We’re excited to announce the launch of Data Story Maker, our new extension for Adobe Premiere Pro that transforms how video editors create animated data visualizations.
Why We Built This
As video editors ourselves, we know the frustration all too well. A client sends you an Excel file with sales data. They want animated charts. Beautiful, broadcast-quality graphics that tell a compelling story.
Your options? Export everything to After Effects, spend hours setting up expressions and keyframes, or hire a motion graphics specialist. What should take minutes ends up consuming half your day.
We built Data Story Maker because we were tired of breaking our workflow every time a project needed data visualization. We wanted something that lives inside Premiere Pro, works with our existing editing process, and produces professional results in minutes, not hours.
What Makes It Different
Data Story Maker isn’t just another plugin—it’s a tool designed around the real-world needs of working editors.
Native Premiere Pro Integration
Everything happens inside your timeline. No jumping between applications, no rendering intermediate files, no complicated project management. Import your CSV data, customize your chart, and you’re done. The extension generates video files directly into your project directory, so you’ll never deal with “media offline” errors when moving projects between systems.
Built for Speed
We’ve optimized every part of the workflow for editors working on deadline. Creating a bar racing chart that would take 2-3 hours in After Effects? You’ll have it ready in under 5 minutes. Need to update the data because numbers changed? Regenerate instantly while keeping all your animation settings.
Professional Quality, Zero Learning Curve
The charts look broadcast-ready out of the box, but you have complete control over every visual element. Colors, fonts, animation timing, easing curves—customize everything to match your project’s style. And because it uses familiar Premiere Pro concepts, there’s virtually no learning curve.
Eight Chart Types for Every Story
We’ve included the chart types that actually get used in professional video production:
Bar Charts – Perfect for comparisons and rankings, available in both horizontal and vertical orientations with smooth animated builds.
Line Charts – Ideal for showing trends over time, with support for multiple data series and animated drawing effects.
Pie Charts – Clean percentage breakdowns with elegant rotation animations and customizable labels.
Bubble Charts – Multi-dimensional data visualization with physics-based animations that bring your data to life.
Bar Racing Charts – The viral sensation that’s become essential for social media content. Watch categories compete in real-time with smooth position transitions.
Countdown Timers – Dynamic time-based animations perfect for event coverage or creating urgency.
Timelines – Visualize events across time with customizable markers and labels.
Number Displays – Animated statistics and counters that count up to grab attention.
Real Workflows, Real Solutions
We designed Data Story Maker around actual editing scenarios we face every day:
The News Deadline – Election night, breaking financial news, or sports statistics. You need accurate charts and you need them fast. Import the latest data, regenerate, and you’re on air.
The Corporate Quarterly – Quarterly earnings videos, annual reports, investor presentations. Create an entire deck of charts with consistent styling in the time it used to take to make one.
The Documentary Edit – Supporting your narrative with data-driven storytelling. Charts that integrate seamlessly with your footage and match your film’s aesthetic.
The Social Media Grind – YouTube explainers, TikTok facts, Instagram reels. Generate eye-catching visualizations that stop the scroll and rack up views.
The Last-Minute Client Change – “Can we update those numbers?” Instead of panic, it’s a 30-second regeneration. Your timeline stays intact, only the data updates.
Built on Real Feedback
Data Story Maker emerged from our own production work and evolved through testing with editors across different specialties. We’ve refined every feature based on real project needs:
- Charts save directly to your project folder because we learned the hard way about missing media
- Multi-dataset support because real data is rarely single-series
- Automatic legend wrapping because labels don’t always fit
- Dynamic margin calculations because different data needs different spacing
- Physics-based animations because smooth motion matters
The Technical Foundation
Under the hood, Data Story Maker uses Javascript for precision data visualization and modern web technologies for rendering. But you don’t need to know any of that. We’ve wrapped all the complexity in a simple interface that feels natural to Premiere Pro editors.
The extension handles everything automatically: optimal canvas sizing, resolution scaling, color space management, and frame rate matching. You focus on the creative decisions; we handle the technical details.
Who It’s For
Data Story Maker is perfect for:
- Broadcast editors working on news, sports, or financial programming
- Corporate video producers creating internal communications and investor relations content
- Documentary filmmakers who need to visualize research and statistics
- Social media creators producing educational or data-driven content
- Freelance editors who want to offer data visualization as an additional service
- Post-production houses handling multiple client projects with data needs
If you’ve ever needed to put a chart in a video, this tool will save you time and frustration.
Pricing That Makes Sense
We’re offering Data Story Maker as a subscription service at $4.99 per month. No tiers, no feature limitations, no per-project charges. You get all eight chart types, unlimited generation, and all future updates.
For the cost of one hour of motion graphics work, you get a month of unlimited professional data visualization. The tool pays for itself on the first project.
Getting Started
Data Story Maker works with Adobe Premiere Pro 2025 and later on both Windows and macOS. Installation is straightforward—download the extension, install through the Adobe Extension Manager or ZXP installer, and you’re ready to go.
We’ve prepared comprehensive documentation covering installation, basic usage, and advanced customization. Plus, our support team (fellow editors who actually use the tool) is available to help you get the most out of Data Story Maker.
Get started with Data Story Maker
What’s Next
This launch is just the beginning. We’re already working on additional chart types, advanced animation presets, and template systems based on feedback from our early users. As editors ourselves, we’re constantly thinking about what would make our workflow better—and building those features into Data Story Maker.
We invite you to try Data Story Maker and see how it transforms your data visualization workflow. Whether you’re facing a tight deadline or just tired of the After Effects roundtrip, we built this tool for you.
Because we’re editors too. We know what you need.
Ready to transform your data storytelling? Get started with Data Story Maker today and join video editors who are creating broadcast-quality animated charts in minutes instead of hours.
Have questions? Check out our documentation or contact our support team—we’re here to help.
