We have done more animations this year than most of people in their whole lifetime. How much time you need to create a simple animation? This presentation answers that question in a detailed workflow.

1. HOW TO
CONVERT YOUR
BLOGPOST TO
ANIMATION
Put together by content repurposing specialists from Contellio

2. We have done more animations this year
than most of people in their whole lifetime.15

3. How much time you
need to create a simple
animation?
?

4. HOURS: 1
DAYS
0
Read the blogpost again and decide what information
will be the most important to include in the animation.
Step one
Create the copy

5. HOURS: 1
DAYS
0
In this format you can choose what text should appear on
the screen and what should be said by the voiceover artist.
Step one
Create the copy

6. HOURS: 2
Change the 4:3 aspect ratio to 16:9 video format.
4
3
DAYS
0
16
9
Step two
Adapt slides
to animation
format
Step one
Create the copy

7. HOURS: 2
DAYS
0
16
9
You can use the design from presentation - it will
be much faster than designing it from the scratch.
Step two
Adapt slides
to animation
format
Step one
Create the copy

8. Write down exactly what the
voice over person should say.
HOURS: 2
DAYS
2
Step three
Order voice over
Step two
Adapt slides
to animation
format
Step one
Create the copy

9. HOURS: 2
DAYS
2
Keep in mind that the commas and periods should be
in the right places – they will be the only reference
point to the person recording it.
Step three
Order voice over
Step two
Adapt slides
to animation
format
Step one
Create the copy

10. In this step you’ll be animating slide transitions, as well
as deciding on how elements should appear on the scene.
HOURS: 12
DAYS
2
Step four
Animating each
element and
transitions
Step three
Order voice over
Step two
Adapt slides
to animation
format
Step one
Create the copy

11. Video editing is a very complex task, fortunately we only
need couple actions here: trimming video clips, moving
them around, and working with multiple audio files at once.
melody.mp3
voice.mp3
animation.mp4 animation.mp4
Step four
Animating each
element and
transitions
Step three
Order voice over
Step two
Adapt slides
to animation
format
HOURS: 14
DAYS
2
Step one
Create the copy
Step five
Syncing video
with the voice
over and music

12. After couple of days of work you should end up
with a great looking animation ready to be published
to YouTube and other video sites.
DAYS
2
14 HOURS

13. If you don’t have time or skills to do it yourself,
we will help you! Contact us at hi@contellio.com
and get your awesome animation.

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