Animate graphics easily - Guided Edit

This Guided Edit is a tutorial on animating graphic elements in your video clips.

To animate a graphic element in your video footage, follow these steps:

  1. This Guided Edit is a walkthrough on animating graphics easily. Click Back and Next to move forward or backward in the guided edit's steps.

    Animate graphics

  2. Click Add media to import the video clip you add scores to. Ignore if the video clip is already present on the timeline.

  3. Select the option to import media.

  4. Select Guided > Animate graphics easily.

    Note:

    This guided edit only works in the Expert mode.

  5. Open the Graphics panel on the action bar.

  6. Move the CTI to the spot in the movie where you want the graphic to show up.

  7. Drag-and-drop a graphic onto the preview of your clip.

  8. Select the graphic and click the Applied Effects panel.

  9. Click on Show/Hide Keyframe Controls button found in the top right corner of the Applied Effects panel.

  10. Click Toggle Animation.  

  11. You can change the position of the animation by changing the position parameter.

  12. Move the CTI in the mini-timeline to a point where you want the graphic to change or stop.

    Note:

    You can repeat this several times by creating and adjusting corresponding keyframes.

  13. After you create the keyframes to animate the position of a graphic, you can further enhance the animation. Rotate and scale the graphic to improve the visual appearance of the graphic.

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