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Animation Types

Captivation offers a large number of animations and we are adding more every month. This is a list of all animations, what they do and what customisation options they have.

Entry Animations​

  • Text Draw
    • The classic whiteboard animation - shows text being drawn as if it was being handwritten.
    • Customisation options are available to let you decide whether a pen appears in the video, or if the text appears to draw itself without a pen.
    • Only available on text boxes, or text within a shape.
  • Graphics Draw
    • Another classic whiteboard animation - shows an icon being drawn as if it was being done by a person.
    • Customisation options are available to let you decide whether a pen appears in the video, or if the graphic appears to draw itself without a pen.
    • Only available on specific images. Almost all icons from Captivation's library support this. If you wish to use your own icon, it must be an SVG file. Note that even some SVGs cannot be animated effectively due to the way they are created and the graphics commands they contain.
  • Fade In
    • The item will gradually change its transparency from fully transparent to opaque, making it appear to fade in.
    • No customisation options currently available.
    • Available on all items apart from cameras (cameras use a specific fade animation called 'Camera Fade').
  • Fly In
    • The item will fly on to the screen from a given direction, before slowing down and stopping at the desired position
    • Customisation options are available:
      • Direction - control the direction the item flies in from (left, right, top or bottom).
      • Simultaneous Fade - control whether the item also fades in while it flies in, which is a commonly used effect.
    • Available on all items apart from cameras.
  • Grow
    • The item starts as a single pixel and grows until it is the desired size.
    • No customisation options currently available.
    • Available on all items apart from cameras.
  • Bounce
    • The item starts above the camera and drops into view, it bounces up and down before stopping at the desired location.
    • No customisation options currently available.
    • Available on all items apart from cameras.
  • Wipe In
    • The item is revealed gradually, as if a mask on top of it was being removed.
    • A customisation option exists to control which corner the reveal starts from (top left, top right, bottom left or bottom right).
    • Available on all items apart from cameras.

Exit Animations​

  • Fade Out

    • The item will gradually change its transparency from fully opaque to fully transparent, making it appear to fade out.
    • No customisation options currently available.
    • Available on all items apart from cameras (cameras use a specific fade animation called 'Camera Fade').

  • Shrink

    • The item starts at current size then shrinks until it disappears.
    • No customisation options currently available.
    • Available on all items apart from cameras.

  • Fly Out

    • The item will fly off the screen in a given direction, leaving the screen entirely.
    • Customisation options are available:
      • Direction - control the direction the item flies out (left, right, top or bottom).
      • Simultaneous Fade - control whether the item also fades out while it flies out, which is a commonly used effect.
    • Available on all items apart from cameras.

Change Animations​

  • Move

    • The item will move by a number of pixels in the x and y direction.
    • Customisation options are available:
      • Horizontal Move - control the number of pixels to move horizontally. Can be positive or negative. A positive number will move the item to the right.
      • Vertical Move - control the number of pixels to move vertically. Can be positive or negative. A positive number will move the item upwards.
    • Available on all items apart from cameras.

  • Rotate

    • The item will rotate around its centre by the specified number of degrees.
    • Customisation options are available:
      • Rotation Degrees - the number of degrees to rotate. A positive number will cause the item to rotate clockwise. A negative number will cause the item to rotate anti-clockwise. Entering 360 will cause a full rotation.
    • Available on all items apart from cameras.

  • Rescale

    • The item will grow/shrink by the specified amount
    • Customisation options are available:
      • Scale - the new scale of the item. A scale of 1 is the item's current size. Entering 2 would cause the item to double in size. Entering 0.5 would cause the item to half in size. Negative numbers are not valid.
    • Available on all items apart from cameras.

  • Play Video

    • If the item is a video, playback will start.
    • No customisation options are currently available.
    • Available on Animated Icons from the Premium Icons library.

Camera Animations​

  • Camera Pan

    • Moves the camera to the current frame.
    • No customisation options are currently available.
    • Available for cameras only

  • Swipe Off

    • Moves the frame such that it appears the previous frame is being 'swiped off' and replaced with the current frame below it (similar to how some phones show transitions between apps).
    • No customisation options are currently available.
    • Available for cameras only

  • Camera Fade

    • Fades out the previous camera frame and fades in the current.
    • No customisation options are currently available.
    • Available for cameras only

  • Camera Shrink

    • The previous camera frame shrinks to nothing, revealing the current camera frame underneath it.
    • No customisation options are currently available.
    • Available for cameras only