Effects: cropping, borders, color and text

Select an image, video or avatar clip and scroll down its Properties to Effects. Add an effect, expand it and adjust its values. Begin with one effect at a time so its impact is easy to see.

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   Check Apply from top to bottom
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   Enter Adjust the crop
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   Check Border after crop

Use Add circle wipe for an avatar to combine a background, circular crop and border. The background is added, the result is cropped, then its edge receives a border. The screenshot enlarges the settings.

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   Check Apply from top to bottom
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   Enter Adjust the crop
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   Check Border after crop

Background

Use a color or image behind this clip. This does not replace the entire video’s background.

Circular crop

Adjust center X/Y and diameter to frame the face. Check the top of the head and chin when enlarging it.

Border

Choose color, width and inside/outside placement. Put the border after cropping to follow the cropped outline.

A rectangular crop adjusts the left, top, right and bottom edges. It changes the visible area of this clip rather than deleting the source image or video. Preserve important content, then refine position and size.

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   Check Apply from top to bottom
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   Enter Adjust the crop
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   Check Border after crop

Brightness changes lightness, contrast changes tonal separation, saturation changes color intensity and blur softens edges. The neutral value is 1 for brightness, contrast and saturation, and 0 for blur. Make small adjustments and compare skin tones and text readability.

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   Check Apply from top to bottom
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   Enter Adjust the crop
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   Check Border after crop

Effects run from top to bottom. Reordering can change the result even with the same effects. Unchecking an effect disables it while preserving its settings, which is useful for comparisons before deciding to delete it.

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   Check Apply from top to bottom
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   Enter Adjust the crop
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   Check Border after crop

Delete versus disable

Deleting removes the effect. It is different from disabling an effect and restoring it with a checkbox.

After replacing an avatar

Replacing a presenter applies the new avatar’s default effects. Recheck crop and border even if position and scale were preserved.

Text and caption clips provide emphasis, outline, shadow and a background box. If white text disappears into a photo, try a restrained outline or shadow. Use a background box for a readable information band.

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   Enter Style the text
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   Enter Reveal mode and timing

Emphasis

Use underlining or a marker to emphasize important words, keeping the emphasis selective.

Background box

Adjust color, opacity, padding and corner radius. Check that the box does not cover the image or presenter.

Enable the text reveal effect and choose character-by-character, line-by-line or left-to-right reveal. Reveal duration controls how long the reveal takes; delay is measured from the clip’s start. Keep both within the clip and review them against the spoken line.

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   Enter Style the text
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   Enter Reveal mode and timing

Apply caption appearance broadly

Apply this appearance to all captions has a wider scope than editing one clip. Use it intentionally when you want consistent captions.

How this differs from a fade

Text reveal controls how words appear; a fade changes the clip’s opacity. When combining them, preserve enough reading time.