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Hey, there!
Glad to have you here! If you need assistance with anything, please don't hesitate to contact us through our official helpdesk or send us a message on our Facebook page. And whether you just signed up for CreateStudio to create videos for your family and friends, or to bump up your marketing game, we want to make sure that you get the help you need to make the most out of your content creation experience.
To make it easy, we’ve put together a guide to help you use CreateStudio for the first time.
Installation Guides
- How to install CreateStudio on MacOS - Learn how to install CreateStudio on your MacOS computer.
- How to Install CreateStudio on Windows - Learn how to install CreateStudio on your Windows computer.
Getting Started with CreateStudio
Drag and drop your way into creating animated videos that are remarkably unique as you. You won't believe how easy it is!
Join Josh, CEO of CreateStudio as he walks you through the interface and basic features and see how it all works.
All looks easy, right? But the easiest way to learn using Create Studio is to simply jump in and start creating captivating content.
Here are some video tutorials that can help you get started:
- The CreateStudio Standard Package Tour - Learn where to find the assets included in the main license through this super helpful video
- Configuring your project settings - Ready to get started but don't know how to set up your workspace? Check this out.
- Timeline Overview - Learn about the CreateStudio timeline and discover how you can better maximize it to create amazing animated videos!
- How to Import Media - Learn how to import photos and videos into CreateStudio.
- How to Edit Templates - CreateStudio offers tons of incredible ready to use templates. Here's a tutorial on how to use them and to maximize their usage.
- Animation Presets - Learn how to setup animation presets in CreateStudio.
- How to Create Custom Animations - CreateStudio may be quick and simple, but it also allows for a more customiseable animations. Here's how to do it.
- How to Sync Elements with Audio - Here's to answer one of the most common questions, "How do you sync elements with audio?"
- Back up Projects and Share Templates - You can share templates with other devices and back up your projects.
Dive into animations!
- Animating SVGs - Learn how to use and animate SVG files to tell better stories with CreateStudio.
- Looping Animations - Looping animations are very entertaining and can get people's attention real quick. Here's how to do it in CreateStudio.
- How to Create a Circle Animation - Ever wondered how to make those hypnotising circular animations at the start of videos? Well here's an easy tutorial on how to do it on CreateStudio
- How to Create a Custom Lower Third Animation - Lower thirds are useful elements to show your brand or introduce a topic or a character in a video. Here's how you can add it to your animated videos.
- How to make a pan and zoom effect - Learn how to use the camera pan and zoom effect in CreateStudio to improve transitions and emphasis.
- How to use the doodle effect with any element - Did you know that you can create a doodle effect using other elements? Yes, you can! Check out this super easy tutorial on how to do it.
- How to add Doodle Text Effects - Love to make a whiteboard animation? You can now easily select a Doodle effect for your text in CreateStudio!
- How to Work with Rotation and Perspective - Just a simple effect with the rotation and perspective that can help your video to stand out!
Characters:
- Introduction to Characters - Learn how to work with the incredible characters inside CreateStudio!
- Creating Character Walking Sequences - Add like to your animated characters and enhance your explainer videos with this easy step-by-step tutorial!
- How to customise characters (change colours of clothes) - Wondering how to customise your favorite CreateStudio character's clothes to match your brand colours? Check out this awesome tutorial
- How to Add Shadows to Characters -Learn how to add shadows to your favourite character in less than 2 minutes!
- How to Make a Fun Character Effect - Learn how to animate a character in and out of a letter inside CreateStudio all in under 7 minutes!
Custom Scenes:
- How to Create a Website Showcase - In this 2 part video series, you'll learn how to create and animate website screens, using custom animations and masks inside CreateStudio.
- How to Create Shark Attention Grabber (Scroll Stopper Effect) - Do you like a famous movie called "Jaws"? Yes, then do not miss this tutorial for sure!
- Tablet Swipe Tutorial - This tutorial can help you create an interesting intro with tablet animation and show you other useful tips about creating inside the editor.
- How to Create an Incredible Logo Animation - Learn to create a logo animation from scratch inside CreateStudio! This is actually pretty easy to create and it looks really impressive!
- How to Create a Cool Outro Style Scene - Learn how to create a a cool scene using svg shapes and how to use custom animations to create cool effects inside CreateStudio!
- How to Create an Infographic Chart - Learn how to create a super awesome infographic chart in this quick and easy tutorial!
Masking:
- How to Mask Elements in CreateStudio - Learn how to confine characters, objects, images, or videos inside a shape in this super easy 5-minute tutorial!
- How to Create Multiple Masks - Learn all about multi-masking and how to do it inside CreateStudio in under 10 minutes!
- Advanced Masking Techniques - There are several other ways to utilise masking inside CreateStudio. Here are those ways and how you can do them yourself.
Don't have much time? Check out our 2-minute tips!
- How to Create a Number Counter - Learn how to create an animated number counter inside CreateStudio!
- How to Create a Color Changing Animation - Learn how to quickly create a colour changing animation on text or shape layers!
- How to Create a Smooth Transition - Check out a simple way to create a smooth transition using the rectangle shape tool.
- How to Create a Cool Text Spacing Animation - Learn how to add a border to any text layer, as well as animate the text letter spacing to create some unique looking text animations!
What about for social media?
- How to Create Social Progress Bar -Learn how to create the very popular social progress bars for your videos in less than 6 minutes!
- How to Create a Scroll Stopper Video - Learn how to easily create Scroll Stoppers in CreateStudio and make your viewers go "wow"!
Other handy tips...
- How to save projects as presets and duplicate projects
- How to import custom fonts
- How to change storage location of projects
- How to integrate with Vidello hosting platform
Do you love Stomp Videos?
We've created an entire playlist of tutorials just for you to learn how to create incredible stomp videos inside CreateStudio! View the entire playlist here!
Check out our CS team-made animated videos!
Check out some incredible videos made completely with CreateStudio by our team in this playlist.
Take a look at what our users have created!
Check out some incredible videos made by our incredible users in this playlist.
Looking for some inspiration?
Whether it’s for business or leisure, you might want to check out some of our promotional video samples to help you generate ideas on what kind of content to create.
When you’re done watching all those amazing videos, and if it leaves you hungry for more, join our Facebook group to see what others are creating!
