Explaindio is a video making software providing a wide variety of tools for making animated videos in cartoons or whiteboard styles. With the help of this software you can make explanatory videos for your professional work or your social work. Although it provides a good variety of tools to work but it is a little bit difficult to use and it requires intermediate-level command on the computer using skills. You will need some time to learn this software before using it. It is fairly cheap in cost than other similar software. A detailed explaindio review is given below for your ease.
User Interface and Timeline
The user interface of the software is a bit complex as menu bar at the top of the screen contains around 20 buttons like open project, create project, screening and save as etc. and right below the menu bar there is timeline, where your create and add scene and also you can modify your media files here. You will find the editing panel and canvas at the bottom of the screen which will change according to the media file you are working on. To start the process, you need to press “create project” button at the top of the screen in the menu bar. You can give a name to your project here as well. After creating and naming your project you need to add a scene on your media file, and how can you do that? It’s simple, by clicking on the plus icon on the screen. You can add scenes from your personal library as well. After adding the scenes press ‘close canvas’ to return to the main editing screen where you can edit the file.
The timelines of explaindio llc are very adaptable as it adapts according to the media file which you have added to the scene. The items you will add will be shown in row form in the timeline to let you know the start and end time of any particular animation. The playtime of animation is shown by the gray line and you can extend it by dragging it to the right side of the screen. Rows represent the timeline of each media file and the order is represented by a column on the left side. It is not necessary that the top file from the column will appear first on the screen, the appearance order can be adjusted gray line in front of the file where you will set the appearance time and length of the appearance.
Visuals
The software provides a variety of formats for the visuals like sketches, bitmap or non-vector images. It has a free library of SVG sketch files which you can use to create an icon or a character. You can also use PNG, JPEG files for the same purpose. Explaindio integrates very well with the pixabay therefore you can also use it to insert images to your scene and it will automatically get drawn on your canvas. It very masterfully creates a path for the image and draw it pretty similar to a SVG and this feature is very rare in these types of software.
Video
You can add videos in your timeline as well and adding them is quite simple and quick. You should keep in mind that when you add any video the software will show the very first frame of the video as preview and in most cases it is black or white, so don’t get worried by looking at the preview.
Animation media file
Adding an animation media file is not a problem here, you can either import a flash animation media file or you can import an explaindio animation file from its library. Its library contains a very nice collection of animation files. Editing the media files is not very difficult but if you find it difficult then you can contact the explaindio training or their customer support team and they will provide a solution to your problem or confusion.
3D Files
Well, after so many useful features and an amazing library of video and image files, this software’s 3D files library is pretty weak in comparison with software and even with its own video library. 3D files are available with odd themes which is very difficult to use of adjust in any scene.
Sound/Audios
Good quality sounds can produce an everlasting impact on the viewer and it is like a soul of the video. You can add audios you like and you can also choose from the library, however the collection of audio the library has is pretty weird and strange and it seems identical. You won’t be able to use it different videos. Additionally, if you are planning to do a voiceover, then my suggestion to you will be to practice the voiceover as much as possible to complete the whole voiceover in one go because it won’t allow you to rectify mid audio.
Add Text
Sometimes you need to add some more details in your videos like stats, % or figures, Explaindio Video Creator is providing a very good quality texting feature with an intense range of font option and color scheme. You can also import your favorite font style if you don’t find any good font in the software. Although people hardly use texting in the video but it is a very handy feature.
Export your Video
Once you are done with creating or editing your video you can export it, to export the video you have two options, one is to either export a single scene from the whole movie or to export the entire movie. To export the whole movie what you need to do is to click on the “create video” button which open export options. Select the options of video quality according to your need and click on the export video button. Export speed totally depends upon the strength of your computer.
Now I will talk about the commonly asked questions for your better understanding of the software.
Is Explaindio free?
No, it is not free but its price is very reasonable and it among the cheapest software in this domain of work. It is only 67$ for a whole year. It doesn’t give a trial version as well, you need to buy it in order to use it. Your purchase will last for 12 months and after that you need to purchase it again to gain the access.
How can I get it?
To get the access to Explaindio Video Creator 4.0 you need to purchase the program and once you purchase the program you will receive login details and the member’s portal URL. There you have to put your details and then you will have an option of explaindio download. It is almost impossible to get the link to download the program because of this member’s portal. During the installation process the program will ask you to put the license number, you need to check your email thoroughly because they will email you the license number. Once you put the license number your program will be installed in your computer.
Is Explaindio safe?
Yes, it is completely safe, they are working for quite a few years now and nobody has complained about the security issue. As you have read above that they will send you URL link and from there you can download the program so there is almost zero possibility to download any corrupted file or any file containing virus.
Explaindio Vs VideoScribe
Well, both of these software possess tools which are essential for video making and both works pretty good. People always asks me to suggest one from these two and I always say to them the selection of the software depends upon the kind of work you will be doing on the software. For instance, if you are a digital marketer or internet marketer then explaindio will be best suited for you because of its adjustment of complex animations. Whereas, videoScribe will best suit the one who is more on the educational video’s side and his majority of the videos will be on awareness and education.
Alternative of Explaindio Video Creator
- VideoScribe – it is one of the most famous video creating software and it works best on whiteboard videos. It is also very cheap and a high quality software with the latest tools of video creating.
- Doodly – it is famous for its 3rd party image integration and excellent whiteboard animations. It is expensive than explaindio but it does have a lot of free tools to work with.
- Adobe Animate CC – well the adobe brand is enough for anyone to know that the product is exceptional and it will provide you complete control to animate however you like. Its wide range of tools makes it easier for the user to work and utilize his creativity.
In the conclusion of this explaindio review I would say that it is a good software for creating animated videos. Although it is a little bit difficult to use at first but once you get the hang of it you will love working on. But if your computer skills are not there then you can find other relevant software in this article.