Case Studies
Client profile
Josh Sutton is the founder of Ethos Peptides, a research-use-only peptide company based near Atlanta, Georgia. He started the business in November of 2025 and runs it as a solopreneur, handling day-to-day operations himself while also working full-time as a project manager at an IT company.
He handles his own marketing to keep costs down and maintain control over the brand. He uses Renderforest for:
- Logo animations and branded intros and outros for newsletter videos
- TikTok videos and product announcements
- Promotional content across social channels
The challenge
Before Renderforest, Josh relied on Adobe After Effects, Photoshop, and Premiere to produce video assets. These tools gave him control, but they were not suited to the quick, creative content he needed to make regularly.
Even small tasks, like creating a logo reveal, could take him around two hours. As a solo founder without a design background, the steep learning curve and time cost made it hard to produce polished content consistently. He needed something faster, simpler, and more affordable.
The solution
Josh found Renderforest through a Google search while looking for ways to improve his marketing using AI and technology. After trying it, he was sold on the ease of use and the available options.
The features Josh relies on most:
- Logo reveal templates for polished intros and outros
- AI video generator for building product videos before fine-tuning
- Manual scene editing when the idea is already clear
- Built-in music and voiceovers to avoid hunting for external assets
- Flexible formats for TikTok, newsletters, and YouTube
The results
Time savings
- Intro and outro creation went from around two hours to minutes
- AI-generated drafts provide a base structure to refine instead of starting from scratch
Cost savings
- Keeps marketing in-house instead of outsourcing to a marketing company
- Money saved goes back into the business
Brand presence
- People have commented that videos now have a more professional edge
- Clean logo intros and outros help Ethos Peptides stand out from competitors
Looking ahead
Josh plans to push further into Renderforest’s AI features. He wants to take product images, like an unlabeled vial, and turn them into short promotional animations with text, camera movement, light effects, and custom backgrounds. He has a new product coming soon and wants to use Renderforest to animate it.
He also plans to shift more of his post-production workflow into Renderforest’s built-in video editor, replacing the back-and-forth with Adobe Premiere for combining clips, intros, outros, and transitions.
Lean, fast, and in-house
Josh describes himself as always looking for small process improvements that make operations faster and more efficient. Renderforest fits that mindset. It lets him create professional branded video content without outsourcing, without heavy software, and without losing hours he does not have.
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