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Simple character animation.
Screen differences based on license.
CreateStudio screen orientation and project creation.
How to set up characters for an animation scene.
Back to the heart of CreateStudio for more explanation.
A new time-saving feature.
A new timesaving feature.
How to animate a single character.
Customize a character to your needs.
How to move a character or object.
Casting realistic shadows.
Things to consider when working with multiple characters.
How to generate an MP4 for your animation project.
Putting the pieces together.
The section project.
Simple character animation.
Using premade animations to speed production.
Two types of accounts explained.
Having Most of the Work Done for You
How to condense your timeline using a hierarchy.
More on cleaning up your timeline.
How to make a template your own.
Learn by reviewing templates in Create Studio. Open a large template to examine its implementation, including masks, camera movement, and layered scenes.
The section project.
Discover how templates and scenes accelerate production with pre-made animations. Learn to modify templates, replace elements, and merge multiple templates for a mega animation.
How to flesh out your animations and make them shine.
Toward a deeper understanding of CreateStudio.
Workaround to keep CreateStudio humming.
Setting the stage for your animation.
How to add interest with moving backgrounds.
The primary uses of shapes.
Fancy ways to move from one scene to another.
Creating scenes to play on computer screens.
Adding explosions and more to your projects.
Having characters speak and think through text.
Masking the part of the image to display.
Looping animations.
Everything so far in review.
More animationi.
The section project.
How to finish your animations and make them shine.
How to create amazing kinetic typography.
Getting started with text.
Adding interesting fonts to CreateStudio.
How to make text move in interesting ways.
Simple doodle text animation.
Making your text pop.
Creating glowing neon text.
Labeling your videos.
A simple countdown.
Turn text psychedelic.
Animating the spacing between letters.
Mixing characters with text.
Learn to build a simple digital timer in Create Studio using the built-in counter mechanism, featuring a 20-second timer with minute and ten-second counters on a black background.
The section project.
How to create amazing kinetic typography.
All the other stuff worth knowing.
Two music scores and how to sync music to animation.
Add motion to your animation with camera movement.
CreateStudio even includes text to speech.
A close approximation to lip syncing.
Framing your animation in a blur.
A sci-fi broken TV effect.
Seamlessly merge video and images.
Two ways to display animated progress bars.
Things I missed.
The section project.
All the other stuff worth knowing.
Get attention on Facebook and Instagram.
How to get access to Scroll Stoppers.
The fast and easy way to make Scroll Stoppers.
The slow and hard way to make a Scroll Stopper.
How to deploy a Scroll Stopper.
The section workshop.
The section project.
Get attention of Facebook and Instagram.
How to blend layers together.
Blending one layer with another via transparency.
Removing the background via screen blend mode.
How to colorize a background via blend mode.
How to texture a background with blend mode.
All the blend modes.
The section project.
How to blend layers together.
Video speed, spotlight and project import/export.
Change the speed of video playback.
New feature.
Share projects with others.
The section workshop.
The section project.
Video speed, spotlight and project import/export.
How to apply cinemagraphic effects to your videos.
Placing elements to draw the eye.
Three outta five ain't bad.
See Lecture 64: Camera Pan and Zoom.
A favorite way to shoot dialogue between to people.
Foregrounds and backgrounds move in 3D.
How to apply cinemagraphic techniques to your videos.
Bring your ideas to life and create eye-catching promotional videos fast with CreateStudio 2D Animation.
If you want to make marketing videos, promo videos, social media ads, scroll stoppers, animated text videos, and branded content—without wrestling with a complex animation workflow—this course is built for you.
CreateStudio 2D Animation: Promotion/Marketing: CreateStudio is a practical, hands-on course that shows you how to use CreateStudio to produce polished video content for business, self-promotion, products, services, YouTube, social media, and more.
Whether you’re a beginner or a content creator who wants a faster production pipeline, this course walks you step by step through the tools, templates, animation workflow, text effects, visual polish, and marketing-specific video techniques that help your videos stand out.
You’ll learn how to build videos from scratch, customize templates, animate characters, create kinetic text, add transitions, polish scenes, and render professional-looking output—while keeping the process fast, simple, and repeatable.
This is not just a “feature tour.” It’s a real-world production course focused on helping you create video assets you can actually use to promote your brand, products, books, courses, channel, business, or services.
Why this course matters
Video marketing is one of the fastest ways to get attention online—but many people get stuck because traditional animation tools can feel overwhelming, expensive, or too slow.
This course is designed to help you:
Create better marketing videos faster
Use templates effectively without looking generic
Build custom scenes and animations from scratch
Add professional finishing touches that improve watch time
Create short-form “scroll stopper” videos for social media
Produce polished animated text and promotional sequences
Render and deploy videos with confidence
If you’ve ever thought, “I need better promo videos, but I don’t want to spend weeks learning a high-end animation tool,” this course is your shortcut.
