Using Jitter.video for Motion Graphics
The Journalist’s Toolbox has many tools for creating social media and motion graphics, but one free tool I’ve been using since late 2021 that I really like is Jitter.video.
Jitter is a free tool with a paid upgrade that lets you export 1080p quality video. But for social media graphics — which is what I use Jitter for — the free version with a 720p export works just fine.
You can import images, add text, change background colors and select from several different animations for your graphic. After a couple of practice passes, I was building teasers for a redesign of The Red Line Project site my UIC students publish to.
The tool has several short training videos built into it, but I’ve recorded a short exercise below to summarize the basics:
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Around the Web
Mojo App
Templates to create Instagram Stories and other social channels.Type Studio
Video creation tool where you can edit the words in the transcript and it will trim the video.Lumen5
Social media video editing tool has several pricing tiers but the free version works just fine for journalists.Kapwing
Free and simple online video editor. Think Canva for video.
Cool Tool Tuesday
Don’t forget that at 1 p.m. CT each Tuesday, we feature a new resource on #cooltooltuesday, like you see in our Around the Web section of this newsletter. Be sure to check it out and retweet it. Here’s a video of some of my past faves:
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