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Procedural Videos vs 3D, motion design and code tools
Blender and Cinema 4D build 3D scenes, Spline designs 3D in the browser, Cavalry animates 2D procedurally, and Remotion, Motion Canvas and Manim make videos from code you write. Procedural Videos is procedural too, but AI writes the code from your brief, and the engine renders it.
The short answer
Choose 3D and code tools for real 3D, custom animation systems, or video built into a developer pipeline, when you have the skills.
Choose Procedural Videos when you want motion drawn by code without writing code or learning a 3D suite.
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The difference, explained
Real output: how this video was made
- Title
- 3D and code tools vs ProcVideos
- Brief
A calm, fair 30-second explainer for designers and developers who could build motion graphics themselves. It compares 3D and code tools, where you model, keyframe or program the animation, with ProcVideos, where AI plans the video from a brief and a render engine draws it. Use this on-screen text and narration exactly as written, one scene each, in this order. Title scene. On screen: 3D and code tools vs ProcVideos Narration: Two fair ways to make motion graphics. 1. On screen: Model and animate it | ProcVideos plans and draws Narration: Model it by hand, or let ProcVideos plan it. 2. On screen: Build a pipeline | Rendered MP4 from a brief Narration: Build your own pipeline, or start from a brief. 3. On screen: Full 3D scenes | Photos, type and motion Narration: Full 3D scenes, or photos, type and motion. 4. On screen: Film the real thing, add ProcVideos clips Narration: Or combine them: film the real thing, add ProcVideos titles. End card. On screen: Compare at procvideos.com Narration: Compare at procvideos dot com. Rules. The only brand named anywhere is ProcVideos, written exactly like that, as one word. Name no other product or company on screen or in the narration; speak about the other side only as a category. Never write or say "Procedural Videos", and never use "code" as the name of our side: the product is ProcVideos. Photos. Every scene shows a real stock photograph: a head-and-shoulders portrait of one smiling everyday person facing the camera in bright light, for example "head and shoulders portrait of a smiling woman facing camera, bright office". Never hands only, a silhouette, a person from behind, a dark room or an extreme close-up. The pictured people never speak or endorse anything. No statistics, no prices. Keep it calm and fair: never mock the first side.
- Style
- Photo
- Format
- YouTube 16:9
- Length
- 30 s
- Narration
- English
- Music mood
- Calm
- Made by
- Procedural Videos, from this brief (the preview is a plain cut of its output)
The product form also asks for a short title and one of eight music moods. The AI planner wrote the on-screen lines and the call to action.
01Brief
A calm, fair 30-second explainer for designers and developers who could build motion graphics themselves.
See the full brief
A calm, fair 30-second explainer for designers and developers who could build motion graphics themselves. It compares 3D and code tools, where you model, keyframe or program the animation, with ProcVideos, where AI plans the video from a brief and a render engine draws it. Use this on-screen text and narration exactly as written, one scene each, in this order. Title scene. On screen: 3D and code tools vs ProcVideos Narration: Two fair ways to make motion graphics. 1. On screen: Model and animate it | ProcVideos plans and draws Narration: Model it by hand, or let ProcVideos plan it. 2. On screen: Build a pipeline | Rendered MP4 from a brief Narration: Build your own pipeline, or start from a brief. 3. On screen: Full 3D scenes | Photos, type and motion Narration: Full 3D scenes, or photos, type and motion. 4. On screen: Film the real thing, add ProcVideos clips Narration: Or combine them: film the real thing, add ProcVideos titles. End card. On screen: Compare at procvideos.com Narration: Compare at procvideos dot com. Rules. The only brand named anywhere is ProcVideos, written exactly like that, as one word. Name no other product or company on screen or in the narration; speak about the other side only as a category. Never write or say "Procedural Videos", and never use "code" as the name of our side: the product is ProcVideos. Photos. Every scene shows a real stock photograph: a head-and-shoulders portrait of one smiling everyday person facing the camera in bright light, for example "head and shoulders portrait of a smiling woman facing camera, bright office". Never hands only, a silhouette, a person from behind, a dark room or an extreme close-up. The pictured people never speak or endorse anything. No statistics, no prices. Keep it calm and fair: never mock the first side.
