VideoScribe is software for creating whiteboard animations, as well as many other animation styles, automatically. It has remained popular with its subscribers for enabling the creation of animated video content with few skills or prior knowledge required.
The software is popularly used for creating explainer videos, marketing videos, internal communications videos, as well as branded or promotional videos. VideoScribe content is also widely used within the education sector, with users creating video as teaching & learning curriculum content, and by students to deliver assignments, projects and homework.
It was launched in 2012 by UK company Sparkol. By April 2014 it had more than 250,000 users in 135 countries around the world. VideoScribe is available as a desktop version and an iPad app. The desktop version allows a seven-day free trial after which users can buy VideoScribe Pro on monthly, yearly or one-off subscriptions, which gives users rights for commercial and resell use. There are multi-user discounts for businesses and education establishments.
VideoScribe is developed in Adobe Flash and produces QuickTime movies and Flash videos. Video files can be exported to Quicktime video, Flash video or image sequences (JPEG or PNG).
Notable uses
In April 2013, American school children used VideoScribe to create a message for Barack Obama, pleading with the US president to reinstate their tour of the White House after it was cancelled by federal budget cuts.
UK Chancellor George Osborne narrated a scribe to explain the Spending Round on the British Government website in June 2013. The following month, VideoScribe was recommended on the BBC News website.
Mashable have used VideoScribe to make several whiteboard videos for their website.