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How to Use AI to Video Generator

How to Use AI to Video Generator

Click "AI to Video" in the Automations section

How to Use AI to Video Generator

To use the Vidds AI Video Generator, click the “AI to Video” button in the Dashboard. As seen above in the “automations” section.

The AI to Video tool will open.

Use the prompt guides to build your prompt:

  • Set the number of points you would like – this will be the number of scenes in your video.

  • Choose between: short bullet points, headlines, paragraphs or how-to points for the text.

  • Add keywords into the empty text box to set the topic of the video.

  • Click “Generate” 

How to use AI to Video Generator Prompt Tool

Video Wizard - Customise Your Video

Video Wizard - How to use AI to Video Generator

The Video Wizard has sections for each part of the video that is changeable.

On the left you will find the text for each scene.

At the top, the buttons are your options to change the look and feel of the video

On the right, the preview shows you how the video looks with the background media and text.

Below the preview is the stock video search section. Here you can choose all the media for each scene.

AI Wizard Scene Text editor Video Wizard - How to use AI to Video Generator
add scene AI Video Wizard

Edit Scene Text

To edit the scene text, click the text box for the required scene. The preview on the right will change to show the correct scene.

Add or remove any text that you like. You will see the text in the preview update in real-time.

Switch between scenes by clicking in the text box of the next scene you want to edit. Repeat the process of adding or removing any text that you want.

To add more scenes, scroll to the bottom of the scene text list and click the “add scene” button. There is also an option to add a scene using AI. To do this, add your prompt and allow the AI to generate more texts on your topic for new scenes.

Editing Options - Look and Feel

Video Wizard Editing Options

Theme – our library of theme designs lets you change the look of your video in one click.

How to change the theme:

  • Click the “Theme” button at the top.

  • View the different themes by hovering your mouse over them.

  • Click the theme that you like.

  • The video design changes.

Brand Kits – adjust fonts and colours of your video to match your branding

How to change Brand Kit:

  • Click the Brand Kits button at the top

  • Select, “Create a New Kit”

  • Give the Brand Kit a name

  • Select your new brand kit from the list

  • Complete the Brand Kit design guide by updating all colours and fonts.

  • Click “Save”.

Your video now has your brand kit added. You will see the changes in the preview.

Music – add background music to your video

How to add Music:

  • Click the Music button at the top.
  • Browse the Free Music Library.
  • Filter using the “Mood” and “Genre” lists.
  • Preview the songs using the Play button to the left.
  • Click “Select” on the song you like to add it to your video

Your video now has a background song added.

Video Size – change the aspect ratio of your video

How to change Video Size:

  • Click the video size button at the top
  • Select square, portrait or landscape from the list

Your video size has now been changed. Note that all the text and media are automatically resized.

AI Video Wizard - Change Video 1
AI Video Wizard - Change Video 2

Change Scene Videos

There are two easy ways to change the background video of a scene.

1.

  • In the video preview, click the “choose” button.

  • Upload a video or an image from your computer

  • Select the uploaded video from the “My Library” list

2.

  • Use the Quick Stock Media section

  • Choose one of the videos by clicking the thumbnails

  • Update the Quick Stock Media by clicking the “Keywords” tags above the thumbnails.

  • Search new stock videos by clicking “Custom Search” and adding keywords

  • Switch between scenes by clicking the correct scene text box on the left

  • Repeat the process for each scene

How to use AI to Video Generator AI Video Wizard - Download video

Preview & Export

When you are happy with the content, look and feel of your video it’s time to create it. You can preview the whole video by clicking the “Preview” button in the top right.

Next, you can create the video by clicking “Create” in the top right. You’ll have the option to “Download Now” or “Save and Edit”. If you are happy with the video exactly as it is, then click “Download Now”. If you’d like to edit the video further or save it for future editing, click “Save and Edit”. The Save and Edit option allows you to make changes using all the features of the Vidds main video editing tool.

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Create a video from a template

Create a video from a template

Getting started

There are two ways to get started with on of our pre-designed templates.

