Create hand-drawn videos to boost sales, solve problems, & get followers
  • Introduction: Why hand-drawn videos are so powerful for online sales & education
  • The Video Revolution: Hand-drawn videos are powerful -- and easy to create.
  • Hand-drawn videos are easy to make. Here's a sample.
  • Who cares about hand-drawn videos? (And another sample.)
  • Our lesson plan in detail.
  • The tools we'll need: PowerPoint & Camtasia
  • The video creation process: from Idea to Upload
  • How to draw in PowerPoint (the secret revealed!)
  • How to make a complete video in 3 minutes
  • Quick preview of the entire production process
  • What do you think about videos?
Video quick-tools: Using PowerPoint and Camtasia to create fantastic clips.
  • Introduction: The amazing video combination of PowerPoint & Camtasia
  • The two tools we need: PowerPoint & Camtasia
  • An sample advanced video -- made with just these tools!
  • Getting started in the video process: prepare slides, record, edit
  • Top-tips for turning PowerPoint into an animation platform
  • Top-tips for drawing in PowerPoint
  • Top-tips for using Camtasia as a recording and editing platform
  • Exporting .AVI files as a time-saver while working in Camtasia
  • Two more tricks: screen-shots and image cropping
  • The tools we need.
Fast & effective storyboarding: the key to a good video.
  • Introduction: Why story matters -- and how to capture yours.
  • Story matters most: a 60-second example clip
  • The storyboard for that example clip -- made in PowerPoint
  • Process check-in: where we are in the sequence
  • The best stories start with pen & paper -- and Postit notes
  • We're screenwriters now -- and we need the "3-Act Structure"
  • The Pixar Pitch: a story that will never let us down
  • Vivid Thinking: how to turn words into pictures
  • How to write a sample script -- and turn it into a sketched storyboard
  • Storyboarding basics
How to quickly Pre-Visualize your video.
  • Introduction: The power of pre-visualization. (Thanks, George Lucas!)
  • Process check-in: shifting from writing and sketching to animating.
  • Character, action, outcome: let's create a viral marketing video.
  • 4 storylines to choose from: We pick the "Pitch."
  • Let's turn our script into a classic "Pitch" structure.
  • We turn our "Pitch" into a full storyboard.
  • How to create a rough video from our storyboard.
  • Top-tips for pre-visualizing your video.
  • Sketching in our first characters: the animation begins!
  • Take lots of screen-shots. (So you don't have to draw twice.)
  • Use PowerPoint's animation tools to pre-visualize your clip.
  • Cut-&-Paste as you go. (This saves time and keeps things aligned.)
  • Keep recording: you will fix errors while editing later on.
  • Export complex animation sequences as .AVI files. (This keeps clips manageable.)
  • Pre-Visualizing our video
How to make amazing animations with simple shapes and movement.
  • Introduction: Amazing animations from simple shapes and movement.
  • The Vaulting Video: an example of the power of simple animation.
  • Our video project so far: update and review.
  • The 2 types of animation: Creation & Motion
  • Review of Pre-visualization tips.
  • Animation type 1: Creation & Destruction
  • Animation type 2: Motion
  • The 3 kinds of motion: Position, Orientation, and Scale.
  • Animation through change in POSITION.
  • Animation though change in ORIENTATION.
  • Animation through change in SCALE.
  • Putting the 3 kinds of motion together.
  • The 12 lessons of Disney animation. [link]
  • Amazing animation with simple shapes
How to create advanced animations in PowerPoint and Camtasia.
  • Introduction: How to push PowerPoint and Camtasia beyond to standard.
  • A sample marketing video -- created entirely with PowerPoint tools.
  • How I created the sample; a look "under the hood" of PowerPoint.
  • How to use the "Wheel" to make a picture look hand-drawn.
  • Adding the exit and fade-out effects.
  • Build a stack with "Fly-In."
  • Add movement with "Grow" and "Shrink."
  • Getting started on our complex animation using the tools we've just practiced.
  • How to create simple "Visual Assets" that can be used over and over again.
  • Step-by-step, let's animate our video introduction.
  • How to layer multiple animations in a single slide.
  • Review of our work-in-progress.
  • Wrap-up of our animation so far.
  • PowerPoint for amazing animations
The basics of editing in Camtasia.
  • Introduction: Camtasia is a powerful editing platform for hand-drawn videos.
  • The best part of film-making is editing. (Thanks Steven Spielberg!)
  • Why we edit: save time, add continuity, & increase punch.
  • Video editing software options. (You have choices other than Camtasia.)
  • Editing effects we'll use: Cuts, Pan-&-Zoom, Change Speed.
  • How to edit: Capturing a video clip from the screen.
  • How to edit: Importing the video into Camtasia.
  • How to edit: Cutting the video clip.
  • Removing unwanted audio from the video clip.
  • Cutting the video, continued.
  • Speeding up the video clip.
  • Cutting the video clip, part 3.
  • Pan & Zoom in Camtasia.
  • Making final cuts in our video clip.
  • Gluing all the pieces back together. (Produce as .AVI)
  • A final review of our edited video.
  • Recording and editing with Camtasia
Adding the final polish and sound.
  • Introduction: Putting on the final polish in Camtasia.