How Much Does Video Animation Cost?
Overview
Hey there, and welcome back to another Momentum 360 blog! In this one, we’ll be discussing the cost of video animation, and why you should totally hire us to take on your project!
If this is your first time with us, welcome aboard. We look forward to connecting with you on this first occasion and seeing you again soon. If you’re a previous reader from our blog, welcome back and thank you so much for your continued support! Remember, without you, we couldn’t possibly have the brand we do now.
So…video animation. It’s 2022 and it’s absolutely blowing up in popularity. You’re looking to hire a company to do this for you, as your company has absolutely no idea on how to do this for yourself, which is fine! You should be hiring a professional to do this for you, so you should focus on your business and keep growing it.
We’ll be discussing many different things to take into account when we quote video animation. All these different parts of the project are imperative to not only creating a great product, but making sure we deliver it on-time, exactly what you wanted, to have incredible results, long after we complete your video. So sit back, relax, maybe grab a snack, and let us show you all of the things that we take into account here at Momentum 360, when quoting video animation. Slainte!
How Much Does Video Animation Cost?
Specs & Scope of Work
Before we discuss features, duration, etc, we need to establish what the video will be about. For Momentum 360, we work with many niches such as: healthcare, retail, commercial, education, and so on and so forth.
To create a consistent level of success, we need to be able to have a clear understanding of the work and expectations. For the sake of simplicity for this blog, let’s pretend that we’re making an animated video for a larger healthcare facility that wants to showcase their new surgeon table + instruments that just came off the patent table.
Now that we have an overview of what the video will be about, we’ll need to collect additional details of what exactly the surgeon table looks like, as well as the new instruments used for surgery. Once we have this, we’ll craft a storyboard to illustrate and show off the table + instruments in a way that has conviction, to showcase to patients or other partners of that specific hospital that they have the most up-to-date technology!
The price of the hospital’s video animation depends greatly on this scope of work. To make sure that you can have an incredible video and get a fast quote from our team, you need to have a storyboard and a clear vision on what exactly you want to showcase in your video. We will obviously be able to help you with this, but please understand that having a rough estimate of what exactly you want to feature will be imperative to giving you the fastest quote we can in order to start!
Equipment
I know this is more technical of a section, so don’t feel the need to understand everything we’re talking about. In this section, we’ll outline everything that Momentum 360 uses on a daily basis to create incredible animated videos!
3ds Max (Autodesk). This commercial animation software tool allows digital artists to produce 3D animations, including developing models and rendering them into 2D or 3D images.
After Effects (Adobe). Digital artists can use this commercial tool to add visual effects and motion graphics elements to film, TV, video, online content, presentations, and more.
Animate (Adobe). Users can create animations across multiple media, from cartoons and banner ads to interactive content for games, TV shows, academic content, and infographics.
Blender (The Blender Foundation). This free open source 3D graphics creation suite offers a comprehensive feature set to create animations, digital art, visual effects, 2D and 3D models, and more.
Cartoon Animator 4 (Reallusion). Digital artists across TV, film, web, and game development using this versatile animation tool can create 2D animation with 3D motion.
Character Animator (Adobe). Digital artists can use their own movements and expressions to create animated characters in real time.
Dragonframe (DZED Systems). The advanced image capture interface of this tool is popular among digital artists in the movie industry for stop motion animation, motion design, and visual effects.
FlipBook (DigiCel). Whether drawing with a stylus and tablet or using pen and paper, this animation software offers digital artists intuitive tools to create 2D animations.
Maya (Autodesk). This commercial software provides digital artists with a comprehensive platform and an extensive feature set, including modeling, simulation, and rendering, to create 3D computer animations.
Moho Pro 13 (Smith Micro). Formerly known as Anime Studio, this vector-based 2D animation software gives digital artists various tools to create animations and cartoons, including 2D and 3D characters.
Moovly (Moovly). The novice and expert can use this cloud-based software to create animated videos and videos with animated graphics for various applications, including marketing and training.
OpenToonz (Digital Video SpA). This software tool allows digital artists to create 2D animations. As open source software, it’s free to use, anyone can modify its source code, and it’s frequently updated.
Pencil2D. For digital designers interested in using traditional drawing techniques, this open source software allows users to create 2D cartoons using both bitmap and vector graphics.
PhotoMirage (Corel). Corel, the developer of the world’s first full-featured graphics suite, continues to build innovative tools. For example, PhotoMirage is an animation tool that enables users to combine still images with motion graphics.