  1. Head to the “Templates” page in the dashboard (found in the menu on the lefthand side). Then find a template that you like and click it. The template will be loaded into the Vidds editor ready for you to begin customisation.
  2. Choose a video type from the Create carousel on the homepage or from the “Create a Video” button. Once you click the video you want to create you’ll be taken to the Vidds editor, the template library will be on-screen ready for you to select one. Once you’ve chose a template, simply click it and it will be loaded into the editor ready for customisation.
Vidds dashboard Templates Page
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Customising

Vidds in App - Creating a video from a template

Customising your video is a very simple process. There are three key things to remember:

  1. To customise any element, simply click on it in the video canvas (the video in the middle of the screen).
  2. This will open the editing panel on the lefthand side of the screen. Use the options to customise and make changes to your video – there are many ways to customise each element.  Often the simplest changes such as adding your own images or videos, updating the text and changing the fonts and colours can have the biggest impact.
  3. Add new scenes to your video using the “New Scene” button in the Scene List section at the bottom. Select a template and repeat the process of customisation

Finalising

You’ve added multiple scenes using pre-designed templates, you’ve customised them and now have a great looking video.

But what comes next?

Now it’s time to add the finishing touches!

Using the “Project Settings” menu on the righthand side, you can make some final tweaks and adjustments to the overall video. You have the option to add a logo overlay, add multiple audio tracks – this can be music and/or voiceovers, plus many other options to fine tune the look and feel of your video.

Downloading

Now that your video is finished, it’s time to download it and share it with the world.

Simply click the “Download” button in the top righthand corner of the editor and your video will begin downloading.

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Getting started with Vidds

Getting Started with Vidds

The Dashboard - "Create" Section

How to Use AI to Video Generator

Above is the Create section – here you’ll find the most common videos you can create with Vidds. Use the arrows to scroll through the Create carousel until you find the type of video you want to create, then simply click it to start creating.

Below the Create carousel is the Automations section. These are our video wizards that auto-generate videos for you either from an AI prompt, by adding text or a Tweet link.

Not sure where to start? Click the “Guide Me” button and we’ll guide you step-by-step to the video for you.

Need a custom video? Click the purple “Create a Video” button in the top-right and input your custom dimensions to start creating your video.

Getting started with Vidds - The dashboard Main menu

Main Menu

Dashboard – brings you back to the main dashboard home page

My Vidds – takes you to a page that contains all of your projects – we call them “Vidds”.

Templates – this page is a showcase of all our pre-designed templates that you can use to create videos. Quick start your video creation by clicking one.

Content Planner – here you can use AI to generate video ideas, build out scripts, and even generate videos.
Tutorials – if you need a helping hand along the way, visit our “Dojo” to see tutorials where you can learn about all of Vidds features and become a master video creator.

Below the menu you will see your current plan and the status of your account’s limits.

The "Planner" Section

Getting started with Vidds - The dashboard Planner section

Jump start your video pipeline by using the AI video planner. Simply input a topic, keyword or phrase and the AI will generate video ideas for you. Click one of the ideas and a video will be automatically created for you.

Getting started with Vidds - The dashboard create a video button

Create a Video button

The “Create a Video” button in the top right-hand corner opens a list with all the different pre-set videos. This is just another way for you to find the video that you want to create. 

For a custom video, simply input the width and height into the boxes and then click “Create with custom size”.

User menu

In the top right-most corner of the dashboard you will find the user menu. Clicking the avatar icon will open a list with all the different user menu options.

Completed Projects: This is where you can see a list of all your rendered videos with an option to download, view or share them.

Dojo – Help & Docs: Here you will be taken to our library of tutorials and support docs.

Live Chat: Need immediate assistance from a support agent? Reach out in the live chat.

Feedback: Want to let us know what you like, hate or want to see added. Send us feedback using this button.

Account: See all of your account information, including current plan, past invoices and you can even delete your account here.

Log out: This one is self-explanatory.

vidds dashboard user menu

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Free Tools – Video Screenshot

Free Video Editing Tools - Video Screenshot

Free Video Screenshot Tool

This is part 6 of our series on free Vidds tools.

The goal of Vidds is to create shareable videos easily, but we’ve also created free tools that handle basic video editing tasks without requiring an account signup.

Today we’re talking about our free tool to extract frames from videos.

This tool is quick and painless!

  1. Open the online video screenshot tool.
  2. Drag and drop your video, or click the red box to select a file from your computer.
  3. Now, just drag the seek slider below the video to look for the part you want to screenshot.
  4. Click Save. Really, that’s it!
  5. But we do more than that. You can also add shape, text and image overlays to the video for simple annotations. Just click Save again when you’re done and your new shot will be ready!

