Videos that show how it's made

[Connie]

I was working on a Christmas ornament, and noticed at the bottom of the page under Zazzle Inspriation, there was a video showing how the ornaments are made! That is SO NEAT! Over the years I've seen a few different videos about how different things are made, but how can I find all the videos from Zazzle makers?

[WHS_Designs]

I found a video clip for glass ornaments. So cool to see a walkthrough of the (im)printing process, and the interview with Zazzle employees adds a nice humanizing touch!

W.H.  

[KeegansCreation]

The Maker videos are on Zazzle's Youtube channel. It's the Maker Moments playlist.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMQHLsxd7kB0vMLvwKQEk06bsknh5FBk2 

I always like the Zazzle chat videos where they talked about new products and how to design for them. Unfortunately they haven't uploaded one for two years. I wish they would since I think the new foil cards could use a video that outlines how the foil is going on one layer but the other design elements are going on a different layer and these layers are separated in the design tool.

There are also tutorial videos but again, not recent. I think the masking feature deserves a video. It isn't intuitive and will especially confound people who don't routinely use clipping masks in graphics programs.

The most recent two videos (3 months) are Instagram format ads aimed at customers. Which is great. It's good to see Zazzle ads. But there is a 2 year gap between those and the next oldest videos. To be fair, that 2 year gap coincides with Covid so I am guessing that videos fell to the bottom of the priority list in favor of simply surviving given supply chain issues and what I assume were the same staffing issues everybody had as random staffers need to quarantine. Here's hoping that as Covid wanes (fingers crossed) that Zazzle Chat and tutorial videos resume. The Zazzle design tool is feature-rich and the product line is broader than any other POD. But both these good things add complexity that could use some video explainers.

[Marcia]

@KeegansCreation Thanks for that link! I just watched at least a dozen of those on youtube. They're fascinating! I wish Zazzle still made these videos.

[Connie]

THANK YOU! This is super fun to watch all these videos!