--- title: The secret of Tree Wisdom description: What happens when you put a tool like VideoScribe into the hands of a talented designer? Incredible, isn't it? 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[Home](https://www.videoscribe.co/)› 2. [Blog](https://blog.videoscribe.co)› 3. [How-to Guides](https://blog.videoscribe.co/tag/how-to-guides)› 4. The secret of Tree Wisdom # The secret of Tree Wisdom Posted by [Gabriel Smy](https://blog.videoscribe.co/author/gabriel-smy) on October 22, 2013 ![Gabriel Smy](https://blog.videoscribe.co/hubfs/Gabrielle.png)   **What happens when you put a tool like VideoScribe into the hands of a talented designer? The answer is 'Tree Wisdom'.** We asked the wonderful graphic designer [Lizzie Everard](http://www.lizzieeverard.com/lizzie_everard.html) to play with VideoScribe. This is what she came up with. Incredible, isn't it? We were blown away! ## How did she do it? In these tutorial videos Lizzie describes her techniques: 1. [Controlling lines in VideoScribe](https://blog.videoscribe.co/tree-wisdom-tutorial-1-controlling-lines-in-videoscribe/) 2. [Ordering layers for VideoScribe](https://blog.sparkol.com/tree-wisdom-tutorial-2-ordering-layers-for-videoscribe/) 3. [Using After Effects with VideoScribe](https://blog.sparkol.com/tree-wisdom-tutorial-3-using-after-effects-with-videoscribe/) Lizzie also wrote about [making 'Tree Wisdom'](http://lizzieeverard.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/going-out-on-limb.html) on her blog: > I wanted to really push Videoscribe and my use of Illustrator with it - which is really the core of Sparkol's technique. There are technical tricks I've learnt over nearly 20 years in the industry that I wanted to try, some of which were in Illustrator, and after hours of crafting my scribe I also exported it into After Effects and pushed some depth into it through layering … just open it up and get stuck in! Don't be afraid to really mess around. The soundtrack is [disOrder](http://ccmixter.org/files/airtone/33608) by airtone, available under Creative Commons. 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