We built this because it’s usually a bit awkward to quickly get an image from a video, so you can:

  • Use it as the background for a video thumbnail on YouTube, in an email, or on your website.
  • Share a screenshot of a part you love easily.
  • Meme-ify a funny image from a video that you and your friends can share over and over again.
  • Create a quick teaser for social media.

We know that privacy is important with video content, so our free tools never upload your content to our servers, so your videos are safe and secure because they never leave your laptop.Now you can screenshot your video without dealing with your desktop screenshot app, photoshop, etc.

Need some other free tools? We also have a tool to convert videos, an app to resize them, create gif clips, add text and image overlays, and take screenshots of videos.

 

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Free Tools – Image and Text Overlay

Free Video Editing Tools - Image & Text Overlay

This is part 5 of our series on free Vidds tools.

The goal of Vidds is to make the fastest video editing app, but we’ve also created free tools that handle basic video editing tasks without requiring an account signup.

Today we’re talking about our free tool to add image and text overlays to videos.

This tool takes the most time to use, but it’s still a very simple process:

  1. Open the video overlay tool.
  2. Drag and drop your video, or click the red box to select a file from your computer.
  3. Select “Add Overlay”
  4. Now, you can add anything you want to appear over your video. Under the “Add” section, you can choose Rectangle to create a colored box, or Text/Image to layer content.
  5. Once you’ve added one, you can click it in the preview. Then you can drag to move or use the resize bars to change the dimensions.
  6. The preview also has a seek slider so you can see how it looks at different parts of the video.
  7. Once your overlays are ready, click “Go!” to create the new video, then save the video with the Download link.

We built this because overlays are a powerful addition to videos and they have a variety of uses:

  • Create a fun meme out of any video by adding a rectangle with text over it.
  • Embed your logo anywhere on a video you’ve recorded.
  • Use text to add context to what is happening in the video.
  • Block out certain parts of a video.

We know that privacy is important with video content, so our free tools never upload your content to our servers, so your videos are safe and secure because they never leave your laptop.

You don’t have to deal with complex or expensive software, just start adding video overlays right in your browser.

Our other tools can help you do more than overlays. We also have a tool to cut videos, a way to convert them to other formats, create gif clips, resize videos, and take screenshots of videos.

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Free Tools – Video GIF

Free Video Editing Tools - Video GIF

Convert Video to GIF

This is part 4 of our series on free Vidds tools.

At Vidds, our main app is a full video editing and creation platform in your browser, but we’ve also created free tools that handle basic video editing tasks without requiring an account signup.

Today we’re talking about the video to GIF converter. We created a tool to turn any video into a GIF, in your browser.

It’s super simple to use:

  1. Open the GIF Converter tool.
  2. Drag and drop your video, or click the red box to select a file from your computer. If your browser can’t load the video.
  3. Select “Convert”, and then choose the “Animated GIF” option.
  4. Click “Go!” to start the conversion, then save the video with the Download link.

We built this because creating a video GIF shouldn’t require complex software. For example:

  • You need to embed a GIF in your email to make it more engaging.
  • You want a GIF to loop on your website.
  • You want to quick way to create a GIF meme to share online.

Whatever your reason, our online video GIF creator is quick and easy.

We know that privacy is important with video content, so our free tools never upload your content to our servers, so your videos are safe and secure because they never leave your laptop.

Create a GIF quickly and easily, any time 🙂

We integrate other tools in case you want to do more than create GIFs. We also have a tool to convert videos, a way to convert them to other formats, resize your videos, add text and image overlays, and take screenshots of videos.

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Free Tools – Video Resize

Free Video Editing Tools - Video Resize

This is part 3 of our series on free Vidds tools.

At Vidds, our main app is a full video editing and creation platform in your browser, but we’ve also created free tools that handle basic video editing tasks without requiring an account signup.

Today we’re talking about the video resizer. We created a tool to resize your videos in your browser.

It’s super simple to use:

  1. Open the video resize tool.
  2. Drag and drop your video, or click the red box to select a file from your computer. If your browser can’t load the video, you may need to click “Convert” to enable additional editing options.
  3. Select Resize, then enter the new dimensions.
  4. Click “Go!” to start the conversion, then save the video with the Download link.

