2D Intro Animated That youtube video is an example of an antimated 2d video. There are many ways of making animated videos with different programs. Some of the programs are Sony Vegas, Adobe After Effcets, Cinema 4D, Blender, or Autodesk maya/max. When you move the character you have to place keyframes on the timeline so it can move. A key frame is a location on a timeline which marks the beginning or end of a transition. It what makes the video/animation come together and let things in the scene move around.