To create my animation, I drafted my narration script, practiced with a stopwatch, and tweaked it to fit the time limit. I used Google to search for free vector images, which I downloaded from Shutterstock and vecteezy. I sketched a rough idea of the frames I wanted and noted which effects I wanted where. I saved my images as .ai (Adobe Illustrator) files and imported my vectors to Adobe Animate. I recorded my narration on Audacity and noted key time points in my script so I could synchronize my animation frames to the audio. I followed the steps in the Linked in Learning tutorial to add my images to create layers, change the size of images, insert text with key words, add motion effects and tweening, and add "ease in" to increase video speed of falling blood cell images. I used Clipchamp video editor to layer the narration and animation. This video was very difficult for me to make because there weren’t tutorials for all the things I wanted to do, like making the blood cells all clump together at once. There was a lot of trial and error, making this a very labor-intensive tool.

My Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR) video is aimed at veterinarians seeking to learn the practice of marine mammal medicine. ESR is an important screening test for inflammation, especially in dolphin medicine because dolphins mask their illness.