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Picmaker

sangeerani — Wed, 26 Sep 2018 12:46:35 +0000

Picmaker is a DIY YouTube thumbnail maker that helps people create stunning Youtube thumbnails and YouTube channel art in a jiffy.

The simple and easy to use interface makes sure that users don’t need any designing experience to create an awesome thumbnail in Picmaker. With just a few clicks, anyone can create thumbnails that can significantly boost the CTR(Click Through Rate) of their YouTube videos.

What’s inside Picmaker:

Background removal tool
Sticker effect tool
Photo filters
100,000+ graphic elements
700+ pre-built templates
Exclusive access to 1000+ stock photos
Image Resizing option
Image upload option
Unlimited storage for photos and assets

Baked with love from the creators of Animaker Inc., Picmaker is the Perfect tool to make Uber-Cool YouTube Thumbnails!

Introducing Animaker Class!

sangeerani — Wed, 11 Apr 2018 14:00:36 +0000

Animaker recently launched Class – a creative toolkit for classrooms around the world. It is the swiss army knife of creativity for students!

Animaker Class: An Introduction

Schools around the world are trying to incorporate creativity into the curriculum. Some do it via Creative Clubs while others do it directly in the classrooms.

Animaker Class empowers such initiatives and makes classroom environments more fun and interesting. It also promotes collaboration and teamwork among students through Creative Tasks.

What’s inside Animaker Class?

These are the main tools inside:

2D Video Maker
Video Infographics Maker
Poster Maker
Presentation Maker
Vertical Video Maker
Infographics Maker
Whiteboard Video Maker
GIF Maker (Coming Soon)

Animaker Class is the brainchild of Animaker Inc. created with the help of 200,000+ educators and students worldwide.

Top 5 Best Tools to Make Social Media Videos

sangeerani — Thu, 20 Apr 2017 06:56:14 +0000

Last week, the shower fell on my head. It was a chilly morning. First, I thought it was frozen ice. Then, I realised the whole damn thing was broken.

I called the plumber. He came in at lightning speed. So quick that he forgot to take his tools. He was the finest plumber in town, but without the tools he was as good as my Neighbour Jerry.

The only difference between humans today and humans 10000 years ago is tools.

You might be a social media expert. You might have the creativity to make content that attracts attention. You might even have the insight to understand the trends. But without the right tools, you are only 1% of what you can be.

A lot of professionals don’t update their arsenal.

We find an amazing tool. We fall in love with it. And we keep on using it for years and years.

What if your Grandpa still used pigeons instead of Gmail?

Here is the 2017 list of must have tools for social media:

Live Video Maker – Shakr.

Small businesses and big brands are turning to social media video advertising for discovery, entertainment and brand awareness.

And with the number of video ad views totaling to 28.7 billion last year, you just can’t ignore it! However, as the cost for making video ads are too expensive, most marketers were still testing waters. Shakr changes all that. It is the missing piece of puzzle that saves the day here.

Shakr aims to help Small business owners ( real estate agents, car dealers, restaurant owners) to create video advertising campaigns for their marketplace at a very affordable price.

All you need to do is pick stock images from the application and drop them in the video creator. The output is a stunning HD video for your video ad campaign. Their templates are designed by graphic designers who have worked for brands like Nike and Samsung in the past.

You can also preview the HD-quality, non-watermarked video clips and themes before buying them.

WeVideo

Another popular social media app I have come across is WeVideo. Like Shakr, WeVideos also helps you create live videos. But the best thing I like about them is that you can capture and edit your video on your mobile on the go.
WeVideo boasts of giving full creative control to the users.Their main motto is that imagination should be the foundation of any kickass video. They make it very easy to create a great movie.

With features like photo animation, voice over, and clip transformation, screencasting etc, WeVideo seems no less than a mix of professional video editing tools within a single application.

WeVideo is the one stop solution for making anything from family videos to product demos. It can be used in both PC and smartphone.

Animated Videos: Animaker

Animated videos are underestimated.

While it cannot provide the richness of a real video, it has its own advantages.

It’s not just an app for explainer videos. In addition to having a huge list of awesome features to make cool animations, it can come to your rescue:

1. If your target audience is not from your country and you don’t have the money to hire a foreign actor.

2. When you want your imagination to make all the rules.

3. When you want to incite warm emotions while showing a factory or anything boring.

4. If you are catering to a statistics heavy topic.

5. If you want to make changes later.

Animaker edges out most other apps in the same segment thanks to 2 things:

Better Visuals: More lively characters in the app with new characters coming up all the time.

A constant update of features: Last year we came up with Video Infographics and this year we’ve already brought in Animaker Decks: which can convert your video into a slide show presentation. But our landmark innovation this year would be the addition of the world’s first vertical video maker. If you haven’t already, you should check it out now.

