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'''GoAnimate''' is a cloud-based platform for |
'''GoAnimate''' is a cloud-based platform for creating and distributing animated videos. It allows users to develop both narrative videos, in which characters speak with lip-sync and move around, and video presentations, in which a [[voice-over artist|voice-over narrator]] speaks over images and props, which may also move around. GoAnimate provides users with drag-and-drop tools<ref name="Go and Animate with Go!Animate">{{cite web|last=Ganci|first=Joe|title=Go and Animate with Go!Animate|url=http://www.learningsolutionsmag.com/articles/1142/go-and-animate-with-goanimate|work=Learning Solutions Magazine|publisher=The eLearning Guild|accessdate=March 26, 2013}}</ref> that the company's website indicates can be used to access thousands of character models, backdrops, and other assets to create scenario-based videos - like political videos<ref>{{cite web|last=Johnson|first=Abby|title=Look Out Politicians – Animated Videos Just Got Easier To Make|url=http://www.webpronews.com/look-out-politicians-animated-videos-just-got-easier-to-make-2011-10|work=Web Pro News|accessdate=October 18, 2011}}</ref> depicted during the 2012 presidential campaign.<ref>{{cite news|last=Cavna|first=Michael|title=GoAnimate goes political: You can make and post your own election-season cartoons|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/goanimate-goes-political-make-and-post-your-own-election-season-cartoons-here/2011/10/17/gIQAqptJrL_blog.html|accessdate=October 17, 2011|newspaper=Washington Post|date=October 17, 2011}}</ref> The platform offers text-to-speech character voices with customizable environments. Scholars and students also use the product to combine audio files from historical moments with animated re-creations.<ref>{{cite news|last=Barnes|first=Robert|title=The Supreme Court's devotees go DIY|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/2014/10/22/f5604e88-58a3-11e4-8264-deed989ae9a2_story.html|accessdate=February 4, 2015|newspaper=Washington Post|date=October 22, 2014}}</ref> GoAnimate is written in [[ActionScript]]3, using [[Adobe Flash]]. |
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== History == |
== History == |
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GoAnimate was founded in 2007 by [[Alvin Hung]].<ref name="Sciacca">{{cite web|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/print-edition/2013/08/16/alvin-hung-founder-ceo-goanimate.html?page=all|title=Alvin Hung: Founder & CEO, GoAnimate|last=Sciacca|first=Annie|date=August 16, 2013|work=Entrepreneur profile|publisher=San Francisco Business Times|accessdate=November 25, 2013}}</ref><ref name="About">{{cite web|url=http://goanimate.com/about|title=Who we are|year=2012|work=About GoAnimate|publisher=goanimate.com|accessdate=November 25, 2013}}</ref> It originated from Hung’s desire to create an animated story for his wife, evolving to an animated [[video production]] tool. |
GoAnimate was founded in 2007 by [[Alvin Hung]].<ref name="Sciacca">{{cite web|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/print-edition/2013/08/16/alvin-hung-founder-ceo-goanimate.html?page=all|title=Alvin Hung: Founder & CEO, GoAnimate|last=Sciacca|first=Annie|date=August 16, 2013|work=Entrepreneur profile|publisher=San Francisco Business Times|accessdate=November 25, 2013}}</ref><ref name="About">{{cite web|url=http://goanimate.com/about|title=Who we are|year=2012|work=About GoAnimate|publisher=goanimate.com|accessdate=November 25, 2013}}</ref> It originated from Hung’s desire to create an animated story for his wife, evolving to an animated [[video production]] tool. |
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In 2012, [[eMarketer]] projected that video would be the fastest-growing online ad format in 2012, with spending to increase nearly 55 percent over 2011. Business2community.com reports that the popularity of video as a medium to communicate information results from its ability to effectively tell stories, spread messages and encourage action. It notes that bloggers who may not be skilled writers are turning to video as well.<ref>{{cite web|last=Chudleigh |first=Joel |url=http://www.business2community.com/online-marketing/how-to-use-online-video-to-enhance-your-brand-0354421#GSRV6dWRqsEfYH5w.99 |title=How to Use Online Video to Enhance your Brand |work=business2community.com |date=December 11, 2012 |accessdate=May 19, 2014}}</ref> |
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In 2013, Go!Animate was entirely remodeled. |
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In September 2013, GoAnimate relaunched with a new look, new features, and the removal of GoBucks and GoPoints. The Video Creator was renovated in October 2013, and the Character Creator was revamped in late November 2013. |
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In February 2015, things turned sour for Go!Animate. The color pallet was replaced with a color wheel. The ability to comment on and favorite videos were removed. Users could no longer follow other users. Forums were removed. And worst of all, the Go!Plus (2010-2015) was removed, meaning users who still had Go!Plus could no longer save their videos. This led to Alex |
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In January 2015, GoAnimate relaunched with a new layout, and the removal of the GoPlus subscription. |
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In February 2015, GoAnimate collaborated with [[Wix.com|Wix]] to make a Video Maker application for its website creation service. |
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In April 2015, the "[[Facebook]] Login" option was removed. |
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In July 2015, GoAnimate removed all social features (excluding sharing). |
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In August 2015, GoAnimate gives all social features back. |
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==Criticism== |
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On September 15, 2014, DomoAnimate, the site powered by the discontinued "make your own website" option of GoAnimate, shut down. Users are now redirected to GoAnimate4Schools when they search for DomoAnimate. That same day, GoAnimate removed private messaging and commenting abilities to basic users, in hopes of transitioning from a social media site into a full video maker. This update received negative reactions from users & subscribers, who feared that GoAnimate might shut down because most of the site has been powered by basic users and GoPlus users. GoAnimate said that they might fix this update sometime in 2015, but that has not yet been confirmed. |
