Vyond

We use Vyond for 60-90 sec. videos about ongoing enterprise software updates. They are “Did You Know” topics that sit on main portal and are linked to supporting documents and forms. They allow us to have a consistent look/feel and let us roll out updates very quickly. We keep the same intro, music, colors … we just change out the title, add the new screencaps/demo, and add the new info.

• Allows the training/support teams a quick way to provide “how-to” videos, similar to having a YouTube channel.
• Our update videos are stored on a channel, which allows us to have a video record of how the project is emerging
• Leadership likes that we can put out a video very quickly

Powtoon

Camtasia, Adobe Premiere Pro, Microsoft SharePoint

Vyond is our solution when we need to make explainer videos. I've created explainer videos with Vyond for high-level product info and for leadership and other general business topics.

• Ease of use
• Effectiveness at imparting certain types of content
• It passed internal IT, Legal, and Purchasing reviews, so it must be relatively secure (in terms of storing sensitive data) and the company must be relatively stable.

• Anecdotal evidence points to positive reception from the employees who view these videos, so they are likely to actually watch them to the end, etc.
• We don't really measure very robustly this kind of thing, since it's not meant to be used for critical skills/knowledge learning on its own.
• It saves time for the developer over trying to create a similar thing in a tool like PowerPoint or Captivate or Camtasia, because it has so much built-in functionality and assets for creating these types of videos. It also has a shallower learning curve, which also saves new developers some time.

Microsoft Powerpoint, Lectora, Audacity

We created a 3 minute song parody and had to come up with visuals to match the audio we had created. After searching for video and animation solutions, we rediscovered Vyond. It was the perfect solution to create our video song parody. In fact, the final animation now has over 500,000 views on YouTube!

• Cool graphics
• Great templates to start with
• Flexible animations

• We were able to create a fun, animated video that garnered half a million views
• The templates and graphics made the video creation relatively simple
• There was plenty of variety in the graphics provided

Animoto, Vimeo, Adobe After Effects

We started using Vyond three years ago to create animated explainer videos for our insurance technology company based out of Canada. We were looking for a solution to make high-quality videos that clearly explained software solutions we provide. Vyond offered us a powerful tool for creating videos for our company and other clients.

• Character animation options - expressions, movement, style
• Scene transitions and camera options
• Typography and Charts

• Improved efficiency for marketing team content creation
• Ability to create professional animated explainer videos fast
• Increased client engagement with compelling video content

Powtoon, Renderforest Video, Animaker and Biteable

Renderforest Video, Powtoon, Animaker

I use Vyond in a variety of ways. Some of it is simply creating animation snippets that I incorporate into other videos that I create in Final Cut Pro. I also use it as the basis for the storyboard and timeline when working in Final Cut Pro. I title the cells by name and because I worked out the timing in Vyond when it comes to editing in Final Cut Pro, the cuts are already laid out for me. That speeds up my entire process. That alone is worth the annual subscription rate.

• Animation
• Music beds
• Ease of use
• Production speed

• Internal communication videos are much faster to create.
• Videos are more engaging.
• Saving time and fewer headaches.
• Going back and updating a video is easy and very fast.

SharpSpring from Constant Contact, Vidyard