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End-to-end interactive video creation, hosting, & sharing solution for individuals and teams of any size in any industry, including education, SMBs, learning & development, & corporate communications.
Powtoon is an awesome tool even if you do not upgrade to the paid version. The free version still allows you to create awesome Powtoon presentations that you can use as fun or in business as well.
Minor Glitch: Sometimes, objects (vectors, geometric shapes) would move to the wrong place by mouse drags. This is more of a minor nuisance than a real problem.
I heavily recommend PowToon as the software has captivated our audience with the animations that we have created with it and our company has used several to effectively teach students as well.
On occasion I'll have trouble uploading or downloading a video. It's never been something I couldn't rectify easily.
I liked very creative tools to make presentations appear interactive and interesting to audience. By using Powtoon it is very easy to make yourself stand out and be remarkable.
I was totally in the wrong. I read about the 14-day cancellation policy.
They have excellent templates to start with so you don't have to start with just a blank design canvas. Their support team is outstanding -- definitely one of the best that I've dealt with.
As far as loading times are concerned, there is no lag at all even if the elements already stack up.
They’ve thought about all the features you might require to create great videos. Having the ability to add in music background and high quality photos is great for my content as a yoga teacher.
About a year ago the program refused to use my camera and would freeze if I tried. I had to hard quit the program to get out of it.
It's easy, responsive, and just awesome. I use it nearly every day to record edit and then easily share/post up to my YouTube channel to then distribute to customers and colleagues quality videos.
Cons: I don't think there is any problem with this tool.
Ease of use AND reliability are the top two things I like most about ScreenPal over other similar products.
Some people would say that the lack of built-in editing features is a negative but that's not what you're paying for. Honestly, there really isn't much that I don't like about the program.
I have been delighted with ScreenPal because it's easy to learn, it's a proven platform that is very reliable, and it's very affordable to other video hosting/editing tools on the market.
There is no such cons in screencast-o-matic in my personel views.
Speaker 1: Hi, my name is Rebecca. I'm a graphic designer working for a nonprofit library, and I give PowToons five out of five. The other products that we were considering when we chose PowToon and made this decision, we were looking into iMovie, we were looking into Adobe products, and PowToon seemed easier, more user-friendly, and it overall was more cost-effective for our organization. With choosing PowToon, it was more user-friendly for beginners within our organization. We found that it was easier with the templates, with the different content, different applications that you can use within PowToon for our staff members, whether they were beginners or whether they had more video experience or more editing experience. So overall, PowToon was our choice. During the onboarding beginning stages of using PowToon, we first started it with a small group of our staff members and got them trained, and then they were able to work with other staff members who would use PowToon more widely. And overall, it was very easy to get started with PowToon, with the staff members on PowToons on their side, and they were able to answer any technical questions we had or any, either tiny questions that we had, and we were able to also find answers to questions on their website very easily. I would recommend to other organizations who are looking at PowToons, that if they're looking for something that's very user-friendly, straightforward, easy to use from just editing and exporting and sharing, PowToon is probably the right choice for you. There are so many capabilities within PowToon, that I feel that it could be beneficial for any organization.
Speaker 1: Hi, I'm Roger, and I am a guitar teacher online. And so, I use Screencast-O-Matic a lot to do video tutorials so that I can help augment the lessons that I give. I love this program. Honestly, I would give them the highest rating, a rating of five. Before I got Screencast, and I've been using them for quite a while now, I was just trying to make videos with QuickTime on my Macintosh computer, and it honestly did not give me the flexibility that I needed. The nice thing about Screencast is that it gives me enough stuff to work with editing and so on and so forth without overwhelming me. And at the same time, the QuickTime just doesn't give me all the tools that I need to do the job that I need to do. I was looking around for something to replace QuickTime, I didn't know. And honestly, I didn't even know the term screen recording. I had never heard that before, so I had to poke around a little bit, but I finally figured it out and Screencast came up and I looked at it and I tried it and I liked it better than anything else that I was using. I have since, because I'm always looking for, I'm a grass is always greener on the other side kind of guy. And so, I was looking around maybe for something better and I've looked at three or four different other programs, but nothing works for me anyway as well as easily as conveniently and gives me all the tools that I need to do my job. Getting started with Screencast was pretty easy. Everything's pretty clearly marked. A couple of things that I stumbled over, but hey, I'm old, old people and technology is not always a good combination, but quite frankly, it was pretty easy to get going. They've had a couple of upgrades since I started and the upgrades just integrated very comfortably right into what I'm doing. Everything was very easy, very convenient. Well, if somebody was considering Screencast, I mean, I would look at Screencast and I would look at a couple of others and I think what you'll find is that Screencast is going to give you everything that you need. There's a lot of support, there's a lot of stuff online to learn about too. So you have a lot of things that you can do with Screencast and it's just easier to work with all the way around. But I would check some others first to make the comparison so that you're comfortable in your own mind. And then I think you'll definitely choose Screencast-O-Matic.
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