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Video Making Tips & Tricks

Need some help getting started? We’ve got the latest video creation Tips & Tricks for beginners and pros alike.

How Vyond’s New Shutterstock Partnership Helps You Create More Relevant and Effective Videos

We’re always looking for new ways to give our customers more creative freedom — and to make our already-user-friendly AI video maker easier to use. That’s why we recently partnered…
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Prompting AI: Getting the Best Results from Vyond Go

We often hear from customers that the hardest part about creating videos is getting started. It’s the perfect kind of challenge for generative AI. Enter Vyond Go, the industry’s first…
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How to Create Accessible Video Content: Best Practices for Inclusive Digital Media

July is Disability Pride Month, a time dedicated to celebrating the 60 million people with disabilities in the United States. The month marks the anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities…
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The Ultimate Guide to AI-Powered Video: What It Is and How to Best Use It

AI is changing the way companies create video content. Find out which categories of AI-powered tools can help you create videos faster, the pros and cons of each, and the…
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How to Use ChatGPT to Create Great Business Video Scripts: 20 Prompts and Editing Advice for L&D, HR, and Sales

In this guide, we discuss the benefits and limitations of using ChatGPT for creating business videos—and share our recommendations on how to refine ChatGPT’s often generic video scripts so they’re…
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7 Types of Camera Movement and How to Create Them in Vyond Studio

Camera movement helps make your videos more engaging and compelling by adding intrigue, interest, and suspense to scenes in your story.  In this guide, we’ll teach you the seven types…
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Everything You Need to Make a Video in Vyond

With rich, sensory details, video is uniquely suited to storytelling. It captures viewers’ attention on a visceral level by replicating a face-to-face human connection. You can use Vyond to create…
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6 Expert-Backed Tips to Improve Your Voice Over Skills

Imagine you have to record a voice over for an explainer video or branded animation. You’re not a voice actor, and you don't have time to go through voice over…
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Advanced animation with Vyond and Adobe

Vyond's built-in animation features allow professionals of all skill levels to create compelling videos. With a full library of customizable templates, it only takes a few minutes to begin creating…
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Disney’s 12 Animation Principles and How to Apply Them with Vyond

Forty years ago, Disney animators Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston shared the 12 animation principles, which Disney Studios followed to create astonishing lifelike effects and animations. To this day, the…
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How to Improve Your Training and Marketing with GIFs Made in Vyond

After several years in the mainstream, GIFs are no longer relegated to just funny internet memes.  Companies large and small are now creating GIFs to grab and maintain attention, explain…
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On-Demand Webinar: Vyond + Adobe: Level-up Your Video Making

Tips for enhanced video production Become a video editing wizard with Adobe Premiere Pro and take your Vyond videos to a whole new level! Join Taylor Morgan- our very own…
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3 Things You Need To Know To Be Successful With Vyond

Hi! I’m Erin Champion, Director of Customer Success at Vyond. I’ve worked with countless customers over my time (5+ years) at Vyond and have synthesized what I believe are the…
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The 6 Design Principles That Will Help You Create Better Business Videos

A compelling narrative script and storyboard are the foundation of an engaging video or animation. But even good stories can fall flat if the backgrounds, characters, colors, props, and scenes…
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How to Make Engaging 2D Animations In 8 Simple Steps

Nowadays, anyone can create 2D animations thanks to intuitive 2D animation software. 2D animation is a type of animation where visuals have breadth and length, so you can see how…
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The 100+ Video Production Terms You Need To Know

Film and video experts—like cinematographers and animators—use hundreds of video production terms while planning, recording, and preparing videos for delivery, leaving those without filmmaking experience in the dark. As with…
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Highlights from Prakriti Rai’s Lessons on Storytelling

On November 3rd and 4th, 2021, the Content Marketing Institute hosted its annual Visual Storytelling Summit, a two-day event for content marketing leaders to share insightful information on how to…
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How to Add Voice Over, Narration, and Lip Sync Audio in Vyond Studio

It might seem overwhelming to record and edit a voice-over or audio track. You might think you need extra software or a fancy microphone or a professional studio. But you…
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Video Resume Tips to Help You Land the Job

Remember the scene in Legally Blonde when Elle's video resume gets her into Harvard Law School? Hers was so different from the usual application that the enrollment committee decided to…
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LinkedIn Cover Story Video: The Simple Guide with Examples & Templates

With over 756 million LinkedIn members and 15 million open positions, finding a job on the platform or standing out to prospects and customers can seem near impossible. But with…
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The Right Way to Use 2D Animation in Email

Using 2D animation in your brand's email newsletters is a great way to help your company stand out. Not only are animated images aesthetically pleasing, but they can also increase…
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How to Hire a Voice Actor (And Where to Find Them)

With hundreds of websites and companies offering voice over services and thousands of voice over actors to choose from, deciding how to hire a voice actor seems like a lot…
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How to Direct Your Internal Voice Over Talent for a High-Quality Video Voice Over

Let's say you want to record a voice-over through the DIY route, because of either budget or company policies. A DIY voice-over means you likely aren't hiring a professional but…
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Record Voice Overs at Any Budget

