Sunday, September 10, 2023

Comparing 2 apps for creating video from text: InVideo and Animaker

In my previous post, I compared 4 apps for converting a collecton of photos to video.

Sometimes, I need to quickly create a video containing text with background music and text. Here are two such apps. 

https://studio.invideo.io/

On the left-hand pane, you just type in your text, line by line. Click create, and then you will get a video with background music that contains several slides. Each slide contains one of the sentences that you entered in the left-hand pane. The background of each slide is a picture. 

The good thing about this app is that you just type in your main text sentences in the left-hand pane, e.g., the main stages of a lesson; the main points from a lecture. 

Creating such a video is very fast. 

https://www.animaker.com/

Animaker, unlike Invideo which makes use of real-life photos, uses cartoon animations. It is less convenient than Invideo in that you have to type in your captions slide by slide, after choosing an entire video template (which contains the individual slide templates). 

BOTTOM LINE

- Invideo is faster, but if you want cartoon animation effects, then choose Animaker. 

- Neither has a video duration limit. 

- InVideo does not give you a share link, but you can just play your video from the Dashboard. 

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