Tips & Tricks

Add a character to the canvas > Add the  Holding a Card  action How to Work with Character Actions  1. Increase the duration of the action in the timeline as needed Note that the card has a scale-up animation. 2. Position the marker to the point w...

This effect can be applied to different devices. You can use desktops, laptops, mobile phones, or tablets. Select a device. Click on the Studio button > Icons > Devices

Create a new project > select the FB resolution (square video) option Import your photo (see:  Importing Media to CreateStudio Pro ) and drag it to the canvas Select the Pen Tool Using the Pen Tool, trace the shape of the head Make sure that the l...

Working with brands or themes that require very specific colors can be a bit challenging, especially if you don't know the color codes. An easy but very helpful tip: Import an image/logo or color palette and use it to get the perfect colors for yo...

Some of the backgrounds in the studio are plain images while some are made up of grouped layers.  Working with a background that is made up of grouped layers allows you to place characters behind objects (e.g. table, chair, shelf, etc) for a more ...

Shadows need not be grey and boring all the time. Here are some ideas on how you can use the shadow feature to add some very cool effects to your objects. Example 1: Green shadow for alien glow Import an image of an alien.  Note: This trick works ...

When writing or pasting long texts, you may have found that your text goes out of the canvas, making it difficult to edit. To resolve this, you can enable the  Word  Wrap  option. When adding the text element, click on the button to enable  Word  ...

Use  Color Fill to change the colors of your elements. Click the star button on the left panel to open  Effects , then drag  Color Fill to your element. On the right, click  Overlay  to change the effect properties. Click on the color palette ...

First, add the  Circle  shape. Go to  Color  > Set the color to  transparent  using the color slider Go to  Border  and set the width to your preference.  The higher the value is, the thicker the border. In this example, we set it to 50 px. Set th...

CreateStudio Pro now lets you take a snapshot of a video and use it to add a freeze-frame effect.  There are different ways of adding a freeze-frame effect to your project. Inserting a snapshot of a frame in a video 1. Place the time indicator on ...

In CreateStudio Pro, you can have your video play on an iPad, a computer screen, a TV, a mobile phone, or just about any device you like. Here's how: 1. Choose your device.  Go to Studio > Icons > Devices > click on the download button next to the...

One way to make your videos interesting is to have a dynamic background. Here's a technique to add a nice touch to your videos.  On the canvas, add a circle from the shapes menu. Under the color panel, select radial gradient, then pick the color c...

A great way to catch anyone's attention is to make your character pop or "come out" of a shape.  It's easy! Here's how: 1. Add a shape from the shapes menu. In this tutorial, we're using a circle. 2. Add the character you want to use. 3. Add anoth...

Light up the characters with this cool neon effect. 1. First start by picking a character with  Dancing  action and setting the background color to black. 2. Duplicate the character twice. 3. Drag the  Color  Fill  effects to each bottom two track...

You can easily add watermarks to your videos in CreateStudio Pro. Text watermark 1. Add text on the canvas. You can do a one-line text or multiple lines covering the video. 2. Adjust it to the size and position that you like. 3. Set the opacity fo...

Masking works differently in CreateStudio Pro making it more flexible. You can have multiple animated elements on a single mask and animated groups. In this example, we're going to add motion to texts and mask it with shape to make it appear insid...

Use the zoom slider to zoom in and out on the timeline Click the fit button, to see your full project timeline You can also click and drag the time bar to zoom in and out