Vyond

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Some aspects of it are pretty easy to use -- if you design for the tool, it's easy to use; if you design for what you want and then try to use the tool to realize your design, it can be quite a bit trickier. I like that there's a decent built-in library of characters and actions and that the characters will appear to speak according to the audio. I did find it much easier to use, and more powerful, than our prior tool, VideoScribe (but it's also more than six times as expensive). My internal customers have been very happy with what I and others were able to create in Vyond and the whiteboard style videos were especially easy to create and publish. I also really like that Vyond has been enhancing their product...there was something that I was really wishing they had (motion pathing) when I was creating my videos last year and I've seen announcements that they've added that functionality since then. (I haven't used Vyond since the end of last year, since I've had other projects to deal with.)

Nachteile

The biggest con is probably the cost...it's expensive for this kind of product. I also dislike that it's subscription based...I prefer apps that you purchase up front (maybe paying a bit extra for a maintenance contract to allow for upgrades). In terms of functionality, one problem is that you can't make a single video file with more than ~100 scenes (if you're using one of the non-whiteboard styles) or you'll start having problems with previewing it. You have to break it into two separate videos (which isn't easy) and then knit the published mp4 files together to make it back into one video. Given this, the product should include a little video splitter/joiner utility (instead of directing folks to use a piece of freeware, which my company won't allow us to do). I also have a laundry list of improvements that Vyond could make to their product to make it even better....for example, it desperately need visibility toggles - can't get it to stop selecting stuff I don't want when working with other stuff that's near it and it also really needs to give the user some way to see layers - can't easily move things to the right layer when there are a ton of objects in the scene. There are also no views of characters from the back -- you can sometimes "fake" this, but it's not easy with all characters/character positions. There's also no way to lock an object in position (like the bookshelves I put on the wall in the scene). I have a bunch of other suggestions, but you get the gist.

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Although there are two to three competitors who has similar features, but what stands out for Vyond is the smart design, which is intuitive and the user-friendly platform enables anyone to quickly learn within 2-3 days. There are plenty of templates to choose from plus there is a library of props, music, and text to speech features. The most standout feature for me is the camera angle for panning and zooming.

Nachteile

If there could be an option for object morphing something like square to rectangle using camera angle it would be great. If 3D objects can be rotated and if there is an option to modify color of all the props then it will make Vyond more robust and competitive.

Vorteile

Firstly, the quick and straightforward method. They offer sufficient templates to make a desired animated video. The extent of customisation is astounding.

Nachteile

Comparatively speaking, the price is expensive, and more features are required. It remains one of the quickest methods for making animated videos, nevertheless.

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Une fois formée par un formateur Vyond, ce qui a été mon cas, c'est facile à prendre en main. On peut faire rapidement une animation sympathique avec des personnages pré-définis

Nachteile

Si on n'en a pas un usage régulier, c'est cher. De plus, le compte est clôturé si on ne maintient pas l'abonnement.
On ne peut pas s'abonner pour 1 mois ou 3 mois ou 6 mois : ce serait un vrai plus

Vorteile

Ease of use; variety of characters, poses, actions, objects; character creator; entrance and exit effects; screen transitions; consistent improvement by developers

Nachteile

Need more animated objects for whiteboard videos; I feel like most of the development and new character and object sets are for the colorized versions of videos; some text-to-speech sounds VERY mechanical

Vorteile

Vyond is quite easy to use and not very hard for one to get proficient at it. The updates are frequent and always to the benefit of the users. Because of the glut of actions/characters in Vyond library, a video can be made more expressive with smart use of continue scene and instant effect. Despite its limitation, if one is applicable enough they can devise new tricks to animate a script to make it more communicable.

Nachteile

I feel the software has a long way to go to match industry-standard tools like After Effects. Having said that, adding more features would make Vyond complicated for a user not familiar with any animating software (thus losing on its user-friendliness). But one can always use third-party software to compensate for the limitations of Vyond. I feel more can be done on actions with a character using a prop. A feature that allows a user to change props used by a character in an action would really help.

Perhaps Vyond can have two versions. One for an uninitiated user with all the simple-to-master tools and interface and one for the more experienced Vyond user with the option to customize actions or create new actions.

Vorteile

Vyond is super easy to learn which makes it a great product for those who have little to no experience in video development. I love that as a creator you have the option to make things as complex or simple as you like. As I've grown my skills my videos have become more and more complex but some of my colleagues who are still new to the product create equally awesome videos with just the standard assets and templates provided.

Nachteile

Vyond can be tough to use on a small laptop screen. Some additional customizability for the layout would be great, but since the program is web-based and not downloaded, it's understandable that the functionality is lacking in that regard.

Vorteile

Vyond provides lots of templates for users, so I can easily construct my ideas through these templates, then customized them to fit my demand. Besides, I can also make my personal characters with different styles, and use the character to represent me since I am not comfortable with camera. Last but not least, the interface is quite easy to understand and use.

