Corel VideoStudio Help | Applying effects and animation

Applying effects and animation

VideoStudio lets you animate your titles by using motion effects from a large number of categories: Drop, Fade, Fly, Kinetic, Moving Path, Parallax, Pop-up, Swing, Turn, and Zoom. You can use one effect for the entire clip, or you can add more than one effect. For example, you can use different effects for the start, middle, and end of the title clip.

You can match the motion of titles to a tracking path to create the effect of one element following another. For more information, see Matching motion to a tracking path and Customizing motion.

You can also apply filters, such as Bubble, Mosaic, and Ripple, to change the style and appearance of titles. Filters suitable for titles are organized in a separate Title Effects category. You can remove a filter from a title at any time. For more information about filters, see Applying multiple filters, Removing filters, Marking filters as favorites, and Customizing filters.

To apply animation to a title

1 In the Title track, double-click a title.

2 In the Title Options panel, click the Motion button.

3 Click one of the following buttons:

• Enter — to apply motion at the beginning of a clip

• Middle — to apply motion in the middle of a clip

• Exit — to apply motion at the end of a clip

Tip: To adjust the length of the animation in each part of the clip, move the duration handles in the Navigation area of the Player panel.

The green, blue, and purple segments represent the length of the start, middle, and end effects, respectively.

4 Select a category from the Select the type of animation list box.

5 Click the thumbnail of the animation effect that you want to apply.

Adjust any of the settings that are available for the selected effect.

In some animation effects, you can drag the Pause duration handles that appear in the Navigation area of the Player panel to specify how long the text will pause after it enters and before it exits the screen.

Pause duration handles

To access options for setting the motion of titles, do one of the following:

• Click the Customize Motion button

• Right-click a clip in the Timeline, and click Motion Options > Customize Motion.

• Click the orange star icon

in the top-left corner of a title with merged media, and click Customize Motion.

For more information about customizing title motion, see Customizing motion.

To remove an animation from a title, do one of the following:

• Right-click the clip in the Title track, and click Motion Options > Remove Motion.

• Double-click the clip in the Title track, click the Motion button in the Title Options panel, click the Enter, Middle, or Exit buttons, and choose No Animation from the Select the type of animation list box.

To revert changes made to an animation effect in the Customize Motion dialog box, click the orange star icon in the top-left corner of a clip, and click Delete > Customize Motion.

To apply a filter to a title

1 In the Library, click the Filters button

to display the filters.

2 In the list of categories, choose Title Effects.

Thumbnails of filters in the Title Effects category appear in the Library.

3 Drag a thumbnail from the Library to your title clip in the Timeline.

The orange star icon in the top-left corner indicates that one or more effects have been applied to the title clip.

To customize filter options, do one of the following:

• Click the Customize Filter button

• Click a thumbnail in the drop-list to the left of the Customize Filter button

Available options depend on the selected filter.

You can also customize filter options by selecting a clip in the Title track, clicking the orange star icon in the top-left corner of the clip, clicking Filter, and choosing a filter.

To remove an effect from a title, do one of the following:

• Click the orange star icon

in the top-left corner of the clip, click Delete > Filter, and choose a filter.

• Double-click a title clip. Click the Effect tab in the Title Options panel, click a filter in list of filters, and click the Delete filter button

By default, the filter you apply replaces a previously applied filter. To apply multiple filters to a single title, click the Effect tab in the Title Options panel, and disable the Replace last filter option.

When there is more than one title filter applied to a clip, you can change the order of filters by clicking the Effect tab on the Title Options panel, and clicking the Move filter up or Move filter down arrow next to the filter list. Changing the order of the filters affects the appearance of the title.