As an instructional designer, I work with a range of video editing tools tailored to different needs. For complex, professional-grade editing, I use Adobe Premiere Pro, which offers limitless creative possibilities. For quick and intuitive tasks, I turn to Camtasia for screen recording and Vyond for creating engaging animations. Even Articulate Storyline proved convenient for video editing in certain scenarios. Each tool plays a unique role in my workflow, enabling me to deliver polished and impactful video content.
Due to internal guidelines at my current workplace, most of the videos I’ve produced over the past 18 months were created in Articulate Storyline. While using this tool for video production introduces certain limitations that make the process slightly more time-consuming, it remains highly effective for this purpose.
Although I believe Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects are the go-to applications for video editing, Storyline has proven to be very functional — especially thanks to its built-in screen recording and AI text-to-speech features. These capabilities have made video creation smooth and revisions easy to implement.
On top of that, when a video is long, it’s best practice to add chapters for easier navigation. If the video is hosted within a Rise module, it can be exported as a Storyline block with clear, easily visible chapters, making the user experience even more intuitive.
I’ve had several opportunities to edit videos in Adobe Premiere Pro. While I know there’s still much to learn, I’m comfortable performing essential tasks such as cropping and trimming clips, creating transitions, adding movement and effects to elements.
Enhancing my skills in Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects is currently one of top priorities in my professional development.
Here is one of the videos I created in Camtasia. I find the tool very intuitive and would love the opportunity to use it regularly in my work.
Vyond is an interesting tool with an exceptionally low entry barrier, making it accessible to a wide range of users and saving considerable time in animation production.
However, I see a few drawbacks, such as its highly recognizable and inflexible graphic style, and the lack of an option to export raw project files, which means losing access to working files if the subscription is discontinued.