AIRBNB – GOOGLE WORKSPACE
Elevate your companies onboarding experience
On this project I worked with the guys at Think out Loud Studios (TOLS) to create a series of onboarding videos for Airbnb. These videos train new employees how to use Google Workspace apps for work tasks and communication while working at Airbnb. My job was to develop and animate ui graphic overlays explaining Google Workspace features across seven different videos. I also had to replace all the laptop and phone screens as well.
Role: Ui Design • Animation • Screen Tracking + Replacement
Client: Airbnb
Created ui assets for 70+ scenes
There were a ton of shots needing Ui overlays. For all of the Ui element I sourced what I could from around the web. What I couldn’t find I recreated in Figma using screen grabs.
Asset Allocation
I decided that converting each video into images would the best. That way I could lay the images out, visualize and categorize and allocate each Ui animation, have reference images for doing design and animation tests, and give the voices in my head the vital information they need in order to ensure myself a restful nights sleep.
I knew I was designing all of the UI in Figma so I used it again for this process. Also knew there was no way that I wanted to manually take screen grabs for all seven videos. F that noise. There must be an automated way to convert video to images. Searching the nets I found my solution over here and using VLC media player.
Here is an example of one of the seven videos broken down and organized to figure out where all the Ui assets need to be placed.
Ae Project Flow
In order to create a Ui Overlay for a video you need to bring a clip of that video into After Effects, to use as a reference for the animation. So I had like 60+ clips.., scattered through the seven videos. I needed a way to keep them all organized but be able to isolate the clips needing work.
Somehow I figure out this process. Split a video layer on the timeline in Premiere, then import that into After Effects, and each individual clip on the timeline becomes a separate comp in Ae, with a time stamp in the comps name. I think I used a plugin. Have to search for it again and revise this later.
This automated process solved my problem. How to organize and isolate all the shots needing Ui overlays or screen replacements, have separate comps for each shot needing work, created to size and seamlessly integrated into the edit. Now I know how to tackle this issue if handed a similar situation in the future.
30+ Screen Replacments
For this project I also got to sharpen my screen replacement spells. I used Boris Mocha to replace all the laptop and phone screens. How to track fingers when typing in front of a computer screen is particularly challenging. You must track each finger separately to be the most effective, though this does take a significantly more amount of time. Now I know how to tackle this issue if handed a similar situation in the future.
Thanks for checking out my project 🙂
Here is a few more of my favorite shots.