What you’ll learn in this course
This course is packed with practical training across 10 sections, 86 lectures, and 9+ hours of instruction. You’ll move from CreateStudio basics to advanced promotional video techniques in a clear, beginner-friendly progression.
You’ll learn how to:
Install CreateStudio and get set up properly
Navigate the interface and create projects efficiently
Work with characters, layers, scenes, and timelines
Animate character movement, actions, and expressions
Change colors, add shadows, and build more dynamic scenes
Render your completed videos for deployment
Use and customize templates to speed up production
Organize projects with layer groups and better workflow habits
Add backgrounds, devices, visual effects, and scene transitions
Use masks, loops, and other finishing techniques
Create animated text, kinetic typography, and lower thirds
Build countdowns, text effects, and attention-grabbing overlays
Add music, camera pans/zooms, and text-to-speech
Create rough lip-sync scenes and short animated vignettes
Remove green screen backgrounds and add progress bars
Create “scroll stopper” videos for social media marketing
Use blend modes for texturing, colorizing, and visual style
Apply cinematic camera angles in CreateStudio for stronger storytelling
Built for creators, marketers, and entrepreneurs
This course is especially useful for people who need to create promotional content regularly and want a workflow they can actually maintain.
It’s a great fit for:
Content creators who need animated intros, promos, and social clips
Online instructors promoting courses, webinars, or lead magnets
Authors and self-publishers creating book promos and brand videos
Small business owners making product/service explainer content
Freelancers and agencies producing client marketing videos
YouTubers creating animated segments, lower thirds, and callouts
Social media marketers building short attention-grabbing videos
Beginners who want a practical entry point into animation for business use
Course highlights
This course goes far beyond the basics and includes in-depth, practical training in the exact features that make promotional videos more effective.
Character animation for promo scenes
You’ll learn how to work with characters, movement, timeline timing, multi-layer edits, and scene composition so your marketing videos feel alive—not static.
Templates for speed and scale
Templates can save huge amounts of time, and this course shows you how to use them properly, modify them, and combine them into branded video sequences.
Text animation and kinetic typography
Text is the backbone of many promo videos, and this course teaches you how to create animated headlines, callouts, lower thirds, countdowns, and text effects that improve clarity and engagement.
Finishing touches that make videos feel professional
Backgrounds, transitions, shapes, video FX, masks, loops, devices, and blend modes all play a big role in perceived quality. You’ll learn how to use these tools to create a polished final result.
Scroll stoppers for social media
One of the strongest parts of this course is the dedicated training on creating “scroll stopper” videos—short, visual attention-grabbers designed for social feeds and ad placements.
Cinematography in CreateStudio
You’ll also learn how to use camera angles and visual framing concepts to make your scenes more dynamic and more persuasive.
A practical, workshop-driven learning experience
This course includes multiple workshops and guided exercises so you can apply what you’re learning as you go.
Instead of learning isolated features, you’ll build real skills by practicing in context:
Character Animation Workshop
Templates Workshop
Animation Finishing Touches Workshop
Text Animation Workshop
Layer Blend Modes Workshop
This helps you build confidence quickly and gives you repeatable workflows for future videos.
What makes this course different
A lot of animation courses either move too fast, focus too much on theory, or skip the marketing use case entirely.
This course is different because it focuses on results:
You’ll learn CreateStudio in a way that supports real promotional video production
You’ll cover both core animation skills and marketing-focused assets
You’ll get a clear progression from beginner setup to advanced polish
You’ll learn time-saving workflows for repeat content creation
You’ll build skills you can use for YouTube, social media, courses, products, and branding
If your goal is to create videos that look good and help you market something, this course gives you the tools and workflow to make that happen.
By the end of this course, you’ll be able to
Create professional-looking promotional videos in CreateStudio
Build and customize animated scenes for marketing use
Produce kinetic text and branded text effects
Create short social media videos designed to stop the scroll
Add polish with effects, transitions, masking, and blend modes
Render and export videos ready for publishing and promotion
Work faster with templates while still making videos your own
Enroll now and start creating better promo videos
If you’re ready to stop overcomplicating video creation and start producing fast, effective, animated marketing content, this course will help you get there.
CreateStudio makes 2D animation far more accessible—and this course shows you exactly how to turn that accessibility into real promotional assets you can use to grow your audience, brand, and business.
Enroll now and learn how to create quick, polished, attention-grabbing marketing videos with CreateStudio 2D Animation.
I'll see you in the classroom,
---Brian