Animations

Animation settings

Depending on the animation selected, some of the following settings can be adjusted:

Direction: The direction of the canvas that the element should enter or exit from (right, left, bottom, top).
Velocity: The velocity to give to the element (bounce, smooth, linear).
Duration: Time taken for the animation to complete in seconds (minimum value: 0.01).
Delay: Time to wait between the trigger and the start of the animation in seconds (minimum value: 0.01).

Entrance animations

Entrance animations can be applied to any canvas element or group of elements.

Name	Description	Settings
Instant	Instantly displays the element	Delay
Fade in	Gradually brings the element into view	Velocity Duration Delay
Slide in	Slides the element in from a specified direction	Direction Velocity Duration Delay
Move in	Gradually moves the element in from a specified direction (slight fade in applied)	Direction Velocity Duration Delay
Scale in	Element increases in size until it reaches its final size	Velocity Duration Delay
Zoom in	Element gradually increases in size until it reaches its final size (slight fade in applied)	Velocity Duration Delay

Exit animations

Exit animations can be applied to any canvas element or group of elements.

Name	Description	Settings
Instant	Element instantly disappears	Delay
Fade out	Gradually fades the element out of view	Velocity Duration Delay
Slide out	Slides the element out to a specified direction	Direction Velocity Duration Delay
Move out	Gradually moves the element out to a specified direction (slight fade in applied)	Direction Velocity Duration Delay
Scale out	Element decreases in size until it disappears	Velocity Duration Delay
Zoom out	Element gradually decreases in size until it fades away	Velocity Duration Delay

Effects

Emphasis effects

Emphasis effects are available for all canvas elements. These effects help draw the viewer's attention to any visual element on the canvas when a particular word is said in the script.

Blink: The element disappears and reappears a set number of times.
- Available settings: number of blinks and blinking speed.
Shake: The element shakes from left to right several times.
- Available settings: intensity and speed of shaking.
Pop: Enlarges the element to a set size, then scales the element back down to its original size.
- Available settings: speed and size to enlarge to (from 101 - 200%).

Avatar effects

Swap shot: Seamlessly switch an avatar's camera angle or zoom in the middle of a scene.

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Note:
The swap shot effect can only be applied to avatars with multiple camera angles available. Multi-cam avatars are indicated with a camera icon in the bottom-left of the avatar thumbnail:

Image effects

Camera Zoom:

Zoom into and out of specific areas of an image, or pan to a different area of an image.

Adjust zoom level, position, and speed of zoom.
When using a zoom effect, you can specify a zoom out point to return to the original zoom level by selecting Add Zoom Out. Multiple zoom in/out effects can be chained together.

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Note:
Image effects cannot be applied to an image that has been set as the background of a scene. Detach the image from the background to apply effects to it.

Video effects

Zoom/Pan:

Zoom into and out of specific areas of a video, or pan to a different area of a video.

Configure zoom level, position, and speed of zoom.
Use the scrubbing tool to choose a frame.
When using a zoom effect, you can specify a zoom out point to return to the original zoom level by selecting Add Zoom Out. Multiple zoom in/out effects can be chained together.

Play/Pause:

Define which video frame appears at specific words in your script, and whether the video should play or pause at that moment.

Use the scrubbing tool to choose a frame.
Videos will remain paused until reaching a trigger for the Play Effect.

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Note:

Video effects cannot be applied to a video that has been set as the background of a scene. Detach the video from the background to apply effects to it.

Video effects cannot be applied to a video if the video's playback mode is set to Play once. To add a video effect to a video, the playback mode must be set to either Stretch or Loop/Cut.

Add an animation or effect

Animations and effects can be added and edited from the Script box, inspector panel, and from the Timeline.

Use triggers in the Script view, or from the inspector panel, when you want a quick, voice-synced way to manage animations and effects. Just drag entrance, exit, or effect triggers onto specific words in your script. The animation will automatically sync with the timing of that word in the voiceover—no manual adjustments needed.

Use the Timeline when you need more granular control over timing, visual sequences, or scene elements that don’t have script-based triggers. The Timeline gives you full visibility into all scene layers and lets you fine-tune start times, durations, and effects independent of the script.

Triggers

Triggers allow you to trigger when an animation or effect should start. After selecting an element and setting an animation or effect for it, use the little blue icon in the script to move the trigger to the right word.

Alternatively if you have a long script, select a word for the trigger from the inspector panel. All words with an existing trigger attached are displayed, if you want to add a new one, click on + New trigger, then click on the corresponding word in your script.

See How do I use Animation Triggers? in order to see this feature in action.