It’s time to elevate your Powtoon project with eye-catching transitions and custom animations!
In the twenty-eighth episode of Tech Tips, you’ll learn how to add smooth transitions and perfect your timing.
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Tech Tips: How to Develop an Animated Video Material Part 9: Adding Transition and Timing
Hey there! It’s time for another episode of this Tech Tips series.
In this Tech Tips series, we are diving into the exciting world of PowToon.
This episode is part of the Animation 101 Tech Tips series.
In the previous episode, we explored how to add animations to your PowToon project.
In this video, we now explore how to add transition and timing to your PowToon project.
Are you ready? Let’s start!
Adding Transition
To begin, locate the Slide panel in the left corner of the studio and hover over it. Click the three dots to add a new scene.
You can either choose Add Scene, Blank Slide, Extend, Save Scene, Delete. or Duplicate.
To add a new slide, you can simply click on the Blank Slide button.
Once you click the Blank Slide, a transition icon will appear between slides.
To add a transition, click on the Transition icon.
A menu will appear with options including Basic, Executive, Stylized, and Camera.
As you hover over available transitions, they play automatically giving you an idea of how they will appear in your project.
Choose one animation from each option to apply effects on how your object will enter or exit the stage or canvas.
You can verify if the transition was added successfully by checking if the transition icon has become darker.
Timing the Object
To add timing, you need to go to the timeline below.
Here you can see the available objects that will show on the stage.
Adjust the object according to the beat of the sound, or according to your narration.
To do this, simply drag the right and or left edge of the object from the timeline.
To preview the timing, reset the play head to the 0-second timeline and click Play.
You can also use timing to add more animations by using the A to B animation.
To do this, click on the objects on the timeline. Make sure to remove any preset animation effects on the object.
To remove the effect, just click on it and a pop-up will appear. Choose No Effect.
You can then shorten the time frame of the object by dragging the white line.
To apply the A to B and animation, hover over the object and click the Settings button located above it.
Click on the A To B Animation button.
You will see that the object turns into two, with the front layer object as B and the back layer object as A.
To start animating objects, drag the B object to your preferred position.
A dashed line will appear, indicating where the object will move from A to B.
To preview the animation, click on the outside of the stage.
Reset the play head to the 0-second timeline and click Play.
To continue the movements of the objects, click on the B object, right-click it, and select Copy.
Next, click somewhere on the stage, right-click and select Paste.
Reset the play head to preview and click Play.
You will see that the object stayed, displaying continuous animation.
To add more movement, repeat the process of moving from point A to B.
You can also adjust the speed of the movement of A to B by simply dragging from the timeline this three dotted horizontal line further to the right or left on the timeline.
To preview the animation, reset the play head to the 0-second timeline and click Play.
And there you have it! You can now start to add a transition and timing to your PowToon project.
In the next Tech Tips episode, we will learn how to add premade scenes to your PowToon project.
See you there!
