Ocean: Text & KEyframes

Adjust Your Workspace

1. In the top menu bar, go to "Window" > "Workspace" and select "Effects"

This will adjust your workspace to add another panel on the right which will show "Effects" "Essential Graphics" "Essential Sound" etc. in a list.

Move Video and Audio to Start & trim

1. If needed, use the selection tool to drag your video or audio to the start so both are lined up at the far left.

2. Trim your audio to end at the end of your video.

Add a Text Layer

1. Make sure your playhead (blue line) is at the start of your video. 

2. Select your timeline area if it does not have a light blue border around it.

3. On your keyboard click "cmd" + "T"

   • A pink rectangle should show up on track V2 called "New Text Layer"

Use Keyframes To change scale over time

We are going to make our text zoom onto the screen:

1. Make sure your blue playhead is still at 6:00 seconds (the start of your second text box)

2. In your top-left panel click "Effects Controls" 

3. Make the starting keyframe:

   1. Click the little timer icon next to "Scale"

   2. Change the # from 100 to 0

4. Make the ending keyframe:

   1. Move your blue playhead to 8:00 seconds.

   2. Change the # from 0 to 100.

5. Watch your video now to see the text zoom onto screen.

Use Keyframes To change volume over time 

We are going to make audio fade out:

1. Select the music clip (green rectangle) in your timeline.

2. Move your blue playhead to a few seconds before the end of the audio/video.

3. In the top-left panel click "Effect Controls"

4. Click the arrow next to "Volume" to open it.

   • Notice how the timer icon is already blue.

   • Notice it is set to 0.0 dB. This is the max for a video.

5. Make the starting keyframe:

   • Click the keyframe icon (hexagon) to add a keyframe at the start.

6. Make the ending keyframe:

   • Move your blue playhead to the end of the audio/video.

   • Hover over the "0.0 dB". This will change your mouse/pointer to a finger with arrows. Click and drag to the left until it reaches negative infinity or -281.1 dB.

7. Listen to your video to hear the sound fade out.

Screenshot Editing Timeline

1. Screenshot your editing timeline area:

   1. On your keyboard click "cmd" + "shift" + "5" at the same time to bring up the screenshot screen

   2. Adjust the rectangle around your timeline 

   3. Click Capture.

   4. The screenshot will show up in the bottom right of your screen. Let it move off screen on it's own so it saves.

Export Your Video

1. In the top tabs, click "Export"

2. Rename the "File Name" to "Ocean"

3. Make sure the blue hyperlink next to "Location" says "Creative Cloud Files" at the end. If it doesn't:

   • Double-click on the blue hyperlink next to "Location"

   • In the pop-up:

   • In the "Where" area, select "Creative Cloud Files"

   • Click "Save"

4. Click Export in the bottom right corner.