VideoScribe

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VideoScribe
Developer(s)Sparkol
Initial releaseMarch 2012; 12 years ago (2012-03)
Operating systemWindows 7 or newer, Mac OS X 10.6 or higher, iOS 4 or higher, Android
TypeWhiteboard animation software
Websitewww.videoscribe.co

VideoScribe is software for creating whiteboard animations, as well as many other animation styles, automatically. It has remained popular with its subscribers for enabling the creation of animated video content with few skills or prior knowledge required.

The software is popularly used for creating explainer videos, marketing videos, internal communications videos, as well as branded or promotional videos. VideoScribe content is also widely used within the education sector, with users creating video as teaching & learning curriculum content, and by students to deliver assignments, projects and homework.

It was launched in 2012 by UK company Sparkol. By April 2014 it had more than 250,000 users in 135 countries around the world.[1] VideoScribe is available as a desktop version and an iPad app. The desktop version allows a seven-day free trial after which users can buy VideoScribe Pro on monthly, yearly or one-off subscriptions, which gives users rights for commercial and resell use.[2] There are multi-user discounts for businesses and education establishments.[3]

VideoScribe is developed in Adobe Flash and produces QuickTime movies and Flash videos. Video files can be exported to Quicktime video, Flash video or image sequences (JPEG or PNG).[4]

Notable uses[edit]

  • In April 2013, American school children used VideoScribe to create a message for Barack Obama, pleading with the US president to reinstate their tour of the White House after it was cancelled by federal budget cuts.[5]
  • UK Chancellor George Osborne narrated a scribe to explain the Spending Round on the British Government website in June 2013.[6] The following month, VideoScribe was recommended on the BBC News website.[7]
  • Mashable have used VideoScribe to make several whiteboard videos for their website.[8]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ VideoScribe stats Archived April 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, Sparkol press page.
  2. ^ VideoScribe Pro licence details, VideoScribe pricing page.
  3. ^ "Team Pricing | Videoscribe". www.videoscribe.co. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  4. ^ VideoScribe features, VideoScribe Instant Answers.
  5. ^ Corcoran, Dan (9 April 2013). Frontier Elementary students send message to President Obama, WPTV News Channel 5.
  6. ^ What is the spending round? Video, GOV.UK.
  7. ^ Russell, Kate (5 July 2013). Webscape: Animation tools, BBC News online.
  8. ^ Al-Greene, Bob (21 March 2014). The Illustrated History of Twitter, Mashable.