A whiteboard animation software that is full of features, easy to use and affordable is probably what a good corporate presenter or online marketer would look for. If you are not looking for an award-winning but extremely expensive video animation tool, then those whiteboard animation software available online can be a great alternative to engage your prospects or corporate audiences.
Several such tools exist today, but let’s focus on these two that can have almost the same functionality: Sparkol’s Videoscribe and Paul Lynch’s Easy Sketch Pro 2.0. Both creators recently updated their babies to version 2 with the former releasing it in July 2014.
In Videoscribe whiteboard animation software
The recent version of Videoscribe is actually a much better version than the first version. It’s much easier to use, easier to navigate, and quite refreshing to look at. It has also added new free SVG images to its library totaling hundreds of doodles in 42 folders. Although they will never be enough to meet all the expectations in several stories, at least you will have many more free SVG images to start with.
It’s also great that the font and text color features have been improved, giving you more variations in your texts. Just don’t check all the boxes for Extended Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, etc. as you import fonts, unless you have a special need, as it will take a long time to complete. Just fill in the basic characters for your storyboards.
However, one thing that limits Videoscribe Whiteboard Animation Software is its inability to add videos on the canvas itself. It would have been great to make a video in the background while a hand draws an image or text on it.
At $29/month or a one-time payment of $665, Videoscribe may not be for everyone, especially if you don’t use the tool consistently. I’ve been a subscriber for almost a year and will probably just have to switch to an annual plan to save a few bucks.
You might wonder if it’s worth it.
Well for me it is! Having a tool like Videoscribe is a great help in presenting my ideas online and offline in a fresh and refreshing way. I just have to maximize its use to fully experience its value.
If you’re already a Videoscribe enthusiast, you can also check out my specially designed SVG images for Videoscribe. They are absolutely free!
In Easy Sketch Pro whiteboard animation software
I’ve been using Videoscribe for about a year, but hadn’t heard of Easy Sketch Pro 2.0 until a few days ago (shame on me!). Although this whiteboard animation software is basically the same as Videoscribe, it does have one unique feature that Videoscribe doesn’t have: the inclusion of live video on the canvas! This is a unique feature as it will bring your sketches to life at any point in your message. Now that I think about it. A hand drawing a car that a man gets out of in about 5 seconds and suddenly everything comes to life when the video plays. Cool, right?
What’s better than that is that you only have to pay a one-time fee on Easy Sketch Pro 2.0 equal to a month’s subscription to Videoscribe. I think those are the biggest differentiators of whiteboard animation softwares that I am trying to point out.
Your drawback?
Actually there are also two that I can easily count. Although there are 50 folders in your library, the actual images are limited. You have to upgrade or purchase images separately. And images you might have bought somewhere for your Videoscribe projects may not work if they don’t have the PNG (.png) equivalent.
So which whiteboard animation software is the best?
Price is an important consideration for me. So I will easily give the option to Easy Sketch Pro 2.0!
But that doesn’t mean I’ll give up on Videoscribe easily. At least not yet. In fact, I can do some things so that one complements the other. I can probably come back to share more tips on how to do it in my next post.
In the meantime, I recommend that you experiment with whatever whiteboard animation software you’re using to wow your audience.
You will rock!