One of the BEST (simple) animation programs I've ever used, incredibly robust
Updated October 21, 2019
One of the BEST (simple) animation programs I've ever used, incredibly robust
Score 8 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with VideoScribe
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.