Callouts

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Add a Callout

Add a Callout

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Callouts are graphics that appear on top of a video to draw viewers’ attention to important objects or processes in a video.

	Add Callout Click to add a new callout to the timeline at the location of the playhead. The callout also appears on the canvas. Callouts can be sized, rotated, and moved on the canvas.
	Callout Gallery Click to open the callout gallery. Scroll through the gallery and choose the desired callout. The editing options appear. The callout appears on the canvas.
	Callout Properties and Effects Change colors, styles, and more. The changes appear on the canvas.
	Text Add text to your callout. The changes appear on the canvas.
	Fade In and Fade Out To include a fade in or out effect, set the duration of the fades. A time of 0.00 seconds provides an “instant” appearance with no fade effect. Fade effects are visible on the callout on the timeline.
	Make Hotspot Add interactivity to a callout. Pause at end of callout Video pauses when this callout is encountered. Click to continue Viewer must click the callout to continue viewing the video. Go to frame at time Video jumps to a specific frame. Enter the frame to jump to in the Hours:Minutes:Seconds;Frames format. Go to marker Video jumps to a marker in the video. Select a marker from the dropdown to jump to. Jump to URL Opens the Web page Enable the Open URL in new browser window to open the Web page in a separate window.
	Opaque Text Check to keep the text a solid color if the callout has transparency applied to it.
	Text Box Choose how the text fits into the callout.