The screen-writing software I mainly used in my early videos is the app Procreate on an iPad.

In my animated videos, initially I made most of the animations in Keynote. More recently, I’ve started using the Python library Manim for math animations, created by 3blue1brown. Manim is an awesome and powerful tool, though it has a steep learning curve. If you’re interested in making your own animations, try getting started in Keynote, which has easy to use animating capabilities, as well as built-in LaTeX support for equations. Keynote can then export your animations as a video. I also use Motion for some animations that aren’t handled as well by the other apps.

The interactive animations I’ve shared on my website are written in JavaScript using the library JSXGraph.

For video and audio editing, I use Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro.

For graphic design, I use Affinity Designer, Pixelmator Pro, and Canva. Another great little utility is LaTeXiT, for creating snippets of equations to use in other apps that don’t have LaTeX built-in.

I often use the app Camo to capture video directly from an iPhone to my Mac. I use the app CleanShot X for capturing screen recordings.

Finally, I do almost all the writing for my videos using Notion, which has built-in support for writing math with LaTeX.

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