Every clip, overlay picture and title has three places for an animation:
| Place | When it plays | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| In | As the clip starts | Fade in, Pop in, Slide in, Rise up, Bounce in |
| Loop | Repeats in between | Pulse, Float, Wiggle, Sway, Breathe, Heartbeat |
| Out | As the clip ends | Fade out, Pop out, Slide out left, Spin out |
Add one
- Select the clip or title. With nothing selected, it goes on the clip at the playhead.
- Open Effects in the left rail and go to Motion. The line under it shows the clip's In, Loop and Out: press one to see its tiles.
- Press a tile. The preview plays that part of the clip once, then stops where the clip is fully shown.
The inspector (Ctrl+Alt+I, both modes) has the same three rows: the Video tab for clips and pictures, the Animation tab for titles.
Change or remove it
| Do this | Where |
|---|---|
| Pick another animation | Press another tile, or the row's picker in the inspector |
| Make it shorter or longer | The row's length in seconds, in the inspector |
| Make it gentler | Strength, in the inspector |
| Remove it | The × next to it on the Motion line, or None in the inspector's picker |
Motion presets: zoom, pan, shake
- Select the clip and open the inspector's Video tab › More › Keyframes, enter and exit.
- Point at a tile to preview it ("Pick one. Point at it to preview."). None comes first.
- Click a tile, for example Zoom in, Pan right or Shake.
- Under the tiles: Intensity, Length (s) and Whole clip. A change applies at once.
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- Each pick or change is one Undo step (Ctrl+Z).
- If a clip is shorter than In and Out together, both play faster.
- Animations work on video, photo and title clips. A clip needs at least 2 frames.
- They play on top of any keyframes you set yourself.
- Captions have their own Word animation in their caption style.
- The preview after a pick needs the player; a second pick, pause or a move of the playhead ends it early. Nothing is saved by the preview itself.