Forgotten Toons Studio
A private desktop tool I built to run the Forgotten Toons channel: it turns public-domain cartoons into short videos with narration and schedules them on YouTube and Facebook.
Forgotten Toons brings cartoons from the 1920s to the 1950s that are now in the public domain back to new audiences. Each day it publishes one short: a 20-second clip with original narration, captions and a sourced fact about the cartoon.
Forgotten Toons Studio is the tool behind it. It runs on my own computer and does four things:
- Finds public-domain cartoons in the Internet Archive and checks their copyright status and print quality.
- Cuts the clip, writes and voices the narration, and renders the vertical video.
- Shows every video to me for review. Nothing is published without my approval.
- Uploads approved videos to my own YouTube channel and schedules them for publishing.
The tool has one user, the channel owner. It is not offered to the public, and it does not access any other channel or any other person's data.
Uses YouTube API Services. By using this tool you agree to be bound by the YouTube Terms of Service.