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High End Results Without the Headaches

Video Equipment

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You just need an internet connection. No setup required.

Team and Budget

Do-it-yourself

No big team or budget. Just you and our easy-to-use tools.

Animated Video

unlimited everything

Our subscriptions include unlimited creation, hosting and download.

Powerful Tools at the Click of a Mouse

Add a character, swap a background or start a scene just by dragging and dropping!

Characters With All The Right Moves

Our libraries are filled with styles, settings, props and actions. Lip-sync is automatic!

Why Animated Video?

Animated video lets you tell your story out loud! You're not passively capturing events with a camera. You're making emphatic points, clearly and without constraints.

BEND LAWS OF NATURE

Animation, with its ability to slide scales and bend the laws of nature, provides the flexibility to really bring product benefits to life.

GIVE CONTEXT TO YOUR IDEAS

Imagine starting on a closeup of a tree, then zooming out to show the entire forest, then blasting up into the sky for the BIG top view. Animated video makes it simple to put it all in perspective.

REPRESENT DIVERSITY

Our characters can be customized into hundreds of different shades of color. Represent diversity effectively, without having to cast actors of a specific race or background.

EXPLORE DIFFERENT WAYS

With animated video, you are not constrained by video footage. Switch backgrounds, move characters, add props. Test different ways to communicate your message.

CHANGE THOUGHTS INTO VISUALS

Animation is good at demonstrating the steps in a process. It is even better at demonstrating the thinking behind a process, by adapting from literal to conceptual with ease.

STRIKE THE RIGHT TONE

The abstraction away from portraying real individuals allows animated video to strike a wider range of emotional tones. This can help cover difficult subjects frankly and effectively, without causing the audience to get its defenses up.

A Flexible Workflow

SCRIPTING AND STORYBOARDING
Start simply - just visualize your audience. At the end of the video, what do you want them to think or feel or do? That's your objective. Now break that objective down into smaller steps. That results in your content outline - a list of "mini objectives" that get the audience from point A to point B. Next comes the creative part - coming up with visual elements to carry these content points. Sketch these if you can -- then write your actual script to match these visuals.
VOICE RECORDING
Adding your voice acting (dialog) or voice over (narration) is a snap. You can import audio files, record directly into the platform or even crowdsource professional actors – and get very fast turnaround! If you assign dialog to a character it will lip sync automatically.
VISUAL EXCITEMENT
You might think it’s hard to get the characters and props moving around. It’s not. We have templates and starters to get you started quickly. Customizing things is as easy as drag & drop. The menus are all WYSIWYG. Our libraries have literally thousands of characters, backgrounds and props. We also make it easy to import your own elements, such as a company logo, picture of a building or screen capture.
AUDIO SWEETENING
After "directing" the visual part of your video, it's time to polish the audio. Find just the right music track in our libraries – or import your own. Drop little sound effects here and there to really bring your moments to life. This too is just drag & drop. Adjusting the timing is as easy as sliding an icon left or right.
PUBLISHING
Once your video is completed, you can publish it on GoAnimate and embed it on your site. You can also export it as an HD quality video to keep on your computer or put on Youtube and other sharing sites. We also offer numerous one-clicking sharing options to major social networks and online marketing platforms.

Sample Videos

Industry Experts Speak

When I finally did try GoAnimate, what I found blew me away!
- Joe Ganci, elearningjoe.com

GoAnimate's platform has made it easy and affordable for anyone to create animated videos.
- Lee LeFever, Founder

Check out GoAnimate to learn how to easily build and use animated videos.
- J. Peter Bruzzese, Author

Our Customers Speak

Visits to multiple pages on our site are up 200% since implementing our GoAnimate video, and visitor time on our site is up about 400%.

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Jamie Troia
Jamie Troia
Greystack Digital Marketing

GoAnimate was just so easy to do. It was great fun and saved me $10,000 in production costs. I can’t think of anything you couldn’t do with GoAnimate.

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Peter Thompson
Peter Thompson
Managing Director
Custodia Systems

To tell stories quickly and easily, GoAnimate is an obvious choice for people looking to get the word out on their projects.

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Dorrian Porter
Dorrian Porter
Northern Imagination LLC

So Many Uses - So Little Cost

Marketing Automation Videos

Make videos to help you develop your leads and increase conversions for your business.

Videos for Training and eLearning

Make training videos online and publish to leading courseware authoring tools such as Lectora, Articulate or Captivate.

Produce Video Advertising Creative

Create advertising spots for online video distribution, such as on YouTube, Facebook or Hulu.

Content and Inbound Marketing

Create videos full of rich content to develop your professional reputation and attract customers to your site.

Video Presentations

Insert animated videos into your presentations to grab and hold the audience's attention. Great alternative to PowerPoint!

Create a Video Resume

Stand out from the pack with an animated video resume. Upload it to LinkedIn!

Demo or Explainer Videos

Use our affordable online video makers to help explain a complex concept or to promote your product or company.

Small Business Marketing

Level the playing field by quickly producing professional videos for your web site.

Videos for Crowdsourcing

Rally support for your Kickstarter or Indiegogo campaign with a fun, shareable video.

Social Media Marketing

Share lighthearted or funny videos to show the human side of your company.

Produce Corporate Videos for your Clients

Production companies and marketing agencies can use our “Transfer Rights” option to serve their corporate video clients.

Tons of Support

Our resources and community will help you quickly learn how to make a video online.

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