fields can appear s...
217
Votes
Completed
Folders To Keep Different Projects
On the homepage, users can create/delete/rename folders to keep their projects. And also able to move projects across the folders.
By doing this, users can sort their projects into different folders.
139
Votes
Completed
Be able to resize video area, so can use on Instagram, for example
Instagram videos are vertical/square. Currently renderings fall off the left/right edges when posted to Instagram.
16
Votes
Considered
Customizable color palette
1) Be able to define a set of colors for use in each video. Currently, there is a predefined palette, but I can't add or remove any.
2) Be able to assign a color other than black (or white) as the def...
19
Votes
Considered
Ability to Disable Elements in Scene
It would be great to create scenes with 'interchangeable' elements (props, characters, text) so that it would be possible to create similar videos but with specific variations
42
Votes
Considered
Ability to disable individual draw paths
When creating intricate draw paths for a custom image, it would help considerably if specific draw paths could be disabled, so that additional draw paths could be created without interference
93
Votes
Completed
Provide a means of setting precise size and position in a scene
One of the strategies for drawing a color stock image is to use the original stock image (already drawn) and overlay an imported colored version of the image. But the size and position of the overlay...
533
Votes
Started
Visibly ethnic people and people of color
This will make a very big difference for many of us who have diverse constituencies/clientele. It will also brought in the market for Doodly.
30
Votes
Considered
An indexed instruction book
How about a one-stop easily accessible/searchable instruction book that covers all the bases for new and experienced users?
7
Votes
Completed
Sharing custom resources inside Doodly
Create the necessary settings for users to be able to flag their own imported resources as "Shareable", and give users the ability browse/search shared user resources, and import into their own collec...
511
Votes
Considered
Offline mode
Now this might be a bit hard but would be awesome. An offline mode that allows basic creation / editing of doodlys. Maybe this could be limited to cached content the user has used before.
Or even rest...
25
Votes
Declined
Flannel Board reveal
Allow the hand to "carry" an asset in like it was a cutout sticky object and place it on the board. This would be a great way to post assets like a Sticky Note or repeating objects like multiple tree...
161
Votes
Considered
Rubber Stamp reveal
Add the ability to reveal an asset using a rubber stamp in the hand. It would take a tiny amount of time and make sense for lots of things like logos, speech balloons, repeating items like stars or fl...
129
Votes
Completed
585
Votes
Considered
Hand Placing Items
Add a feature what uses a hand to also add or place items to the Doodly,, instead of just having them appear, or have to be drawn.
373
Votes
Completed
35
Votes
Completed
Switch Backgrounds on a Scene-by-Scene Basis
Looking for the ability to switch between whiteboards/chalkboards/blackboards/glassboards on a scene-by-scene basis.
2
Votes
Completed
Larger Drawing Area
Is there anything in the works that would make it so we can have the option of a full-size screen or resized screen of the drawing board? My ideal situation would be a drag-arrow where the left, righ...
224
Votes
Completed
snap to grid
The grid is helpful, but it would be much better if we could snap the upper-left corner of an asset to the nearest intersection of two grid lines. This would make precise alignment of two assets with ...
61
Votes
Completed
autofill file name of imported asset
When importing an asset, use the file name (without the extension) as the default name of the new Doodly asset.
Example: If I import smiley.png, put smiley in the title field.
78
Votes
Completed
Image Swipe/Replace
When we click on an image or prop on the canvas there should be an option (somewhere between the delete option and gear icon) to swipe/replace the existing image or prop with one of choice from the li...
526
Votes
Completed
Change colour of one word in a sentence
There are times when it is necessary to highlight one or two words in a sentence. It would be great to not have to create a separate text box, line it up on the screen, change the colour, and then com...
136
Votes
Completed
Allowing export/import of users’ characters/props
Allowing users to export/import their own characters/props with custom paths.
7
Votes
Completed
Resizing with upper/left corner anchored
When changing a prop/character/text box size, anchoring the upper left corner would make it a much precise process.
324
Votes
Completed
Element Erase Delay
Add a field in the element options for Erase Delay. This would be a time delay before the element is erased.
As an example: I had to put a blank text element in a scene with a slow draw time as th...