Hi 4sakemedia, The main files of EVT4 you’ve downloaded contain also “Tutorials” folder with videos that describe how to use every element of the template. You can find them also online here (for example this one is about building scenes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM1soHDBZ0Q&list=PLU9kseFH_-G8JyPK41lQvwxeNMjn4KAJO&index=4&t=107s&ab_channel=FrederikVanecek

Hi ciadecomunicacao, EVT4 also has the source files for the main promo story included so you can build upon it. Workflow of EVT4 is significantly improved so many things can be done faster and it takes less computing power. You can see some examples of workflow here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU9kseFH_-G8JyPK41lQvwxeNMjn4KAJO

Hi ManuuVFX, Thanks for notice, Yes I’ve just tested compatibility with the new AE CC 2021 (18.0) which was added yesterday and everything works well!

Hey ciadecomunicacao, I’m happy to hear the template was helpful for you! Yeah they are separated versions and both working quite differently. EVT4 has great workflow improvements but I didn’t want to cut off older EVT3 customers from their download so they are all separated. That also means yes, people have to pay to have access to the new version.

Hi MSalith, this kind of high quality voiceover has to be made by real person, there is no automatic way so I hired an actor from bunny studio. Their system is working really well and you can pick any voice actor you like. I definitely recommend them. EVT4 is easy to use for beginners. EVT4 is a template of graphics and animations for Adobe After Effects so you’ll need this video editing software. For a simple video you only need to use and know the most basic tools to adjust position, size, time and you can easily compose anything you want. Currently I don’t do freelancing but if you want to find someone to do it you can find many people that can easily handle the task on upwork or other freelancing websites.

Here you can see how EVT4 looks like inside After Effects: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM1soHDBZ0Q&list=PLU9kseFH_-G8JyPK41lQvwxeNMjn4KAJO&index=4&t=107s&ab_channel=FrederikVanecek

Feel free to ask if you’ll need to know more.

Hi timjivey, It is not something I’ve tried so I’m not 100% sure but I think there is a workaround for this. You could animate the mouth in Adobe Character Animator and import it into AE. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql4pueBoaRs&ab_channel=MotionDad

As far as I know we don’t have the possibility to easily import after effects characters into character animator.

Hi Taerar, thanks for the reply. Animating the mouth alone is exactly what I did and it seems like it should work fairly well. I have one more question. I made adjustments to the texture layer to make my model a bit taller, but those changes don’t seem to translate to other preset character animations and I have to remake those changes every time. Is there a way to make this easier? Thanks in advance. Lovin’ the package so far.

The best way how to adjust length or width of character body and limbs is to use the “Limbs Controller” and yes you would need to repeat the adjustment on the other characters too but it is just a few clicks. You can can also save a texture you’ve made and re-use it later.

https://i.imgur.com/8p8J2hm.png

Hi jimmyp, Yes EVT4 has all the mouth shapes you need for lip sync. It requires a bit of manual work but it is pretty easy to do. You can see the tutorial below on how to do a simple lip sync.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sILfl2ktqgw&list=PLU9kseFH_-G8JyPK41lQvwxeNMjn4KAJO&index=7&ab_channel=FrederikVanecek

Also if you need to do a lot of lip sync then I recommend you a plugin called “SF Caddy” from AEscripts that can help with workflow a lot.

Thank you I encountering a problem I received an error saying to give AE full read and write permission to the ~/Library/ApplicationSupport/Frederik V folder. What do I do?

Hi jimmyp, please go to your After effects > edit > preferences > general > allow scripts to write files and access network. Evt4 will create some light files which will be later used by characters to move limbs and make their controlers. Many other plugins and scripts need this option so i recommend to keep this allowed. That should be it. If not then there is one more trick related to ios settings but i would have to look it up when i will be back on my pc in a few hours.

Hi nuah, thank you for asking! Yes one regular license/download is all you need to make multiple videos. No need to purchase and download the same tools every time. Videohive licensing rules are written in a bit hostile tone but in reality there is not much to worry about.

Hello Branislav, This should not an issue with EVT4 but in general when you want to preview your video in After Effects then you need 2 or more frames. That means your render area is not set correctly. -> go to time 0:00:01 in your timeline and press “B” to set the start of render area. Then go for example to time 0:00:06 in your timeline and press “N” to set end of render area. Now you can preview your video

Hello mielkramer, I agree with you that the videohive licensing rules are a bit inaccurate and not the best fit for selling / buying video templates. I feel like videohive licensing rules try to spread fear in attempt to sell a few extra licenses but i don’t like it and here is my opinion and advice. It makes much more sense to buy this product as a tool that you use any time you find some use to it – for unlimited number of clients as everyone would expect. (same as car repair shop use their tools many times) I guess most of people follow the common sense and there is nothing wrong with it and I encourage it as well. In many years I didn’t see anyone got into troubles for licensing. I want this project to help people to make videos and money without any unnecessary restrictions or worries and I’m very happy that many people choose to support this project by purchasing the regular or even the extended download.