Video slideshows – Animoto

Like the 3 tools mentioned above, Animoto also has a unique feature- Video slideshows.

It gives you a video slideshow instead of a video as an output which is recreated out of free images, video clips or music clips. Animoto has patented Cinematic Artificial Intelligence technology which makes all of this possible.

The company aims to help users make professional looking videos instead of poorly made camcorder video clips. And it turned out to be true when Animoto’s Facebook application launched in 2008 had nearly 750,000 people signed up in just three days!

If you want to create a video slideshow with an attractive mix of video clips, images and music clips, Animoto is a tool you need to try.

Magisto

If you want to add a personal touch to their social videos, Magisto holds a big advantage. With their emotion sense technology, the tool automatically selects the best parts of the video and clubs it into a beautiful story that elicits emotion.

The patented emotion sense technology is said to work on three levels: Visual analysis, audio analysis and storytelling.

After a detailed analysis of the video, the tool identifies the main character of the video, the topic of the video and uses the emotion guided techniques to form a perfect story.

From personal videos to commercial ads, Magisto captures the core element of your video (the story) and makes it compelling to look at.

All with an easy-to-use interface with editing tools, captions, custom branding and pre- themed templates. Magisto has come a long way to be called a “smart video storytelling application”.

It’s a war out there. Having a good plan alone won’t be enough to stand out. You need to use the right tools as well. Remember, Iron man would be just talk and no show if he didn’t have the suit.

Why we think FileInvite Revolutionizes Office Communication?

admin — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 05:44:34 +0000

What is the easiest way to communicate with your clients? Yes, you got that right, through the omnipresent Email. All over the world, and for many different purposes, thousands of people are doing exactly that. What happens when you are expecting information from many clients through Email. It becomes hard to track them- files are either too big, wrong files, late files and sometimes no files. You have this painful task of sending reminders and keeping track of all mails.
FileInvite has got a simple solution that will transform the way you collect information, forever. All you have to do is create and send a FileInvite with the information you require. The client then uploads the files and information to a centralized location. You can keep track through a hassle free process where could just tick on the checklist as you receive files and send automated reminders to your clients via email and SMS.
You can download these files at any stage straight to your computer or sync with your favourite cloud storage. With FileInvite you stay in control, impress your clients with professionalism and importantly save time and money.
The founders of FileInvite also own a successful website design company in New Zealand (www.zyber.co.nz) – recently awarded in the Deloitte fastest 50 growing companies in New Zealand. FileInvite was developed to address the problem of collecting information from clients e.g. logo, copy, images etc.
FileInvite solves the issue of collecting information from clients in a range of different industries including:

Website design
Digital agencies
Advertising/Media
Accountants/Financial advisors
Lawyers
Insurance brokers
Mortgage brokers
Construction industry
Councils
Office administration
Education
And more…

Don’t delay – Impress your clients today by sending a FileInvite!

How are they different?

FileInvite is completely original and new to the market. They developed FileInvite in direct response to a problem that a lot of companies face. They themselves had these problems in their website design company (Zyber) when dealing with clients – the project would get delayed when information like photos. logo, copy etc of the client not reaching them. Even If they do send, it is usually in multiple emails.
FileInvite is here to revolutionize the way we managed projects, meaning it reduces project times considerably with increased levels of professionalism and increased customer satisfaction. Overall, FileInvite helps businesses to save a lot of time and money.
Visit FileInvite.

Urban Ladder’s first app- Urban Storage

admin — Sat, 15 Nov 2014 11:04:13 +0000

In 2012, Urban Ladder was found by the joint effort of Ashish Goel(CEO) and Rajiv Srivatsa(COO) aiming at establishing an organised hub for home solutions. They wanted an establishment that can serve as an ultimate destination for all consumers of urban India who wish to construct their dream homes.
Urban Ladder, is now the leader in online furniture retail shop in India offers over 1000 products across 25 categories in furniture such as wardrobes, beds, sofas, dining tables, etc. The recent funding of $21 million has powered the company’s business plans to invest heavily in technology to strengthen its position as a leader in the furniture market and benchmark furniture shopping, globally.
This article throws focus on the 2 apps promised to launch by this store. The apps that are to be glorified as milestones of furniture shopping.
Urban Ladder, has proclaimed to pitch in it’s first app, ‘Urban Storage’ under the label ‘UL Labs’. The teams from Urban Ladder collaboratively work with digital start-ups across the globe spearheading solutions for furniture buying. This app is aimed at providing advanced solutions to bridge the ‘hold and sense’ gap in the purchase of online furnitures.
The online website of Urban Ladder showcases an array of trendy designs all of high quality, handcrafted furniture. The logistics team of Urban Ladder personally delivers and installs the chosen pieces at customer’s doorstep, thereby guaranteeing safe delivery. It is supported by top tier venture capital firms, Steadview Capital, SAIF Partners and Kalaari Capital.

