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UI Animation Video for Workato Changelog: 3 Filters in 55 Seconds
Workato rebuilt its Changelog page and needed users to know they could now find a product update without scrolling the whole list. This UI animation video teaches the 3 new controls one at a time: a search that narrows to "API", category tags that filter with a click, and a year and quarter list that goes back to 2019.
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Workato · Changelog
- Client
- Workato
- Product
- Changelog, the product update page in the Workato Product Hub
- Made for
- Workato users and admins who follow platform releases
- Format
- UI animation video with kinetic on-screen text
- Style
- Animated Changelog interface on a light canvas, with mint highlight bars on key phrases
- Length
- 0:55
- Production timeline
- 3 to 4 weeks
- Budget
- $1,200 to $2,000
The problem: a changelog only helps if users can find the one update they need
Workato ships updates across many product areas. The cards in the video alone carry 6 labels: Universal Connectivity, API Platform, Security, Automation HQ, Engagement Workflows and Builder Productivity, with entries going back to 2019. A long list in date order makes a user scroll past release after release to reach the one that touches their recipes.
The new Changelog page fixed that with 3 controls: search, category filters and year and quarter filters. The video had to show each control working on real entries, fast enough that a user would try it the next time they wondered what changed.
How the video teaches each Changelog control, scene by scene
Every line is on-screen text, so the video reads with the sound off. Select a time to play that scene above.
| Time | On screen | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Kinetic type on a blank canvas: "A newly designed experience", then "to discover changes to the product". | Says what changed before showing any screen. | |
| "Always know what's new" above the full Changelog page in a browser frame, with the year list and 2 entries dated Mar 31, 2022. | Shows the whole page once so every later close-up has a place. | |
| "more intuitive way", "to explore all product updates", then "Effortlessly find what you're looking for" and "Search your way". | Names the user's task and sets up the first control. | |
| The search box types "AP", then "API". The list changes to API Platform entries such as "Reduce API latency with zero-logging". | Proves search with a real query and real results. | |
| "Browse by categories" beside tilted release cards labeled Security and Automation HQ, then "Filter with a single click". | Shows that every update carries a category label. | |
| A cursor clicks the "API PLATFORM" tag. The list shows only API Platform entries, from Mar 16 and Feb 25, 2022. | Proves the single-click filter on screen. | |
| "or go back in time". The year list opens 2021, the cursor clicks Q3 and the list shows Sep 2021 entries such as "Org-level apps for Slack". | Shows the time filter reaching older releases. | |
| "Changelog" with "Keep up with the latest updates", then "workato.com/product-hub/changelog" and the Workato logo. | Tells the user where to go and closes on the brand. |
Storyboard: the frames that carry the Workato UI animation video
Key frames from the finished video, in order. Select a time to play that moment above.
The whole Changelog page, shown once before any close-up. 
The user's task, in their words: find what you need. 
Search proved with a real query: "API". 
Every update carries a category label. 
The second control in 5 words. 
The click itself: the cursor on the "API PLATFORM" tag. 
The third control is introduced in plain words. 
The time filter: 2021 open, Q3 selected. 
The close gives the address, not a slogan.
4 decisions behind the Workato Changelog UI animation video
Decision 1
Name the control, then show it working
Each control gets a title card first and the interface second: "Search your way" at 0:16 is followed by "API" being typed at 0:18.
Copy it: Give each feature one short title card, then cut straight to the screen doing what the card says.
Decision 2
Fill the interface with real release notes
The cards hold real Workato entries, such as "Reduce API latency with zero-logging" (Mar 16, 2022) and "Org-level apps for Slack" (Sep 30, 2021), so the filters visibly narrow real content.
Copy it: Populate your UI with your own data, not lorem ipsum, so viewers recognize what they will see when they log in.
Decision 3
Highlight what the user gets, not the feature name
A mint bar sits under "what's new" at 0:06, "find what you're looking for" at 0:12 and "Filter with a single click" at 0:28.
Copy it: Pick one phrase per card that names what the user gets, and mark it in your brand color.
Decision 4
End on the address
At 0:48 the video shows "workato.com/product-hub/changelog" before the logo, so the last thing a user reads is where to go.
Copy it: Close on the exact URL where the feature lives, not on a tagline.
From the Changelog page design to a 55-second UI animation
- Changelog UI rebuild. The page's navigation, header, year list, search box, category tags and "Released" badges were designed as separate UI elements that could move on their own.
- 3 controls, 3 chapters. The script was locked to the page's 3 new controls: search, categories and year and quarter filters, each with its own title card and proof scene.
- Kinetic type cards. Short lines such as "Search your way" were set in large type on a light canvas, with a mint highlight bar on the key phrase.
- Interface motion. Typing in the search box, the cursor click on a category tag, the year list opening and the tilted card slides were animated.
- Compositing and grading. UI layers, highlight bars and transitions were composited, and color was graded.
- Sound, edit and render. Sound design was added, the cut was timed to each card and the final video was rendered.
Scope of work:
Production took 3 to 4 weeks on a budget of $1,200 to $2,000. See the SaaS video production service for how a project like this is scoped.
Questions about the Workato UI animation video
How does the Workato Changelog video show search?
At 0:16 the card "Search your way" appears, then from 0:18 the search box types "AP" and "API" and the list changes to API Platform entries such as "Reduce API latency with zero-logging".
How does the video show filtering by category?
From 0:22 "Browse by categories" runs beside Security and Automation HQ cards. After "Filter with a single click" at 0:28, the cursor clicks the "API PLATFORM" tag at 0:30 and only API Platform entries remain.
How does the video show older product updates?
At 0:36 the line "or go back in time" introduces the year list. The 2021 entry opens, the cursor clicks Q3 and the list shows Sep 2021 releases such as "Org-level apps for Slack".
Why does the Workato video use real release notes instead of placeholder text?
Real entries, dated from Sep 2021 to Mar 2022, show the filters narrowing content a Workato user would actually look for. The viewer sees the same cards they will meet on the page.
Why does the video end on a URL instead of a slogan?
The goal is a visit to the page, so at 0:48 the video shows "workato.com/product-hub/changelog" before the Workato logo at 0:50.
How long did the Workato UI animation video take, and what did it cost?
Production took 3 to 4 weeks on a budget of $1,200 to $2,000. The scope covered UI element design, motion graphic animation, visual effects, compositing, sound design, editing, color grading and final rendering.
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