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User-Friendly Interface: VideoScribe is extremely useful and easy to use, with an intuitive and user-friendly interface. The …
Starting at $14 per user/per month
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What is VideoScribe?
British company Sparkol offers VideoScribe, a video editing application supporting whiteboard style animations and presentations.
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Yearly Plan
$14
Cloud
per user/per month
Monthly Plan
$35
Cloud
per user/per month
Team of 20+ Users
$145
Cloud
per user
Entry-level set up fee?
- No setup fee
Offerings
- Free Trial
- Free/Freemium Version
- Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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What is VideoScribe?
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VideoScribe Technical Details
| Deployment Types | Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Unspecified |
| Mobile Application | No |
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User-Friendly Interface: VideoScribe is extremely useful and easy to use, with an intuitive and user-friendly interface. The straightforward controls and drag-and-drop functions make it accessible for users of all skill levels. Many reviewers appreciate the in-built app instructions and availability of online tutorials that help them navigate and assemble videos seamlessly.
Professional Quality Videos: Users consistently praise the professional quality of videos created using VideoScribe. They receive positive feedback on animations, transitions, and overall appeal. The hand feature adds to the visual appeal of the animations, creating an engaging experience for both creators and viewers. Users also enjoy the natural-looking whiteboard animation style and the ability to customize how images are drawn onscreen.
Extensive Image and Music Libraries: VideoScribe offers extensive image and music libraries that impress users. The image library contains colorful cartoons with well-designed graphics, while the music library provides a wide variety of genres and rhythms. Users also appreciate being able to import their own images and customize animated hand graphics, as they find these options valuable resources for enhancing their video creations.
Glitches and Bugs: Many users have experienced numerous bugs and glitches with the software, such as the inability to rotate the screen, run certain audio files, or animate multiple items simultaneously. These issues significantly impact the quality of the final product.
Poor Customer Service: Users have had a negative experience with the customer service team, describing them as arrogant and rude when cancelling. This lack of helpfulness from customer service has left a negative impression on users.
Missing Features: Users feel that many essential features are missing from the software, requiring additional editing software to create an acceptable video. Some users also mention limitations with free graphics provided by VideoScribe, expressing a need to purchase additional illustrations due to these limitations.
Users have made the following recommendations about VideoScribe:
Consider using an alternative product for longer videos. Some users find that VideoScribe works well for creating short-form video content but can be tedious for longer videos. They recommend exploring other options that may be better suited for this specific need.
Start using VideoScribe for making whiteboard animations. Many users highly recommend VideoScribe for creating whiteboard animations. They find it to be an easy-to-use tool that simplifies the process of making these types of videos.
Utilize VideoScribe for various purposes. Users recommend using VideoScribe to add dynamism to customer meetings and presentations, as well as for activities like creating Facebook ads and generating leads. They also suggest it for producing high-quality presentations and videos. Additionally, users believe that VideoScribe is one of the best animation software available in the market, especially for easy-to-use whiteboard animation with a wide range of graphics and icons.
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VideoScribe was a software program I saw colleagues at my former company use to make quick "animations" in a style that was pleasing and didn't require the same time, technical knowhow or expense of traditional animation through more specialized programs like Adobe Premiere or the like. When asked to update our PowerPoint pitch deck, I knew everyone was tired of PowerPoint and wanted something more immersive to be able to show, but that still wouldn't take the days, weeks that traditional keyed animation would which I also have a background in. Since redoing the initial pitch deck, we've had no less than 5 or 6 new business clients come on (over $300k in revenue) that exclusively pointed out they did so because of the information in the digital pitch I created in VideoScribe which was all of 4 minutes long.
- It's fast and customizable! You can import your own vector graphics and PNGs to utilize or take advantage of their huge library of resources, from graphics to icons and sound
- You don't have to have a background in animation or graphics (though it doesn't hurt) to utilize the program, really expanding who in your company can take advantage of it
- The support and resource documentation is amazing. From multiple series of videos to text-based help and I believe if i remember correctly even emails when I first signed up, it's hard to feel frustrated or lost with how to start with all the support available
- Some of the vector rendering for imported pieces could still use work, I've discovered a workaround for adding a stroke to images to help smooth the edge but this can be tiring
- The PNG rendering often seems to be under a super heavy compression and can pixellate even higher-res images that are brought in. I utilize almost exclusively custom created graphics to use in this program so seeing that fixed would be great
- It would be nice if there was a super-basic audio editor in the program, even something that didn't do much but let you edit the start and end of clips
- Won over $300k+ in new biz by changing from an old PowerPoint deck to a short (4-5 min) video and reframing how we shared the information
- Modified the same deck to be shown at annual conventions as a less "pitch" and more "informational" way of educating the audience, and never saw as many people visiting our booth for information. Likely could attribute additional new biz leads to this effort as well
- Got to save a LOT of money in the time and production of the deck which was then able to be utilized instead on other things to make future decks better, like a new microphone and better monitors. Seriously I can't believe how inexpensive this program is
Every video or graphics program has its own purposes, VideoScribe is very specifically for taking images, moving them around with nice visual transitions and having something come together quickly. I've also used it to animate infographics in far less than half the time it would have taken me in Premiere. It definitely has serious limits in the type of animation you can do, which is important to be aware of, but if that works within the framework and scope of your budget, then it's incredible.
Remember - the only limits to how sophisticated you can make this look are how creative you are, to begin with. I did things with this program I don't think I'd seen in any of their samples, simply because I have a background in it all and had a new set of tools to play with.