Nachteile

Since my company is Taiwanese reseller team, sometimes I have to hold a seminar to teach HR how to use Vyond. However, because the link-sharing function is locked for free trial account, so they cannot share their work with other colleagues, or present their work to boss. Moreover, sometimes the sharing link is not workable on mobile, so this situation might keep some people from buying Vyond.

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Me gusta mucho que gracias a este podemos compartir nuestro trabajo internamente con otros usuarios,la plataforma es sencilla,cuenta con variedad de contenido y funciones que te permiten crear casi cualquier caso cualquier cosa.

Nachteile

He encontrado bloqueos y abandonos ocasionales,haciendo difícil retomar un proyecto ya que este se agrego a a otro lugar

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Vorteile

I love Vyond's efforts in constantly improving. Every time I see something that I could use if it was available, they roll out an update that addresses the issue. The fact that the updates are pretty massive is also helpful and shows that they're attentive to customer needs.

Nachteile

Initially, I didn't like the limitations on controlling movement, but there have been some great strides taken to improve this functionality. I'd still love to see some more improvements, maybe a better/faster way to allow for character transition within a scene rather than only relying on scene cuts, but that's getting knit picky.

Vorteile

The software is cool and easy to use it has a user-friendly interface I will recommend this app to marketers and those looking for a promotional app to help them with their businesses the features and everything is cool except for the pricing of the app I would have given 5 stars if the pricing was a bit low for students.

Nachteile

The pricing of the vyond the pricing is too high I will like the vyond team to look into the pricing

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It allows me to create great high end videos to tailor to the needs of my audience

Nachteile

None, I enjoy everything this software has to offer

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Not much. The animations were lame and irrelevant.

Nachteile

The options were very limited. It didn't have the backgrounds, props and scenery that would have worked for the story I was telling. I had to really improvise which as very time consuming for an end product that felt a bit hokey.

Vorteile

Vyond is my number 1 choice for creating animated videos for my business marketing, training material etc. I liked their easy to use features, and mostly the pricing. If I hired a professional to create animated videos my marketing materials it would cost a lot, Vyond saved a big amount of money in that case. We are really loving this tool.

Nachteile

It is difficult to say as it saved us a lot of money. I think the tool is worth of money.

Vorteile

Sharing templates with my team, web-based software, community of resources

Nachteile

I would like to see closed captions, SVG compatibility, more templates for outlining process flows, but these are all pie in the sky requests. Vyond is an incredible tool already.

Vorteile

In our instructional design we have implemented media creation and this is a great tool for just that. We have been able to reduce training time by creating videos that transmit knowledge in less time. Our survey results show that people prefer learning this way and most important they really enjoy it.

Nachteile

The options to create personalized characters is awesome however I still believe that its missing some option to create more personalized characters. For example long hair for girls

Vorteile

Vyond is an incredibly professional online animation software that allows you to create beautiful animated videos according to your individual and business requirements. The tools and features of this software are really fantastic. You can create a professional animated video within few minutes, really amazing.

Nachteile

The features are really easy to use and understand, so anyone can learn and work on this software. I personally never found any issue during the use of this software, so for me it's amazing without any kind of cons.

Vorteile

Vyond goes above and vyond to help users create unique, animated presentations to help information come to life.

Nachteile

At times it can be difficult to move something once it has been placed.

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The software is very accessible and user friendly. I had a course up and running within a week.

Nachteile

Sometimes it can feel restrictive in terms of what kinds of video files can be uploaded.

Vorteile

Vyond is easy to set up and comes with a ton of great characters that are easily customizable. I love all the sets and different environments that come stock and you can build whatever your imagination can dream up as well.

Nachteile

I feel that there could be better movements/emotions that the characters could have. For example, if there was a slider that could moderate the expressions so that there is more subtlety to the characters faces.

Vorteile

being abe to show a concept to my learners in an interactive way , and helping people who prefer video learning .

Nachteile

adding the feature of beinga ble to customise templates will add much.

Vorteile

It can be difficult to make "live" training material when you don't have a team to skilled presenters handy, especially as many of us continue to work from home. With Vyond, I have been able to create a cast of characters all by myself.

Once you become familiar with simple tricks and tips, the timeline builder is easy to use and creates seamless animation while building one "slide" at a time.

Nachteile

If you're a "jump right in" kind of person, there can be a bit of a learning that sometime comes with trial by error. But like anything, the more you use it, the easier it gets.

Vorteile

Vyond is incredibly easy to learn. The extensive selection of templates help users springboard into a finished product with the addition of a few details. Users can be as design as much or little of a video as desired and still come out with a professional product. The software is continuously being updated with more features to make it more useful and versitile.

Nachteile

The software can sometimes take time to save and transition from the video library back to the design screens. But, I've never lost any work and that's worth the extra time it takes to save videos.

