A visual help user interface (UI) to help a user learn a product's capability and inputs needed to achieve a given action is provided. The visual help (UI) may be launched via a trigger and may overlay a software application with a graphical user interface (GUI). A trigger may include detection of a user action associated with a given action in an application, receiving a command sequence associated with the given action, or receiving a request for help by a user. The visual help UI may be utilized to demonstrate a feature, to suggest or demonstrate a work flow, or to teach a gesture. The visual help UI may be animated to imply interaction and may demonstrate a suggested workflow or input sequence using a user's content in the application GUI.