Hi nuah, EVT4 character use a texture which is just a single composition that can be replaced. That means you can create your own texture just once and use the same texture many times So there is no need to repeat the modification again. https://youtu.be/OM1soHDBZ0Q?t=130

Hello Hai_K, Every new version of explainer video toolkit is an updated version of the previous, so most of the elements are the same but with better functions, improved performance and more modern design. Also EVT4 contains some new assets that cant be found in the older one so I recommend to use EVT4. I’m sorry for the late reply! As I can see you already figured it out and decided

Hi cu3edesign, Yes everything that you see on the video is included. You can also browse through all elemetns more conveniently with the HTML catalogue. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TqIoVQ2d1Kk91aX7lD-CYP3xEST439iv/view

Hello AhtyshamAfzal, I was not able to reproduce this bug with my After Effects 17.5.0 (Build 40) and EVT4 seems to be working fine on my AE even if I try to add anything from the script for the second time. Currently I don’t have any solution for this issue since it is probably some bug in AE. I recommend to try install AE version 17.1.4 again since that one was very stable version. The new AE 17.5 seems to work worse on my PC than the previous version too. https://i.imgur.com/95swwB9.png

Hi giainfo, Thank you! Also I’m sorry to hear that there is an issue. I was not able to reproduce this bug so I suspect there might be some unusual setting. Here are a few tips on what to check:

1. Go to Edit > Preferences > Scripting & Expressions > Allow Scripts to Write Files… (turn ON) -> Then reload AE and EVT4 if it was off previously

2. Go to File > Projects Settings > Expressions > Swith the expression engine.

3. Check if your C:/Users/User/App Data/Roaming/ -> contains folder Frederik V with EVT4 Limbs Control.ffx in it. (not sure about Mac location now, simply search for Frederik V folder or Explainer Video Toolkit v4.2 folder).

If none of these tips helped please let me know more details about what version of AE do you use and if there is any expression error message. Thank you giainfo!

Hi, thank you for the quick reply. I have done 1 and 2 but 3, I have the Limbs Control.ffx file but not in a Frederik V folder. I have 2020 Version and no errors show up… I have the woman man slider but nothing else.

Hi giainfo, I’ve tried to check this with other people too but it seems like some problem directly form After Effects so there is not much I can do for now. The new version 17.5 doesn’t seem to be stable yet so I would recommend to install the older but more stable version of AE 17.1.4. https://i.imgur.com/95swwB9.png

This is how a character texture looks like. Every part can be changed to whatever you like if it can fit the dedicated square area which has plenty of space. https://i.imgur.com/5Q7RF6j.png

Thanks for your response! Can you clarify if you meant that every part can be changed in another software like Illustrator/Photoshop? Like with most other toolkits I saw here, there were options to change head shape and body shape within the toolkit in the character customization. Is that not possible with your toolkit?

I’m not aware of me saying that. EVT4 character textures are customizable directly in After Effects, but you are free to do the customizations also in Illustrator or literally any other software too. There are no limitations.

Yes EVT4 has really low system requirements and is well optimized to run even on lower end pc, that was the point of making this version.

If i were you i would also check if there is not a problem with your pc. if you are concerned about power of your pc, Google something on how to optimize it because usually they lose a lot of power after a few years if they are not properly kept. CPU usage deffinitely shouldnt go up much with any project so that points to a problem somewhere in your pc – i guess also cooling is an issue since it is 13’ mac book.

Thanks for the response. I haven’t seen this feature on the product page. Can you please confirm if changing the weight of the character is possible in character customisation? Like making a character overweight or underweight, and manually changing the weight/fatness of a character.

Hi Profuzion, thank you for asking!

EVT4 has 28 mouth shapes (all the traditional lip sync poses + some additional emotion poses). Every character has a composition dedicated to mouth shapes so you can load all shapes there and change them to do lip sync. This thing is not automatic so the lip sync has to be “animated” manually. (Every few frames pick different mouth shape). Here a script called SF Caddy could be helpful if you have to do a lot of lip sync https://aescripts.com/sf-caddy/

Here you can download our HTML catalogue of elements to see all the mouth shapes and other elements: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TqIoVQ2d1Kk91aX7lD-CYP3xEST439iv/view

For voiceover part, if you want to achieve natural sounding then I think the best is to hire a voice actor. All my voiceovers are made with voicebunny.com and here is a post with some helpful advices about how to go through the process https://blog.misterhorse.tv/getting-a-voiceover-for-your-video-fe610f92f6d2

Have a nice day, Frederik

This is awesome Taerar! Thanks for all the helpful resources! Purchasing Toolkit, now!

Extended is for a situation when viewers have to pay to see a video or use a product made with evt4, for all other situations use regular

Hello haakontronstad, for this purpose just one regular license is the right choice, no need to go for extended or multiple licenses. You can create as many videos for your company as you want – on one license.