Haha I actually just went through this recently and got a lot of great answers from people (https://www.indiehackers.com/post/how-do-you-create-product-gifs-93c5346840 if you want to see some of the suggestions they mentioned). I ultimately ended up going with the QuickTime player recording approach and just sped it up in iMovie and exported after. I found that approach to be the easiest (after trying a couple of others), however the only downside was that it probably took about 100 takes to finally get one I was happy(ish) with. If you want to appear in the video yourself or have additional elements added, https://www.loom.com/ is pretty great for that.
Maybe you need a video recorder? It can help you record screen with audio, so that you could show others how to use your product with yourself speaking. I have Joyoshare Screen Recorder. It is available for both Windows and Mac. I think it is user-friendly and powerful enough.
I struggled as well with this (really was difficult to get my head around). I had used Camtasia studio in the paste (when I was doing Facebook ads/dropshipping stuff lol). But when I wanted App video with details I had to quickly learn Adobe Premiere (which is great tool) and eventually I managed to do a modest video highlighting some of the main features of my product: https://www.schemaboost.com
I think Camtasia is pretty limited if you want to zoom in and focus the user attention on specific areas of your web or app platform
I have the same problem, I would also like to have an explainer video for my product.
A complicating factor is that my website is available in two languages (english and portuguese), so I would have to make two videos. If I consider that the website is responsive, then I would have to make four videos explaining how to use my product.
So I decided to do a interactive tutorial, highlighting the UI elements in each step (companio.io/tutorial). I know it is not what you asked for, but maybe can be a way.
You can use QuickTime Player on a mac and do a Screen Recording. It's possible to select an external microphone (like a headset) and record audio alongside. I recommend iMovie if you have to do any simple editing. If you're using a windows computer, there is Windows Movie Maker; not sure about screen capture options in 2020.
Haha I actually just went through this recently and got a lot of great answers from people (https://www.indiehackers.com/post/how-do-you-create-product-gifs-93c5346840 if you want to see some of the suggestions they mentioned). I ultimately ended up going with the QuickTime player recording approach and just sped it up in iMovie and exported after. I found that approach to be the easiest (after trying a couple of others), however the only downside was that it probably took about 100 takes to finally get one I was happy(ish) with. If you want to appear in the video yourself or have additional elements added, https://www.loom.com/ is pretty great for that.
The final outcome of my brief video is up here.
Wow, your video looks great. Thanks for the suggestion - I was trying to look for convenient alternatives which you explained. Thanks a lot!
Maybe you need a video recorder? It can help you record screen with audio, so that you could show others how to use your product with yourself speaking. I have Joyoshare Screen Recorder. It is available for both Windows and Mac. I think it is user-friendly and powerful enough.
Hey Alexandra,
You might find what you're looking for here: https://blog.topvideotools.com/business-explainer-video-maker-tools?fbclid=IwAR3-f6DM_4vlz2fMWffqfu8LlcSgP2YRJfc2X-Kaqhsd1lkVw5ZbAnfehJk.
And if you ever need a professional VO for your project, just hit me up. [email protected].
Cheers!
@hake @girishw @stoll @bflitter @kayz0r Thanks all for your great suggestions!
I struggled as well with this (really was difficult to get my head around). I had used Camtasia studio in the paste (when I was doing Facebook ads/dropshipping stuff lol). But when I wanted App video with details I had to quickly learn Adobe Premiere (which is great tool) and eventually I managed to do a modest video highlighting some of the main features of my product:
https://www.schemaboost.com
I think Camtasia is pretty limited if you want to zoom in and focus the user attention on specific areas of your web or app platform
I haven't used this before but I bookmarked it: https://www.doodly.com/. A quick search on Fiverr for explainer videos: https://www.fiverr.com/search/gigs?query=explainer video&source=top-bar&acmpl=1&search_in=everywhere&search-autocomplete-original-term=explainer vi&search-autocomplete-available=true&search-autocomplete-type=suggest&search-autocomplete-position=0
I have the same problem, I would also like to have an explainer video for my product.
A complicating factor is that my website is available in two languages (english and portuguese), so I would have to make two videos. If I consider that the website is responsive, then I would have to make four videos explaining how to use my product.
So I decided to do a interactive tutorial, highlighting the UI elements in each step (companio.io/tutorial). I know it is not what you asked for, but maybe can be a way.
I've used
For my next one, I'm likely to use Tumult Hype for animations.
You could also create a simple, quick one with KeyNote (Mac app)
You can use QuickTime Player on a mac and do a Screen Recording. It's possible to select an external microphone (like a headset) and record audio alongside. I recommend iMovie if you have to do any simple editing. If you're using a windows computer, there is Windows Movie Maker; not sure about screen capture options in 2020.
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Thanks for the recommendation! Unfortunately I'm not using Windows 10 now
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