Ultra Features of the Urban Storage app

Urban Storage is an app with a following features,

A modular wardrobe configurator.
Customers can choose different models, finishes, and internal configurations to design their wardrobe.
Customers can check pricing relevant to their configuration.
Internet connectivity NOT required, but for updates.

Download the app on Android or iOS.

Lucid Features of Living Space app

UL labs has built another app to support its store- Living Space. The highlights of this app are,

Enables customers to visualize various models and fabrics of sofas in their living room to well match the colour scheme of their home.
Displays an augmented reality version of the chosen piece.

Experience a visual demo for better insight on how the app work from the video.

Mozilla launches Firefox developer edition, wow moment for UI developers

admin — Fri, 14 Nov 2014 05:30:19 +0000

we all know, Firefox is the best ever tool for most of the UI developers. Firefox along with firebug can always cut down your UI effort like anything.
This new firefox developer edition (Click here for download), is stunning and gives a lot of strength to developers.

Key Highlights

WebIDE – Inbuilt.
Cross browser debugging with valence can help you to use chrome and safari.
New Tools – Page Inspector, web Console and Audio Editor.
Responsive design view improved.

we have named few, check out to know more.

12 Types of explainer Videos to choose for startups

Gayathri — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 12:03:47 +0000

Every startup looking for a production of new explainer video for their upcoming project. Have a big question on what to choose? How to select the best one? Which perfectly fit your budget? Finally where to find the animation studio who can deliver a master piece. Also there are few new explainer video softwares pops up and make the video even affordable for huge audience.

I hope this article spark some ideas for you if you’re stuck.

Types of Explainer video

2D animation
2.5D Animation
3D Animation
Live Action
Whiteboard
Typography
ScreenCast
Stop Motion
Infographic
Ipad/ IPhone Apps
Music -Only
Testimonial

2D Animation

One of the most famous and widely used model to explain any startup idea. This videos perfectly fit in low budget and very easy to make. so it became a all time destination for any new startups.

Budget	:	starting $1000 to $5000
Studios excels in 2D	:	Bode Animation, Demo Duck, LooseKeys

2.5D Animation

2.5D is the combination of 3D objects and 2D images in same platform to make the video more appealing. This model of production is bit different from actual 2D which comes with more time consuming and high budget.

Budget	:	$5000 to $10K
Studios excels in 2.5D	:	Grumo, Bode Animation, SwitchVideo

3D Animation

3D diffenitely time consuming and expensive. But for sure this type of video standout from rest of the 2D demo
videos.

Budget	:	$10K to 30K
Studios excels in 3D	:	Epipheo, Tadapix

Animaker : Make Your own Animated Videos (Promoted)

Animaker.com is a cloud-based do-it-yourself (#DIY) animation video making software that is bringing studio quality professional tools within reach of everyone.

Live Action

Live action is nothing but a live video which recorded using a video camera with real people. It needs perfect setup like crew, actors, editors, production process, etc. But It can be even done in small budget. It is almost similar to TV marketing videos.

Budget	:	$1K to $50K
Studios excels in Liveaction	:	DemoDuck, Bode Animation, SandwichVideo, Sway Production

Whiteboard

2012 most famous and preferred video type especially in startup networks. The whole idea is drawing a sequential images and text in a whiteboard matching the voice over and explaining the whole concept.

Budget	:	$3k to $10k
Studios excels in whiteboard	:	Bode Animation, Ydraw

Kinetic Typography

Words speak a lot. Typography is the preferred mode of sharing inspiring text in sequential way. This videos are quite creative and inspires a huge audience.

Budget	:	$1K to $5k
Studios excels in Typograpghy	:	Bode Animation, veracitycolab, blinktower

Animated Screencast

Most simple and easiest way to develop. Even startups can create their own.

Budget

$500 to $1k

StopMotion

Step by step screens taken using real objects and video camera to get a excellent crafted video. The process is quite tough and very expensive.

Budget	:	$15 to $50k
Studios excels in Stopmotion	:	piehole.tv, Epipheo, Barq Video

Infographic

Fluid motion of statistics, numbers, Images, text in most loveable way to attract viewers. This video is preferred in showing big list of financial data, facts, figures, etc.

Budget	:	$1k to $5k
Studios excels in infographic	:	Simple Story videos, Think Video, Bode Animation

iPhone / iPad Apps

The whole video is played inside a video widget which makes easy for any mobile startup to explain the idea behind the concept.

Budget	:	$2k to $6k
Studios excels in Mobile Apps	:	Bode Animation, Tiny loud, Explania

Music Only

It is similar to typography and infographic with text and image flows with music to explain the whole idea of the startup.

Budget

$1k to $10k

Testimonial

Oldest but quite best way to impress viewers where a good looking male or female share their whole experience about your startup in front of a camera. Budget can be reduced to minimum by making real people with some handy camera to complete this project.