02PlanAI planner
- format
- 16:9
- length
- 30 s
- narration
- Yes
03Drawn by code
- style
- Photo
- colours
#4A7200#1F4FD1#F5F7EF
04Frames1 tick = 1 s ≈ 1 credit
playhead 06.1 / 30 s
- credits
- 30
05MP4
30 s
1080p · 30 fps MP4
- credits
- 30 ≈ $3.00
Side by side
| Topic | 3D and code tools | Procedural Videos |
|---|---|---|
| Who makes it | You: modelling and keyframes (Blender, Cinema 4D), procedural 2D (Cavalry), or code in React, TypeScript or Python (Remotion, Motion Canvas, Manim).1,4,5,7,8 | AI writes the code from your brief; you review a storyboard and give feedback. |
| 3D | Full 3D scenes and rendering (Blender, Cinema 4D), and browser 3D (Spline).1,2,3 | 2D motion graphics. |
| Licence | Blender is free and open source; Cavalry is free for individuals; Motion Canvas and Manim are MIT open source; Remotion needs a company licence above a company size; Cinema 4D is a subscription.1,4,7,9,6,2 | Credits per video, on any paid Attain OS plan. |
| Output | Whatever you build and render.1 | A 1080p, 30 fps MP4 in 9:16 or 16:9, 10, 15, 20 or 30 s, with music and sound effects. |
Where Procedural Videos is better
Code, without coding
As with a code library, every frame is computed from code, so motion is continuous and stable. Here, you don't write it.
Sound included
Music and sound effects in every video, and optional narration in English or Spanish with captions timed to the frame.
Ready for social formats
9:16 and 16:9 at 1080p, 30 fps, as an MP4 download with a poster image.
Where it falls short
No 3D scenes
It draws 2D motion graphics. For modelled objects, lighting and cameras, use a 3D suite.
Less control
You steer through the brief and feedback, not by editing a scene, a node graph or the code yourself.
Short, fixed lengths
10, 15, 20 or 30 seconds per video.
When to use which
Use 3D and code tools for
- Product renders and 3D scenes (Blender, Cinema 4D)
- 3D for the web (Spline)
- Video built into an app or data pipeline (Remotion)
- Maths and technical animation (Manim, Motion Canvas)
Use Procedural Videos for
- Short motion graphics without code or a 3D suite
- Brand clips with music, sound effects and narration
- Explainers and announcements in your colours
Use both
Mix a render or a demo with procedural clips
Already have a product render or a screen recording? Cut it with procedural clips for the words: the render shows the object, the clips explain it. Every frame is a real render, your own footage, or made by Procedural Videos.
- Filmed by you0–8 sYour render or demoThe product, rendered or on screen.
- Procedural clip8–18 sA 10 s procedural clipWhat it does, as animated type in your colours.
- Filmed by you18–30 sMore of the real thingA detail, or the product in use.
- Procedural clip30–40 sA 10 s end cardThe offer and where to go next.
Cut it together in any video editor. Procedural Videos makes the clips; it does not edit your footage.
If you add narration, it is an AI voice: follow each platform's AI-content labeling rules.
Questions
Is it like Remotion or Manim?
In one way: the motion is written as code. The difference is who writes it: here, AI writes the code from your brief, and you get a finished MP4.
Can it make 3D?
No. It makes 2D motion graphics.
Do I need to know how to code?
No. You write a brief in plain words.
Sources
Facts about other products come from their public pages, checked on 29 September 2026. Plans and features change, so check the vendor's page before you decide.
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Blender, Cinema 4D, Spline, Cavalry, Remotion, Motion Canvas, Manim, React, TypeScript, and Python are trademarks of their owners. Procedural Videos is not affiliated with, endorsed or sponsored by them.