Add object animations & photo effects in Vids

Important: Learn which Google Account types have access to Google Vids and different Vids features.

Animate text, shapes, & media

Animate different object types (including texts, shapes, images, and videos) within a scene of your video.

1. On your computer, open a video in Google Vids.
2. Click on a scene.
3. Click on the object Change animation .
4. In the Animation side panel, select an animation.
5. Select how you want the animation to show:
   • Enter & Exit
     • To select different animations for Enter & Exit, at the bottom of the side panel, turn on Separate enter and exit animations.
   • Loop
6. Select an animation style, such as fade, slide, or rise.
7. Customize your animation:
   • For some animations you can:
     • Change the speed of the animation.
       • Under “Duration,” adjust the slider.
     • Change the direction of the animation.
   • Set text animation preferences:
     • Whole: Animates all text
     • Paragraph
     • Word
     • Character

Add a photo effect

To add motion to create dynamic visual effects from static images, use photo effects.

1. On your computer, open a video in Google Vids.
2. Select a scene in your timeline.
3. Click on the photo Change animation .
4. In the Animation side panel, select a photo effect.
5. Customize your photo effect.
   • For some effects, you can select:
     • Loop duration: The time it takes to complete the effect.
     • Direction: The animation's path into or out of the scene.
     • Reverse on loop: Change the direction of animation with each loop.

Tip: Photo effect animations always loop or repeat continuously.

Related resource

• Customize transitions between scenes