Searching for the best tool to create animated video

Oct 13, 2020

I am looking to add some animated video into my elearning courses and wondered if anyone else had advice on the best tool to use.

I am looking of something to produce similar to the following standard:

https://youtu.be/_490ZEaYdwA

Any advice welcome.

regards

Sharon

4 Replies
Joseph Spivey

Hey Sharon!

I would use a couple of Adobe Creative Cloud apps to create the animation you linked. 

  1. I'd use Adobe Illustrator to create the images/icons/other graphic elements used in the video.
  2. I'd use Adobe After Effects to animate the graphic elements, and drop in any background audio/narration files as well.

If you're not familiar with the programs, there is a bit of a learning curve just because of how robust these tools are. However Adobe has great resources for beginners on these tools, and there are also several prolific YouTube channels dedicated to these programs as well. That's how I learned, and I think it's a skill definitely worth having in your toolbox!

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