We built this because resizing a video shouldn’t require complex software. For example:

  • You need to make your screencast recording smaller.
  • You need to embed a video on your website, but it shouldn’t be 1080p.
  • You want to store some videos on your phone to view later, but the audio is more important than the video.
  • You want to create a GIF, but need to make it smaller because GIFs use tons of bandwidth.

Whatever your reason, our online video resizer is quick and easy.

We know that privacy is important with video content, so our free tools never upload your content to our servers, so your videos are safe and secure because they never leave your laptop.

Resize your videos quickly and easily, any time 🙂

We integrate other tools in case you want to do more than resize. We also have a tool to trim videos, a way to convert them to other formats, create gif clips, add text and image overlays, and take screenshots of videos.

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Free Tools – Video Converter

Free Video Editing Tools - Video Converter

mov vs mp4 video file converter

This is part 2 of our series on free Vidds tools.

Vidds is a great way to create videos easily, but we’ve also created free tools that handle basic video editing tasks without requiring an account signup.

This post is about the simplest of our tools – an app that takes various video formats and converts them to mp4 or gif.

There’s not a ton to say about this, and it’s easy to use, but we still want to make sure you’re aware that it’s available free of charge!

It’s super simple to use:

  1. Open the video converter app.
  2. Drag and drop your video, or click the red box to select a file from your computer.
  3. If your web browser can’t load the file, you will see a “Convert” button – just click it and it will convert the video to an mp4 file. If that’s all you need, you’re done and can Download the new file 🙂
  4. Now you will see additional options, including the “Convert” link. You can choose mp4 or gif.
  5. Click “Go!” to start the conversion, then save the video with the Download link.

We built this because sometimes you just have a weird video format and need to convert it to something that can be used on your website.

We know that privacy is important with video content. Our free tools never upload your content to our servers, so your videos are safe and secure because they never leave your laptop.

If you can’t use your video as-is, try the video converter to use your video online.

The converter is very basic, but we’ve integrated all of our free tools into the interface. You can also crop your videos, change the video size, create gif clips, add text and image overlays, and take screenshots of videos.

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Free Tools – Video Cutter

Free Video Editing Tools - Video Cutter

Video Cutter Trimmer online Main image

This is part 1 of our series on free Vidds tools.

At Vidds, we’ve worked hard on a powerful video creation app to create beautiful videos quickly and easily. But sometimes you just need a simple tool. We’ve made some free tools to handle basic video editing tasks, and you can use them in your browser without creating an account!

Today we’re talking about the video cutter. We created a tool to easily trim videos in your browser.

It’s super simple to use:

  1. Drag and drop your video file, or click the red box to select a file from your computer.
  2. Select the Trim option.
  3. Drag the start slider to the first part of the video.
  4. Drag the end slider to the last part of the video.
  5. Click “Go!” to trim the video.

We built this because everyone should have access to a quick cutting tool. It’s useful in many different cases, like:

  • You have a screencast recording, but parts of the beginning and end need to be removed.
  • You want to create a social media teaser for a course.
  • You want to show a clip of a YouTube video on your blog.
  • You want to create a small GIF to embed in an email.

Whatever your reason, our online video trimmer is quick and easy.

We know that privacy is important with video content. Our free tools never upload your content to our servers, so your videos are safe and secure because they never leave your laptop.

Need to chop up your video? Try our video cutter out 🙂

Need some other free tools? We also have a tool to convert videos, an app to resize them, create gif clips, add text and image overlays, and take screenshots of videos.

 

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Vidds 2.0 Update

6 month Vidds Update
6 month Vidds Update

Vidds 2.0 Update:
The 6 Month Cut

When we launched Vidds earlier this year, we planned to provide monthly Vidds updates on our blog. It turns out launching, talking to users, and building what they want can be time consuming! 😛

We’ve been announcing new features in our newsletter, but haven’t kept up on the blog, so we decided to summarize all of the features since our launch in one big Vidds 2.0 update post!

Don’t be surprised if you notice a theme for these new features — they’re all focused on making video creation and editing easier, so you can spend less time while creating better videos!

