VideoScribe

Best of all whiteboard animation softwares out there!

Opmerkingen: Except for the UI, I believe the quality of output and fulfilling its promise of creating a good whiteboard animation video, meets my requirements. Having said that, these are just bare-minimum requirements and there is a lot of room for improvement.

Pluspunten:

Their templates are cool, the designs are pretty neat; the animations are quite smooth, and the design elements are elegant. There are also plenty of hand options to do the whiteboard animations. Its pricing is quite premium when compared to other similar tools, but the quality of its output is premium too! So, I'd say it's worth paying. I have been (paying and) using it for almost a year now.

Minpunten:

1. They once used to have a lifetime license. But unfortunately that's discontinued. That's just my pet-peeve. 2. product-wise, one thing I find annoying is that it's damn slow in rendering the output video. This takes a long time!3. Also, the design elements sometimes seem repetitive - there could be more variations, but again, that's just me.4. It'd also be great if it also offers mp4 output. We get MOV, AVI, WMV and a few other picture formats, but not MP4.5. Finally, I believe the UI could have a plenty of improvements - it's rather un-intuitive and not so friendly.

Scribing Creativity

Opmerkingen: As an instructional designer juggling multiple responsibilities, efficiency is crucial. VideoScribe's intuitive workflow and pre-made templates help me cut down on production time, allowing me to focus on other essential tasks.

Pluspunten:

What truly impresses me about VideoScribe is its ability to transform my instructional materials into engaging, whiteboard-style animations. This format resonates exceptionally well with adult learners, making it easier for them to grasp and retain information. The animations are smooth, and the final videos look incredibly polished.

Minpunten:

The library of customizable images and animations could be more extensive. Sometimes when I'm explaining complex concepts I have a hard time finding the perfect visual elements to enhance my content. However, the ability to import my own media is very helpful.

Customer support is awful

Pluspunten:

It was easy until I started to get deep and notice that it's easy only for beginners

Minpunten:

Customer service was awful on replying to refund of a payment happened minutes ago. They talk like robots they don't wanna keep their client. Refund process is never gonna happen even if you didn't use the program for more than 20 days and my card paid the next month without me noticing it. I asked for a refund as I didn't use it for 20 days they said that after using 7 days trail (which I didn't use) I should be happy with their service and not ask for a refund.

Staple of our eLearning courses

Opmerkingen: I've been using Videoscribe for years, and it just gets better and better.

Pluspunten:

I absolutely love Videoscribe. It's so easy to use and very quick to create impressive 'scribble-style' videos. The asset library is vast and there's even the option to upload your own SVGs if you have the appetite to create them.

Minpunten:

It can sometimes be hard to find the assets you want because there are so many of them, and the search function is a bit basic.

Simple software really only limited by your creativity

Opmerkingen: Overall VideoScribe has helped us quickly create instructional videos that would have been much more costly to make if we'd had to hire it out to a digital artist.

Pluspunten:

The small feature set within VideoScribe means it's pretty easy to get started; there are not a ton of functions to learn how to use, it's more about learning how to use the small set of tools creatively to do all the different things you'd like to be able to do in your video. You can very quickly get up to speed and create a lot of video content without needing to know how to animate things or draw very well.

Minpunten:

I wish there was a better drawing tool within VideoScribe. It is essentially a collection of clip-art. For instance, if you want to draw something as simple as a triangle, there is no drawing tool to make it exactly the way you want it. Instead, your options are to find a pre-drawn triangle, or put together 3 pre-drawn straight lines, or go to another program like Illustrator and draw the shape you want and save it as a .svg file. This is a simple example, but you can imagine if you want to draw something like an accurately-scaled chart or graph, etc. it's much more complicated than you'd expect.It would also be convenient if other audio file formats could be imported other than MP3.And of course more expanded image and audio libraries would be appreciated.