Suggest in comments if you have created a different style of video making to any startups.

Metaweb: Making Your Website Smarter

Gayathri — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 11:57:52 +0000

Metaweb is a completely new concept to replacing keywords with entities. Since, words are not the best way to describe something and are often misinterpreted. Everyone writes a name with a different spelling and things can get a lot confusing for everyone.Metaweb introduced the idea of using these entities that held every reference to a particular person, song, movie, place, etc.

Video Review:

The idea that Metaweb presents is not so easy to understand because of its high level of technicality. Just because of this reason they created an explainer video that would explain their extremely complex idea in less than 4 minutes. Here are some notable features of their video:

Sketch-style motion graphics have been used.
Typography has been used a lot in the video because of the relevance it holds with explaining keywords and entities.
Entities have been shown as building blocks that can hold all the different meanings pertaining to them.
Examples have been used to make it easier to understand the concept.
The graphics are just the right amount of color and a neutral background has been used.

This startup video pitch was so right on the spot that it helped Metaweb sell their idea to Google. This clearly shows that well made business videos can do wonders for a startup company and at times even beyond their imagination.

Float: Scheduling Tasks the Right Way

sangeerani — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 09:33:59 +0000

Float works as a web application that schedules team’s tasks and time allocation for different projects. Managing a team can be quite difficult sometimes and assigning tasks, allocating time and then emailing notifications to everyone is highly time-consuming. Float does all of that for the team leader by making it simple to assign tasks, allocate time and send notifications at the click of a button.

It helps the team leader see the workload at a glance and accordingly assign tasks, even a week in advance. All you need to do is visit their website and take a tour of their startup video demo that explains everything in less than a minute and a half.

Video Review:

Here are some notable features of their video:

Gives a real life example using a short video movie of how a team leader manages his employees using Float.
All the features of the application are carefully shown in the video by using typography and images are different instances.
Shows that it is possible to have a happy and productive team by using the Float web application.
Snippets of the application are shown along with the logo at different places.

Videos for business startups are extremely important to increase their reach and to effectively present their idea. What their video fails to mention is that they are offering a 30 day trial period for their application. Mentioning it in their video would have gotten them even better responses from customers.

URL:http://www.floatschedule.com/

PhotoCrati: Helps Create Website for Photographers

Gayathri — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 11:09:53 +0000

PhotoCrati offers wordpress themes that are completely customizable for photographers. Since, photographers usually want photo galleries, slide shows and blogs as a main part of their site, making it possible with a Flash Homepage becomes very difficult without hiring an expensive web developer. With PhotoCrati they can have a Flash Homepage and a customizable photo gallery, slideshow option and blog. To create a website with PhotoCrati, the user does not even need to know any coding at all.

Easily customization website options have become extremely popular these days. This solution for photographers offers so many options that they would not be able to find otherwise.

Video Review:

To introduce PhotoCrati to the world, they have used an explainer video. Here are some of its notable features:

Typography has been used throughout the video with the text big, bold and capitalized. The color of the text is white in harmony with their white logo.
A green background has been used which is the same green that can be found on their website and is their corporate color.
Screencast has been used to show how the website looks and works.
Since, it is an application about photos; the whole video is filled with numerous images shown.
The video is longer than a normal demo video and lasts a little over 4 minutes.
Brings ample attention on how to use their service and what it provides, along with its advantages.

At times the numerous photos that pass on the screen do become a little distracting from the original message of the startup video demo. They could have opted to use a little less of those images and focused some other interesting visualization. The video is a little too long and has too much information stuffed into it. They should have broken it down into smaller videos, each focusing on one aspect.

URL:http://www.Photocrati.com/

The Startup Videos » Web Apps

Picmaker

Introducing Animaker Class!

Top 5 Best Tools to Make Social Media Videos

Live Video Maker – Shakr.

WeVideo

Animated Videos: Animaker

Video slideshows – Animoto

Magisto

Why we think FileInvite Revolutionizes Office Communication?

How are they different?

Urban Ladder’s first app- Urban Storage

Ultra Features of the Urban Storage app

Lucid Features of Living Space app

Experience a visual demo for better insight on how the app work from the video.

Mozilla launches Firefox developer edition, wow moment for UI developers

Key Highlights

12 Types of explainer Videos to choose for startups

2D Animation

2.5D Animation

3D Animation

Animaker : Make Your own Animated Videos (Promoted)

Live Action

Whiteboard

Kinetic Typography

Animated Screencast

StopMotion

Infographic

iPhone / iPad Apps

Music Only

Testimonial

To Read More

Metaweb: Making Your Website Smarter

Video Review:

Float: Scheduling Tasks the Right Way

Video Review:

PhotoCrati: Helps Create Website for Photographers

Video Review: