How to create Animated Educational Videos [Easy Animation Tutorial for school projects!] Assignments

Animaker
30 Dec 202120:08

TLDRThis video tutorial is designed for students and teachers who want to create animated educational videos for learning purposes. It provides a step-by-step guide on how to use the Animaker platform to make engaging videos. From setting up an account, adding characters, and customizing animations, to incorporating text, audio, and voice-overs, the video walks through the entire process. It also covers scene transitions, background music, and downloading the final product. By the end, viewers will be able to create their own educational videos and impress their audience.

Takeaways

  • 🎬 This tutorial is for students and teachers who want to create animated educational videos using Animaker.
  • 📝 To start, sign up on Animaker, go to the dashboard, and select 'Create a Video' to open a blank workspace.
  • 📊 The workspace consists of scenes (like slides), a timeline with animation, video, and audio tracks, and a library of characters and props.
  • 👩‍🎨 You can add characters, customize them, and choose from over 500 actions to make them interact in the scene.
  • 🎨 Change background colors and add text elements, customizing their appearance and animation on the timeline.
  • 🎤 Add voice-overs using text-to-speech, recording, or uploading pre-recorded audio, and sync it with the animations.
  • 🚴 Create visuals that match audio descriptions, such as animating characters performing actions mentioned in the script.
  • 🔄 Use the smart move tool to animate objects along custom paths, adjusting the direction and timing of animations.
  • 🔊 Enhance scenes with sound effects, music, and scene transitions to improve the overall flow of the video.
  • 📥 After completing the video, preview all scenes, make adjustments, and download the final product for presentation.

Q & A

  • What is the purpose of the video?

    -The video is intended to help students and teachers create animated educational videos for learning purposes.

  • What tool is recommended for creating animated educational videos?

    -The video recommends using Animaker, an online animation platform.

  • What is a 'scene' in Animaker, and how is it similar to slides in a presentation?

    -A scene in Animaker is like a slide in a presentation, where several scenes combine to form a complete video, just like slides combine to form a presentation.

  • What is the 'item menu' in Animaker used for?

    -The item menu contains various options to manipulate characters and elements, including adding voice-overs and animations.

  • How can users add text to a video in Animaker?

    -Users can add text by selecting a text box from the library, typing in the desired text, and adjusting its duration and animation effects on the timeline.

  • How can you customize the background in Animaker?

    -The background can be customized by clicking on the workspace and selecting different colors from the color palette, and users can control the direction of the colors.

  • What options does Animaker offer for adding voice-overs?

    -Animaker offers three voice-over options: recording a voice directly, uploading pre-recorded audio, and using the text-to-speech feature.

  • How can the smart move option be used for custom animations?

    -The smart move option allows users to animate objects between multiple points by adjusting the timeline and creating custom paths for movement, such as molecules moving through the lungs.

  • How can users preview their video during editing?

    -Users can preview their video by clicking the play icon above the timeline, which allows them to view the current scene and make adjustments.

  • How can users download their finished video from Animaker?

    -To download the video, users need to click the publish option, select download video, and wait for the download page to appear once the video is ready.

Outlines

00:00

🎥 Introduction to Creating Animated Educational Videos

This paragraph introduces the video for students and teachers who wish to create animated educational videos. The speaker outlines the objective of recreating an animated video and provides a reminder to subscribe to the channel. It then directs viewers to the Animaker website, where they can sign up, access the dashboard, and begin a new project. Key sections of the Animaker interface, such as the workspace, scenes, and timeline, are explained. The speaker also highlights the various timelines for animation, video, audio, and camera. The paragraph covers the library's contents, such as animated characters and other media resources, and begins the process of adding a character to the scene.

05:00

🗣️ Adding Voice-Over with Text-to-Speech

The speaker explains how to add voice-overs using the Text-to-Speech feature. They walk viewers through pasting the script text, selecting the voice parameters (gender, language, and voice type), and customizing the voice-over with speed, pitch, and volume adjustments to make it sound natural. Additionally, break and breath effects can be added between words for a more polished result. Paid users can enhance the audio using an auto-enhance feature. Once the voice-over is ready, the speaker syncs it with the visuals and previews the scene before proceeding to create the next scene.

