GoAnimate

GoAnimate
Private
Founded August 2007 (2007-08)[1][2]
Founder Alvin Hung
Headquarters San Mateo, CA, United States
Key people
 Gary Lipkowitz (COO)
Services Video production
Website goanimate.com

GoAnimate is a cloud-based, animated video creation platform. It is designed to allow business people with no background in animation to quickly and easily create animated videos. These videos can be created in multiple styles, including 2D animation, whiteboard animation [3] (aka videoscribing or scribing) and video infographics.

History

Early history

GoAnimate was founded in 2007 by Alvin Hung, and the first version of GoAnimate went live in mid 2008.[4]

In early 2011, GoAnimate became a founding partner of YouTube Create – a suite of apps available to content creators within YouTube.[5][6]

In late 2011, a custom set of “Election 2012” characters became popular.[7][8][9]

By July 2013, over ten million videos had been created using the GoAnimate platform.[10]

Growth

In May 2009, DomoAnimate was launched. This program allowed users to create GoAnimations based on the Domo shorts. The site closed down on September 15, 2014, and later redirected to the GoAnimate for Schools website.

A U.S. office in San Francisco opened in June 2011.

In late August 2011, GoAnimate for Schools was publicly launched. GoAnimate for Schools is a school-safe version of GoAnimate featuring dedicated privacy, security, content moderation and group management features.

On March 1, 2012, GoAnimate created the Business Friendly Theme, known as the first Business Theme in GoAnimate.

In April 2012, the first business-oriented subscription plans were publicly launched. These included 1080p download, logo removal & replacement, and new business-oriented visual themes. These plans led to increased popularity and exposure for GoAnimate.[11][12]

On September 16, 2013, GoAnimate changed its logo, being the removal of the exclamation mark. That same day, the site relaunched with a new user interface, plus the removal of GoBucks.

At the end of 2013, the “paper cutout” assets of explainer video pioneer Common Craft were integrated into GoAnimate as a new visual theme.[13]

In April 2014, multi-seat business subscription plans were launched, including full-featured administrative tools along with group collaboration and review. Around the same time, GoAnimate also released the Whiteboard Animation theme and a publishing integration with elearning courseware authoring platform Lectora.[14]

By the end of 2014, GoAnimate’s library contained over 10,000 assets, including a new set of Supreme Court justices and settings.[15]

In 2015, the Taiwan office was opened,[16] making it GoAnimate’s third location (after Hong Kong and San Francisco).[17]

As of May 2015, GoAnimate announced future expansion plans included going public, but there had been no decision on the listing venue.[18]

On October 19, 2015, it was announced that GoAnimate was migrating from Adobe Flash towards HTML5 animation to allow mobile device compatibility. GoPlus would also be retired with the non-business themes. The Schools version of the site retained the Flash version along with the non-business themes until July 26, 2016, predating the start of the new academic year.[19]

By the end of 2015, the company had over 50 employees.[20]

Product

GoAnimate provides its users with a library containing tens of thousands of pre-animated assets, which can be controlled through a simple drag & drop interface. Asset types include characters, actions, templates, props, text boxes, music tracks and sound effects. Users can also upload their own assets, such as audio files, image files or video files.

There is also a drag & drop composition tool, which users can employ to create pans and zooms.

Spoken dialogue and narration can be recorded directly into the platform or imported as an audio file. Characters can automatically lip-sync dialogue that is assigned to them. Alternatively, audio can be set as voiceover narration. Users can download their finished videos as MP4 files, GIFs or video presentations. They can also export them directly to a variety of video hosting sites including YouTube, Wistia and Vidyard.

References

  1. ↑ Sciacca, Annie (August 16, 2013). "Alvin Hung: Founder & CEO, GoAnimate". Entrepreneur profile. San Francisco Business Times. Retrieved November 25, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Who we are". About GoAnimate. goanimate.com. 2012. Retrieved November 25, 2013.
  3. ↑ "New Features: Introducing Whiteboard Animation On GoAnimate! (VIDEO TUTORIAL)". blog.goanimate.com. Retrieved 2016-05-26.
  4. ↑ "Alvin Hung: Founder & CEO, GoAnimate - San Francisco Business Times". San Francisco Business Times. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
  5. ↑ "YouTube Now Helps You Make Movies Without a Camera". TechCrunch.
  6. ↑ "YouTube Adds Animation Tools for Easier Content Creation". Mashable.
  7. ↑ "GoAnimate goes political: You can make and post your own election-season cartoons". Washington Post.
  8. ↑ "GoAnimate Unveils New Political Characters and Backgrounds". Search Engine Watch.
  9. ↑ "Look Out Politicians - Animated Videos Just Got Easier To Make". WebPro News.
  10. ↑ goanimateairfoil. "GoAnimate Corporate Fact Sheet". GoAnimate Press Page. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
  11. ↑ "Go and Animate with GoAnimate". Learning Solutions Magazine.
  12. ↑ "Service Simplifies Creation of Marketing and Product Animations". ZDNet.
  13. ↑ "GoAnimate Team Up With Common Craft For New Explainer Video Tool". blog.goanimate.com. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
  14. ↑ "GoAnimate Launches Whiteboard Theme and Lectora Online Integration by News Editor : Learning Solutions Magazine". Learning Solutions Magazine. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
  15. ↑ Barnes, Robert (2014-10-22). "The Supreme Court's devotees go DIY". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
  16. ↑ "GoAnimate Expands to Taiwan". en.acnnewswire.com. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
  17. ↑ MW, Chloe. "GoAnimate". www1.investhk.gov.hk. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
  18. ↑ "GoAnimate eyes listing amid expansion plans". EJ Insight. 2015-05-08. Retrieved 2016-05-05.
  19. ↑ "HTML5 Is Coming!". blog.goanimate.com. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
  20. ↑ "GoAnimate Press Page". GoAnimate Press Page. Retrieved 2016-05-16.

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