Vorteile

I love that I can create learning content that is interesting, jovial, and informational. It's extremely easy to use and get set up as well, which makes the learning curve that much speedier. There are lots of options from templates to props to characters.

Nachteile

Although there are lots of options when creating characters, I do wish there was a little more customization of placement or color selections. But this is such a small thing as there really are a good amount of options!

Vorteile

LOVE the ease of use - so simple to pick a template and customize. Vyond lets me tell the story with relatable characters, concepts, and props. Easy and quick to publish and share.

Nachteile

The cartoons sometimes feel a little childish. I'd love another alternative that allowed for real graphic templates.

Vorteile

Pre-stocked characters and props are good, along with the stock sounds. I like being able to continue a scene to make more complex animations.

Nachteile

It is difficult using it in the browser sometimes. There are no alignment tools for text and graphics (from what I can tell) and I feel like the zoom function is awkward.

Vorteile

Vyond allows for rapid creation/storyboarding. The stock animations, images, music, and sound provide a plethora of project assets. A huge plus is the ability to create custom characters.

Nachteile

Alpha channel support would be a nice thing to have.

Vorteile

The library with props, people, places, and more is a dream for someone who is not a graphic designer. Having spent my career working in timeline-based animation software, Vyond was easy to pick up with well-written tutorials. I love the examples that are shared with the community to give you how-to tips and get the creative juices flowing.

Nachteile

I haven't found anything yet. It seems like the technical roadmap is always being updated based on user requests, which is great.

Vorteile

I use the templates to get ideas and then customize it from there, or build my own off of an idea I see in a template. There are settings and props for almost every situation. As someone with very little video production and zero animation experience, this was very easy to learn.

Nachteile

Our business is manufacturing, and I’d like to see more characters in this type of setting without the safety vests or uniform.

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I love the custom avatar feature, not just because i could make a cartoon of myself (although I did). We have thousands of employees (over 100K) and a lot of training videos. The training teams try to involve front-line employees in the process since peer to peer advice is usually well received. Many employees who are camera shy and would never want their image recorded absolutely love having an avatar with their own voice in an animated video.

Nachteile

I wish there was more diversity in the hair and clothing styles for all character types (Modern, Business and Whiteboard). It's difficult to show a diverse group that doesn't have at least one "twin".

Vorteile

It really simplifies our ability to create amazing, engaging content

Nachteile

I can't think of anything here. Obviously you cannot be all things to all people

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Using Vyond has helped deliver content to students in a way that keeps them engaged and successfully teaches them the content.

Nachteile

One of the hardest things was learning how to do this at a beginning level. I wish that there were introductory courses available.

Vorteile

I really like how user friendly Vyond is, it was very easy to learn how to use it.
I also like how they provide webinars/training to help users learn how to use the platform as well as promote new features.

Nachteile

Since the product is cloud based it makes it a little harder to use Vyond for all the projects I am working on due to security concerns.

Vorteile

I am not very creative at creating beautiful training content, however, Vyond made it so easy for me to create a really awesome video. It has so many options to chose from, it's incredible. The feature I liked the most was the lips movements linked to the recording sound you use. It really makes it tailored to what you need.

Nachteile

I didn't like that some basic poses don't exist. However, what it does have is pretty much what you need.

Vorteile

What I like most is the versatility of the software. The fact you can customize colors to your brand specifications, add music/voiceovers easily, download the file once it's done is very helpful.

Nachteile

I would like to see more additions to the "Whiteboard" palate...seems like most of the innovation happens for the Contemporary or Business Friendly palates. My company has adopted the Whiteboard palate as it's brand standard and there doesn't seem to be many improvements/additions made to the palate.

Vorteile

Easy to use and fast to design scenarios. Able to create scenes with ease and showcase creative environments.

Nachteile

Limiting in how elaborate animations can be. Restricted to set animations.

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I love the large amount of scenes, characters, background music, and sounds selections.

Nachteile

It is challenging doing a motion logic.

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Ease of use and intuitive nature of the software

Nachteile

The price and could have more functionality.

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The quality of the videos that you are able to create are second to none. Very contemporary and eye catching.

Nachteile

There is not much I do not like about this software. I would love a larger selection of already created templates that pertain to my specific type of work.

Vorteile

This software is extremely easy to use and has a large amount of templates to choose from. Just about everything is customizable and new features are constantly being added.

Nachteile

The only trouble I've run into is getting the lip sync feature to carry over to a new clip. After a few tries I was able to get it to work.

Vorteile

It is very easy to get started and to get results right away. The templates are awesome- you never need to start from scratch if you don't want to.

Nachteile

Could have more children, though you are able to change them to create the look you want.

Vorteile

Very very easy to use.just drag and drop. Superb interface

Nachteile

Pricing is a bit on higher side, can consider other Ltd also

Vorteile

The characters are engaging. Easy to use. Quick to put something together.

Nachteile

The canned voices. Quality of them is poor.