Advanced Editor - Animations

With the Vouch Advanced Editor, you can apply animation effects to any element within your video composition. The following guide provides a high level overview of the different animation types and how to use them.

Add an animation

Apply an animation by first selecting an element in the video composition, then opening the animation panel from the right-hand menu.

Vouch utilizes a keyframe-based animation system, offering you precise control over when an animation starts, how long it runs, and its behavior between the keyframes. This approach also makes it possible to apply and layer multiple animation effects onto a single element.

The animation options available in the Advanced Editor are:

To get started animating, click add keyframe and select an animation style.

Fade

The fade animation changes an element's transparency to make it appear or disappear. To create this effect, you need to add two keyframes: one that defines the elements starting opacity, and a second one for its final state.

For example, to make the lower third fade in, we set the starting opacity to 0% and the ending opacity to 100%, then adjust the time between the keyframes to set the duration.

Translate

The translate animation moves an element from one point to another without rotating it. To create this effect, you need to add two keyframes: one that defines the elements starting point, and a second one for where you would like it to finish using X (left/right) and/or Y (up/down) coordinates.

For example, to make the lower third move from it original position to the right 200px we would set the X target at 200px for the end keyframe.

Clip

The clip animation allows you to reveal or hidesan element by changing its visible boundaries. To create this effect, you need to add two keyframes: one that defines the whether the element is visible or hidden, and a second one for its final state.

For example, to clip out the lower third, we would set the X target position as 100% for the end keyframe.

Scale

The scale animation allows you to increase or decrease the size of an element. To create this effect, you need to add two keyframes: one that defines the elements starting layout, and a second to define whether it grows or shrinks.

For example, to expand out the lower third by 20%, we would set the target scale to 120% for the keyframe.

Dimension

The dimension animation allows you alter the height or width of an element. Unlike scale, dimension does not work on text overlays, but grants you the ability to stretch shapes, videos and images. To create this effect, you need to add two keyframes: one that defines the elements starting layout, and a second to define whether it grows or shrinks.

For example, to double the width of the parallelogram in the lower third we would set the target scale to Width = 200%, Height = 100%.

Rotate

The rotate animation allows you to turn an element around a fixed point. To create this effect, you need to add two keyframes: one that defines the elements starting angle, and a second to define what direction it rotates in.

For example, if we want to rotate the lower third 90 degrees, we would add +90 in the target rotation of the end frame.