Piskel. This free online editor allows digital artists to create animations reminiscent of the pixel art in video games created in the 1980s.
Powtoon (Powtoon).This cloud-based animation software for digital artists and amateurs alike in business, education, and other sectors allows users to create animated explainer videos, demos, and presentations.
Spine (Esoteric Software). For digital artists interested in gaming, this software offers users the tools to create 2D animation for games, as well as 3D effects.
Stop Motion Studio (Cateater). This software provides an intuitive interface. Its features include frame-by-frame editing to allow digital artists of all ages to create stop motion movies using a desktop or phone app.
Synfig Studio. Open source software such as Synfig Studio provides users with a host of features to create 2D vector-based animations, and it’s free to use.
Harmony 20 (Toon Boom). This popular 2D software tool includes end-to-end features to enable digital artists to create animations, from conception to final production.
TVPaint Animation (TVPaint Development). For animators who may want to draw on paper, this 2D software, based on bitmap technology, allows artists to create animations using traditional and digital methods.
This is a great comprehensive list of what we do to create incredible animated videos for your business!
Features
How Much Does Video Animation Cost?
There’s a lot of different features that you can have in your animated video. It’s all about what works at the end of the day. Do you want smooth transitions? Slower transitions to illustrate certain points? This is extremely important! The biggest thing we can tell you here at Momentum 360 is to think of the customer and your end result. If you’re going to half ass the video, your customers will give you half assed appreciation. It’s that simple!
Example 1: Fast Transitions
This is perfect for hospitals that are looking to showcase their new equipment and create quick conversions to get people excited.
Example 2: Slow Transitions
This is good for investors who want to see how a new healthcare product or service operates.
Example 3: Text Illustrations
This is ideal for a hospital that needs to showcase a product with a lot of complex features.
Example 4: Catchy Hospital Song
This is ideal for showing off a hospital’s brand and how they operate.
Example 5: Voice Over
This is to showcase another product or service a hospital performs, only in verbal communication.
As you can see, all of these videos have a different style, and it’s imperative to see which one will work for you! The greater you know yourself as a brand, the better!
Turnaround
This depends on multiple factors. Like the previous section mentioned, if you have the certain video animation you want, coupled with an idea of features, this will allow the turnaround time to be complete in a very compelling time.
Since we’re not shooting anything persay and going off of animations to create a lot of the content, it’s a lot more time and effort than you would imagine. Especially in today’s day in age where people need things immediately and don’t have the patience to wait, we encourage other video producers to take their time when creating projects. Taking your time with certain projects ensures that people love the work, and that most likely the work will be good.
Like previously mentioned, when quoting our customers and trying to figure out a cost to video animation services, there are a lot of different factors that come into play with it. Here is a quick list of those factors that impact turnaround time:
- Scope of work
- Features
- Budget
- Communication
- Experience
- Duration
For Momentum 360, we’re able to finish video animation projects within a week. Normally it’s less than that, but we like to give ourselves a day or two for expectations. We’d much rather under promise and over deliver than the other way around!
Ideal Duration
How Much Does Video Animation Cost?
For the cost of video animation projects, this greatly depends on one thing and one thing only: how long do you want this incredible animated video to be?
We give rough estimates over the phone when prospects call us, but it all depends on the duration. If you want an animated video that is 10+ minutes long, be prepared to have a pretty big budget! All of this stuff isn’t cheap, and you know that. So make sure that you have a good idea of how long you want the video to be.
We recommend that all videos are roughly between 3-5, ideally less. Like we mentioned before, people have very short attention spans! So it’s not out of the question to have a video that’s less than a couple minutes, or better yet a minute in general!
Pricing
Finally, the moment you’ve all been waiting for! We didn’t mean to tease you, it’s just we need to discuss the intangibles before we go into pricing. So for Momentum 360, this is what our pricing looks like. For each minute of animated video, we normally charge $1000.
This is due to the fact that we provide tremendous value per minute of video that we create, so it’s only natural that we charge this amount.
Next Steps
To hire Momentum 360, all you need to do is go to our website and fill out on of our forms. If you aren’t able to do that, you can always call our HQ line at 215-607-6482 or email us at info@old.momentumvirtualtours.com for a free quote. You’ll talk to the co-founder of Momentum 360, Sean Boyle for all your video animation cost manners!
Momentum 360 is a full-scale content marketing company, servicing all 50 states with over 1,500 photographers in the USA. We boast one of the highest rated services in the industry based on our fast communication and strong services.
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