Swailio or After Effects: should you make the video yourself?
After Effects is the go-to tool for motion designers: anything is possible, frame by frame. It also takes solid expertise and hours, sometimes days, per video. Swailio takes the opposite approach: you describe, it designs and animates.
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Examples made with Swailio
| After Effects | Swailio | |
|---|---|---|
| Skills required | Advanced motion design | Being able to describe your project |
| Time for a one-minute video | Several hours to several days | About fifteen minutes |
| Control | Total, frame by frame | Per scene: text, numbers, colors, timings, and via chat |
| Music | Find it and sync it yourself | Composed and synced automatically (sound effects on request) |
| Finishing in After Effects | Native | Editor pack: ProRes video, audio tracks, one composition per scene (animations pre-rendered) |
Stick with After Effects if
- You’re a motion designer and want to control every frame
- You need very specific effects or formats
- The video has to fit into a post-production pipeline
Choose Swailio if
- You don’t have a motion designer on the team
- You want a quality video without spending your days on it
- You’d rather describe a change than make it by hand
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