A bad voice over can ruin your entire video project. You could film your story with Hollywood cameras or animate with the most high-end software, but your audience will hardly…
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How to Send a Video Through Email

Including video in email is a great way to drive email engagement and video play rates, but it takes a little planning. This guide will provide clear and easy instructions for…
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How To Represent Different Ages in Vyond

Effective visual storytelling almost always relies on thoughtful character design, even if the character's an inanimate object. That's why we've packed so many features into Vyond's Character Creator including the…
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On-demand Webinar: 4 Vyond Updates to Enhance your Videos

While you keep getting better at creating videos, so does Vyond Studio. At Vyond, we’re always working hard to bring new improvements, features, and enhancements to help video makers like…
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How to Make an Instructional Video: 25 Essential Tips and Ideas

Forget reading user manuals—people today watch instructional videos when they need to quickly solve a problem. Organizations today are tapping into the preference of instructional videos by using video as…
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2020 Vyond Resources, Tips, and Video Inspiration

2020 was, at least, a great year to be a Vyond customer. This year you had access to fresh content, helpful Vyond Studio updates, useful video templates, free educational webinars,…
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Food Stories with Vyond: Recipes for a Great Video

Food has a magical way of bringing people together during the holidays. This year has made it especially clear what (and who) matters most, and here at Vyond, that’s you.…
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Everything You Need to Add Closed Captions to Vyond Videos

From both an accessibility and a strategic point of view, it’s essential to have captions on your videos. More than 5% of people around the globe have a hearing disability.…
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Kinetic Typography: Create Stunning Animated Text Videos

Video has moved to the forefront of communication and in many instances replaced the written word. Video is more engaging than text. It’s eye-catching, auditorily stimulating, improves message retention, and…
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Custom Text and Logo Animation in Vyond Studio

We get a lot of questions about how we created the Vyond logo animation you see in almost all of our videos. Here's one variation you may have noticed: The…
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Video translation 101: From captions to localization

Video translation is a powerful way to engage your audience and authentically connect with them. Whether using video for staff training and development purposes, or to market to clients and…
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6 Tips for Branding Your Videos

A brand is a combination of design elements and written tone that highlights the distinguishable qualities of a product or service. More importantly, a brand is a strategic theme that…
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30 Tips to Help You Improve Your Presentation Skills

An email from your boss pops in your inbox—-she's asking you to give a talk at an upcoming conference. You groan and your stomach flips at the thought of speaking…
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How to Storyboard Your Next Video

A storyboard is your roadmap when you make a video. Like a script, your storyboard visually guides you throughout the production process. By planning your video, you know which shots…
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Attribution Bias Video Templates

In this post, we share an example of an internal attribution bias training video, show you how we built it from scratch, give you the training video as a project…
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The Ultimate List of 67 Video Tools & Resources

The Ultimate List of  Video Tools Thirty years ago, you couldn't make a professional video unless you had a big budget, a big crew, and years of production expertise. Today,…
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12 Video Ideas to Improve Company Culture

Working in HR, it's easy to feel stretched thin when building a company culture. You'd love to interact with every job candidate and employee, but time, resource, and geographic constraints…
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Educational Animation: Explaining Complex Ideas with Animation

For breaking down and explaining complex ideas, there's no better medium than animation. With greater versatility than live video, animation enables you to easily explain complicated concepts through visuals in…
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Vyond Studio Keyboard Shortcuts

You need video, fast. We get it, and we want to make it as simple as possible. Keyboard shortcuts are the easiest way to ramp up your production speed. With the…
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Start the year off right with a free Vyond (legacy) video template

Update: The video below is no longer available as a template. Visit our video template library to browse 100+ free templates for Vyond Studio.   Between family, friends, and food,…
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2017’s Most Popular Video Resources

2017's Most Popular Resources We had a year filled with great video knowledge and Vyond updates. Get a head start on 2018 video making by reviewing the most popular Vyond…
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Vyond Advanced Camera Techniques Explained by Taylor Morgan

My name is Taylor and I'm the newest member of the Vyond Team, with the role of Video Producer.  I've been creating videos for over half of my life and…
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Creative Ways to Use Shapes in Vyond [GoAnimate] Tutorial

Vyond superstar user, Matthew Dyer, outlined the creative ways that he uses different shape props in his training videos. Check out his tutorial video to learn how squares, triangles, and…
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Making your video: A beginner’s guide

So, you’re ready to make a video, but you’re not sure where to start. We’ve put together a step-by-step guide that will help you take your ideas to reality and…
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Sail the High Seas With Your Very Own GoAnimate Pirates

Ahoy there mateys! Your GoAnimate characters are ready to take on the high seas of animated videos. Join them to find the buried treasure of more engaging video content. Introducing…
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Save Your Audience From the Clutches of Boredom With Animated Superheroes

Look up in the sky. It’s a bird..it’s a plane...it’s a cloud-based animated superhero!  Your Vyond characters have been hiding their secret identities, masquerading as regular citizens. But it’s time…
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Customizable Vyond Characters Get an Update

They may live in Vyond Studio, but now they look just like us! The Vyond characters have been getting mini-makeovers over the past few months, and now they’re ready for…
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