There’s so much packed into this Vidds 2.0 update post, you might just want to read this TL;DR to see what’s relevant to you 😉

  • Quick Start Videos – Full videos you you can quickly use, customize with your own content, and download.
  • Reusable Scenes – Save any scene you create or customize so you can use it in your other videos later.
  • Multiple Audio Tracks – Add multiple tracks, for example if you want music and a voice over.
  • Scene Transitions – Easily add sleek transitions between your scenes.
  • New Render Engine – Our new render engine is up to 10x faster.
  • Music Library Upgrade – Tons more tracks, genres, and a UI to make it easier to find what you want.
  • Brand Kits – Save your fonts and colors, then apply it to any video.
  • Affiliate Program – Love Vidds? Share the love and make some money.
  • Animations – Fun new animations to make your videos stand out and highlight important content.
  • Video Sharing – Quickly share your renders.
  • Keyboard Shortcuts – Edit more quickly and accurately with keyboard shortcuts.

QuickStart Videos

Need to knock out a quick social media post or create a quick promo? Check out our new QuickStart videos at the top of your dashboard!

These are curated videos ready for you to customize. Just click the “Start” button, customize text, media and colors in each scene, then download your new video!

Just like any video you create, these are fully customizable. You can change elements and styles, add or remove scenes, resize, and much more.

We hope this will help you jumpstart the creation process. Let us know how it goes and what kind of videos you like to post so we can work to create more templates for you!

Create Reusable Scenes

Do you want a similar intro or outro in all of your videos? Have you created that perfect template for your main content? Awesome! Let’s get your existing scenes working harder for you!

If you’d like to reuse a scene in your other videos, just click the 3 dots in the upper left corner (next to “Scene Length” & “Animation Time”), then select Save and give it a name.

Now, whenever you add a scene to a video, you’ll see a list of your saved scenes so you can add them in!

Multiple Background Audio Tracks

Sometimes one background audio track isn’t enough. You might need to have music and a voiceover. Well, now you can easily do that with our multiple audio tracks feature. Simply click “add audio track” in the project settings section and then select which tracks you want to use (choose from stock or upload your own), then simply set the volume and you’re good to go.

Scene Transitions

Video creation with Vidds gets better with every new feature, and this is a good one. We released 6 new scene transitions which you can add between scenes for a more dynamic, polished look to your videos!

Scene Transitions
Scene transitions in action.

Add transitions by clicking the icon between scene thumbnails in the Scene List. Then select the transition that you’d like to use and set the speed by clicking the gear icon to fine tune the look a feel.

Adding scene transitions

Selecting a scene transitionConfigure scene transition

1. Cut

The most common transition in video editing is the cut or “jump cut” where you move directly from one scene to the next without any effects.

2. Fade

The popular and subtle “fade” transition blends the current scene with the next for a smooth transition from one to the other.

3. Slide

Choose from Up, Down, Left and Right for this awesome sliding transition!

4. Flip

For an exciting and dynamic transition use the “Flip” option, it will literally spin your world around (before putting it right again!).

5. Blast Out

This fast zoom out transition packs a punch and will bring any video to life.

6. Blast In

Cousin of the Blast Out, the Blast In offers a fast zoom in transition – they naturally work well together for a great outcome.

Our New Render Engine is Live!

One of our more complex technical improvements, we built a new render backend to speed up the process and make it more reliable.

The new renderer is awesome and speeds up the export time for all videos, but it really begins to shine when videos are a minute or more in length, where it can improve render times by up to 10x!

Render speed

Our Music Library got an Upgrade! ️

We had a pretty limited set of background audio tracks. It was difficult to find one that fit, both because of the limited list, and the interface wasn’t easy to navigate.

This update means we’ve now doubled the size of our music library! We made a concerted effort (pun intended) to broaden the selection of music. To improve the experience of adding music to your videos, we’ve included both genre and mood filters to help you find exactly what you’re looking for!

Add audio to video

But that’s not all! You can now add stock music directly in your scenes by clicking the “Add Media” button and choosing “Stock Audio” to access the list. That means you can put a short music clip in a single scene.

Don’t forget that you can also add multiple background audio tracks if you’d like to have a voice over and music 🙂

Brand Kits are Here! ️

If you create videos often, you know how hard it can be to keep a consistent look and feel for each element and between scenes. To help with this, we just launched Brand Kits in Vidds, and it’s crazy easy to get started!

