Showcase
What Toast can do
Each video sits beside what it was made from: a recording, a script, a sentence, a link, a shoot. Open one for sound, or make one like it.
Talking head
Your raw recording in, an edited video out: pauses cut, captions, cards every few seconds.
Faceless
A script in, a narrated video out, every picture drawn for the line it sits under.
In · The script
In 2017, Indians made about one billion UPI payments in a whole year. By 2020, that number was twelve billion. In 2022, it was forty-six billion. And in 2024, it crossed one hundred and thirty billion. Few payment systems anywhere have ever climbed that fast. Today you can pay with it in Singapore, the UAE, France, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Mauritius. Why did it grow so fast? Scale. In the 2011 census, Uttar Pradesh alone had almost two hundred million people. Maharashtra had one hundred and twelve million, Bihar one hundred and four million, and West Bengal ninety-one million. Every one of them became a possible payer the day a phone could send money in two seconds. So the next time you scan a QR code for a cup of chai, remember: you are part of one of the biggest numbers in the world.
UPI: one billion payments to 130 billion
The pepper trade, in a minute
Animated videos
Type an idea, a link or your notes. Toast writes, draws, narrates and scores it.
In · The request
A 30 second explainer of the James Webb Space Telescope for curious people, from these notes. Use the figures exactly as given.
The James Webb Space Telescope in 30 seconds
In · The request
How do noise-cancelling headphones cancel noise? A 30 second explainer for curious people.
How noise-cancelling headphones work
How a mechanical watch works
In · The request
Make a dynamic 15-second motion graphics video that shows what an incredible motion designer you are. Go all out.
A 15-second animated reel
In · The website
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photosynthesis
Explain Photosynthesis so anyone can follow it.
Photosynthesis, explained from a Wikipedia page
In · The request
Why does the Moon always show us the same face? For curious teenagers.
Why the Moon always shows the same face
Monsoon, explained (Telugu)
Brand
A website in, a video in that brand’s colours and voice out.
In · The website
A launch video for Toast, from its website
Code changes
A pull request in, a short “what’s new” video out.
Documents and series
A PDF or long document in, a video for each chapter out, all in one look.
In · The document
Michael Faraday — The Chemical History of a Candle (1860–61 Christmas lectures) I. A Candle: the flame, its sources and structure II. Brightness of the flame; air needed for burning III. Products: water from the candle; hydrogen IV. Hydrogen in the candle; oxygen V. Oxygen in the air; carbonic acid
A Candle, Explained
Edit one scene: before → after
Stop a finished video at a frame, say what to change, and only that scene is made again.
In · The request
Draw the sunshield as five clearly separate layers, with a thin visible gap between each layer.