10:03

🎬 Creating Custom Animations and Visuals

This section covers how to create custom animations by syncing visuals with the voice-over. The speaker describes adding characters performing actions like riding a vehicle and playing sports to align with the script’s audio cues. Animation effects are applied to make characters move smoothly across the scene. The speaker also adds animated text, gives it a glow effect, and previews the work. In addition, they show how to use the smart move feature to animate oxygen molecules moving towards the human body in a realistic way. The animation paths are adjusted to reflect the movement, and multiple molecules are created to enrich the scene.

15:09

🫁 Visualizing Oxygen Flow and Scene Transitions

In this paragraph, the speaker adds more detail to the animation, showing oxygen molecules traveling through the lungs and human body. They use smart move techniques to create curved paths for the molecules. Additional molecules are animated to enter from different directions. After that, the focus shifts to visually representing breathing by enlarging a character's face. The speaker also explains how to make molecules move inside the lungs and how to curve their path to match the visuals. This paragraph ends by adding text and arrows to highlight different lung parts before previewing the scene.

🩸 Representing Oxygen Transfer to the Body

The final section of the script discusses how to visually represent the transfer of oxygen from the lungs to other body organs. The speaker adds lungs and organs to the scene and uses creepers to depict blood vessels. The blood vessels' color is customized, and wipe animation effects are applied to make them appear as if they are moving oxygen between the lungs and organs. The speaker also ensures the visual layers are arranged correctly and previews the scene. A transition effect is added between scenes, and background music is incorporated. The video concludes with a final preview of all scenes and instructions on how to download the finished animated video.

Mindmap

Keywords

💡Animaker

Animaker is an online platform used to create animated videos. In the video, it is introduced as the main tool for creating educational animations. Users can sign up for an account and access various features to build their video projects.

💡Workspace

The workspace refers to the central area in Animaker where users create and edit scenes. It acts as the canvas for arranging characters, backgrounds, and other elements in the video. The video emphasizes how scenes can be constructed on this workspace.

💡Scenes

Scenes in Animaker are equivalent to slides in a presentation. They form the basic building blocks of the video. The video tutorial highlights how users can combine several scenes to tell a coherent story or present educational content.

💡Timeline

The timeline is a key feature in Animaker that allows users to control the timing of animations, audio, and visual elements. The video explains that there are different layers for animation, video, and audio, helping users synchronize various aspects of their video.

💡Library

The library is where all the assets, such as characters, backgrounds, music, and properties, are stored in Animaker. Users can browse the library to add these elements to their video, as described in the tutorial.

💡Character Actions

Character actions refer to pre-set behaviors that can be applied to animated characters in the scene. The video shows how users can choose from over 500 actions, such as talking or walking, to bring their characters to life.

💡Text to Speech

Text to Speech is a feature that converts written text into spoken dialogue. The video demonstrates how this can be used to generate voice-overs for characters, offering customization options like adjusting pitch, speed, and adding natural effects.

💡Smart Move

Smart Move is a custom animation feature that allows users to move objects between different points. The video tutorial explains how this tool is used to animate elements like oxygen molecules traveling towards a character's lungs.

💡Voice-over

Voice-over refers to audio narration added to the video. In the video, it explains how users can either record their own voice or use text-to-speech options to sync narration with the visuals, especially in educational contexts.

💡Transition Effects

Transition effects are animations that smooth the shift from one scene to the next. The video shows how to apply these effects between scenes to enhance the flow of the educational video.

Highlights

This video is for students and teachers who want to create animated educational videos for learning purposes.

Visit the Animaker website and sign up for a new account to start creating videos.

The workspace is where the scenes and animations are designed, similar to slides in a presentation.

Three different timelines exist: animation, video and audio, and camera timelines.

The library contains animated characters, images, videos, music tracks, and properties needed for video creation.

You can create custom characters or choose from the existing ones in the library.

There are more than 500 actions available for each character, including talking animations.

You can change the background color and apply custom effects to your scenes.

Text can be added to scenes, and you can adjust the timing, animations, and effects.

You can add voiceovers to characters using text-to-speech or pre-recorded audio.

Use the smart move option to animate objects along customized paths in scenes.

You can preview scenes and adjust their durations using simple timeline controls.

Adding transitions between scenes creates a smooth visual flow in the video.

Copyright-free music tracks can be added from the library to enhance the video.

Once the video is ready, publish and download it from the Animaker platform.