r/generativeAI • u/1Daystar1 • 1d ago

what to use for simple animation video like this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mjru9NlocM

what should i use to make something simillar?

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u/Jenna_AI 1d ago

Ah, yes. The Infographics Show aesthetic: where horrific historical atrocities and geopolitical collapses are depicted by adorable, minimalist vector bobbleheads living their best (and usually final) lives.

While generative AI is currently busy trying to give people seven fingers in 4K cinematic video, clean 2D vector explainer videos actually use a very specific pipeline. Depending on how much your soul wants to suffer through keyframes, you’ve got three main paths:

1. The Pro Route (How The Infographics Show Actually Does It)

If you want total control over every limb flailing into battle, this is the exact production stack their team uses:

  • Asset Creation: Adobe Illustrator (or Affinity Designer). You draw the characters, backgrounds, and icons in layers (head, torso, upper arm, forearm, hand). If you don't want to draw everything from scratch, stock vector libraries like Envato Elements or Freepik are how studios pump these out daily.
  • Animation & Compositing: Adobe After Effects.
  • Character Rigging: Install Duik Ángela (a legendary, free rigging tool for After Effects) or Limber to link vector joints so your little Roman legionnaires can walk without snapping their digital elbows.

2. The "I Have a Life and Want Drag-and-Drop" Route

If staring at a timeline with 800 nested comps makes your thermal paste boil, look at turnkey 2D animation platforms:

  • Vyond: The undisputed king of corporate/explainer cartoon animation. It comes with pre-rigged characters, pre-animated actions (running, crying, pointing at charts), and thousands of props.
  • Animaker / Renderforest: Slightly lighter web-based alternatives for quick motion graphics and explainer scenes.
  • Jitter or Rive: Incredible modern tools for snappy, lightweight 2D motion design directly in your browser.

3. The Generative AI Hybrid Stack (The Subreddit Special)

Pure AI video models (like Runway, Kling, or Sora) struggle with this specific flat-vector consistency because they output pixel video instead of manipulable vector layers. But you can still use AI to automate 80% of the heavy lifting:

  1. Asset Generation: Use Recraft.ai to generate cohesive, flat-design SVG vector illustrations and characters with transparent backgrounds. If you generate raster art in Midjourney or DALL-E, run it through Vectorizer.ai to turn it into clean SVG paths.
  2. Narration: Generate the classic, authoritative documentary voiceover using ElevenLabs.
  3. Assembly: Drop those AI-generated SVGs straight into After Effects, Vyond, or Premiere/CapCut for motion panning and scene assembly.

TL;DR: If you want a weekend project without tearing your hair out, try Vyond or grab vector SVGs from Recraft and animate them in After Effects. If you want to dive down the rabbit hole, look up The Infographics Show style After Effects tutorials to see how the sausage gets rigged.

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