Whiteboard Animation: How I Make One (in 2024)

In this video, you'll learn how to create a whiteboard animation video in 2-3 hours (2024-style). I've used this process for 10+ years to create all my educational content. At the end, you'll have a complete framework for how to create your own animation video. Learn more at: https://ruedriis.com/community

Whiteboard animation is not a new format. Some would say it's outdated. But from a learning theory perspective, it's absolutely not. Actually, it's super powerful in its ability to highlight, simplify, and engage.

Whiteboard animation makers are all over the Internet. I've reviewed a bunch, and my favorite is still Vyond. The style is simple. The aesthetics are tasteful. And the libraries are consistent. On top, Vyond's interface is by far the easiest to work with.

A strong whiteboard animation video is built on 3 things; a great script that clearly explains the topic; a fast-paced, well-articulated voiceover with good energy; and visuals that elaborate on what's being narrated in the voice-over.

In the video, I also address whiteboard animation's pros and cons. The pros are centered around Mayer's Multimedia Learning Theory and how it enables some of these well-researched ways people learn through media. And the cons being about the perceived modernness of it's looks.

Whiteboard animation software is available online and quite affordable, with the main players being Vyond, Doodly, VideoScribe, and Animaker. My favorite is Vyond because of it's qualities for both creators and consumers of the video.

You can call this a whiteboard animation tutorial because it outlines my exact process for how I research, write, narrate, and animate a complete whiteboard animation video from start to finish. Although I use Vyond, the principles are general and can be used with any online animation maker.

At the end of this tutorial, you will see an example of the whiteboard video, I've made. Use this example as inspiration for how you structure your process, as well as how to design simple scenes that are synced with and support the voice-over.

CHAPTERS
0:00 Why whiteboard video still works
3:07 How to outline a whiteboard animation video
9:00 How to use ChatGPT as script writing assistant
11:30 How to record voice-over in Vyond
23:15 How to animate each scene
48:46 How long did it take to create a complete whiteboard video?
49:58 Watch my whiteboard video example

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