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On November 18, 2014, GoAnimate discontinued their older forums, and their Help Center's Community Forums went live. GoAnimate also confirmed that they were discontinuing the ability to sign up for a free account in early December, and that they would be adding a free trial option. That has been confirmed, however the date pushed back to November 26, 2014. They also announced that they would be eliminating all basic accounts by November 25, 2015. In January 2015, GoAnimate removed the option of upgrading to the GoPlus subscription, due to lack of popularity during fall of 2014, and the growing subscription base. |
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On March 25, 2015, GoAnimate removed the Dashboard due to customer feedback. They also said they will replace it with a new data feed system sometime in 2015. |
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On February, collaboration with Wix started, on April, Facebook login option was removed, and on July, all social features, following, favoriting and commenting was removed (excluding sharing). |
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==Critical reception== |
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The critical response was mixed to positive, on Common Sense Media, it received 3 out of 5 stars quality.{{cn|date=July 2015}} |
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Version vom 18. August 2015, 23:42 Uhr
Vorlage:Use mdy dates Vorlage:Infobox company Vorlage:Infobox website GoAnimate is a cloud-based platform for creating and distributing animated videos. It allows users to develop both narrative videos, in which characters speak with lip-sync and move around, and video presentations, in which a voice-over narrator speaks over images and props, which may also move around. GoAnimate provides users with drag-and-drop tools[1] that the company's website indicates can be used to access thousands of character models, backdrops, and other assets to create scenario-based videos - like political videos[2] depicted during the 2012 presidential campaign.[3] The platform offers text-to-speech character voices with customizable environments. Scholars and students also use the product to combine audio files from historical moments with animated re-creations.[4] GoAnimate is written in ActionScript3, using Adobe Flash.
History
GoAnimate was founded in 2007 by Alvin Hung.[5][6] It originated from Hung’s desire to create an animated story for his wife, evolving to an animated video production tool.
In 2012, eMarketer projected that video would be the fastest-growing online ad format in 2012, with spending to increase nearly 55 percent over 2011. Business2community.com reports that the popularity of video as a medium to communicate information results from its ability to effectively tell stories, spread messages and encourage action. It notes that bloggers who may not be skilled writers are turning to video as well.[7]
In September 2013, GoAnimate relaunched with a new look, new features, and the removal of GoBucks and GoPoints. The Video Creator was renovated in October 2013, and the Character Creator was revamped in late November 2013.
In January 2015, GoAnimate relaunched with a new layout, and the removal of the GoPlus subscription.
In February 2015, GoAnimate collaborated with Wix to make a Video Maker application for its website creation service.
In April 2015, the "Facebook Login" option was removed.
In July 2015, GoAnimate removed all social features (excluding sharing).
In August 2015, GoAnimate gives all social features back.
Criticism
On September 15, 2014, DomoAnimate, the site powered by the discontinued "make your own website" option of GoAnimate, shut down. Users are now redirected to GoAnimate4Schools when they search for DomoAnimate. That same day, GoAnimate removed private messaging and commenting abilities to basic users, in hopes of transitioning from a social media site into a full video maker. This update received negative reactions from users & subscribers, who feared that GoAnimate might shut down because most of the site has been powered by basic users and GoPlus users. GoAnimate said that they might fix this update sometime in 2015, but that has not yet been confirmed.
On November 18, 2014, GoAnimate discontinued their older forums, and their Help Center's Community Forums went live. GoAnimate also confirmed that they were discontinuing the ability to sign up for a free account in early December, and that they would be adding a free trial option. That has been confirmed, however the date pushed back to November 26, 2014. They also announced that they would be eliminating all basic accounts by November 25, 2015. In January 2015, GoAnimate removed the option of upgrading to the GoPlus subscription, due to lack of popularity during fall of 2014, and the growing subscription base.
On March 25, 2015, GoAnimate removed the Dashboard due to customer feedback. They also said they will replace it with a new data feed system sometime in 2015.
On February, collaboration with Wix started, on April, Facebook login option was removed, and on July, all social features, following, favoriting and commenting was removed (excluding sharing).
Critical reception
The critical response was mixed to positive, on Common Sense Media, it received 3 out of 5 stars quality.Vorlage:Cn
References
External links
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- ↑ Joe Ganci: Go and Animate with Go!Animate. In: Learning Solutions Magazine. The eLearning Guild, abgerufen am 26. März 2013.
- ↑ Abby Johnson: Look Out Politicians – Animated Videos Just Got Easier To Make. In: Web Pro News. Abgerufen am 18. Oktober 2011.
- ↑ Michael Cavna: GoAnimate goes political: You can make and post your own election-season cartoons In: Washington Post, October 17, 2011
- ↑ Robert Barnes: The Supreme Court's devotees go DIY In: Washington Post, October 22, 2014. Abgerufen im February 4, 2015
- ↑ Annie Sciacca: Alvin Hung: Founder & CEO, GoAnimate. In: Entrepreneur profile. San Francisco Business Times, 16. August 2013, abgerufen am 25. November 2013.
- ↑ Who we are. In: About GoAnimate. goanimate.com, 2012, abgerufen am 25. November 2013.
- ↑ Joel Chudleigh: How to Use Online Video to Enhance your Brand. In: business2community.com. 11. Dezember 2012, abgerufen am 19. Mai 2014.