When editing a video, just click the “Brand Kit” option in the Project Settings section on the right. Next, click “Create New Kit”, then select the fonts and colors you’d like to use. Yep, it’s that easy!

Once you’ve done that, new elements you add will automatically use your brand selections! And once you’ve created a brand kit, you can use it in all of your future videos 🙂

Brand kits even work on the library of Vidds’ pre-designed templates!

Vidds Update - Brand Kit List
Vidds Update - Brand Kit Editor

More details about Brand Kits

What is a brand kit? In Vidds, it gives you a Heading font, a Regular font, and 5 colors: Primary (text), Secondary (highlights/background), and 3 accents. Those are recommended uses, but you can swap and use them any way you see fit!

Your older videos will not automatically apply brand kits, but your new ones will.

If you’ve applied a brand kit to your video, but want to retain the original style of a template you add, you can just click the 3-dot menu and choose “Disable Branding” to disable it just for the one scene.

You can create multiple brand kits and switch between them in any video. This is great for subtle differences, dark mode, or working with multiple brands.

You can edit your brand kit fonts and colors at any time. Once you save the changes, it will apply to all videos that use that kit!

Even if you’re using a brand kit, you can still change the fonts and colors of individual elements any time you need to. Brand kits are an extension, and they’re not meant to lock you into the 2 fonts and 5 colors provided.

You can also disable branding for a video by selecting “No Brand Kit”

We Have an Affiliate Program!

It’s official. We’ve launched an affiliate program for Vidds users. This means rewards in return for every referral that signs up to a paid Vidds plan!

You can contact us to join the program!

An affiliate program is important to us as it’s a way to give back to the Vidds community as we continue to grow and develop our product.

Animations

We added some new animations. These are “Highlight” animations, so they happen while your elements are in view and can help add character and movement to your scenes.

Vidds Update - New Animations

– Perspective: Add a 3D aspect to your elements!

– Float: This was our first “repeating” animation. Choose this to have your element float up and down slowly, great for drawing attention to text or giving background elements some motion.

– Pulse: Similar to the repeating Float animation, this animation repeats slowly, but grows and shrinks in-place, giving you more options for drawing attention to an element.

Share your videos easily!

After you’ve rendered a video, we hope you’re excited to show your team, client, boss, aunt or whoever you share your videos with. Right next to the Download button, we’ve added a Share tool. It creates a link you can send to others so they can quickly view the video – no need to download and send files!

If you’d like a layer of privacy to restrict who can view your video, you can set a password so only those with the link and the password can access it.

We also track the number of views of the video, so you can see how many times it’s been watched.

Next to the Download button, there’s now also a “Play” button so you can see the full rendered video before you download or share it!

Vidds Update - Share Videos
Password protected share

Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard Shortcuts

Edit more precisely (and more quickly) with keyboard shortcuts!

Sometimes, your mouse just isn’t enough. If you need pixel-perfect videos, or just want to speed up your workflow, a keyboard can be your best friend!

Try out the new keyboard shortcuts in Vidds

We’re releasing an initial version of shortcuts with the most common and useful actions available at the tip of your fingers.

Here’s the full list: (quick note – On MacOS, the Cmd/Command key is used instead of Ctrl)

Left/Right/Up/Down: Move the selected element 1 pixel using your arrow keys.

Shift + Arrow Keys: Need to move them farther? Use Shift + an arrow key to move the element 10 pixels.

Ctrl + Arrow Keys: Use the Ctrl/Cmd key with an arrow to change the width or height of an element by 1 pixel. You can combine this with the Shift key to change it by 10 pixels.

Ctrl + Z: Undo

Delete/Backspace: Delete the selected element.

Ctrl + S: Save your video

And one more, for the mouse: Shift + Drag

When you are using your mouse, you can now hold down the Shift key to disable snapping to the grid.

And More...

We also made plenty of smaller changes to make your life easier. There are too many to list, but here are a few.

Project Settings

Instead of one edit button, each option in the Project Settings (on the righthand side) is now directly editable which saves time and is less confusing.

Edit the Project Title in the Nav Bar (at the top)

We removed the title from Project Settings, you can now edit it directly at the top, in the nav bar, just click the title and change it.

Element Order & Timing section

We cleaned up the look of the timing bar, and now the points where an element animates in or out are indicated by the soft gradient at either end. Also, when an element is selected we now indicate this by highlighting it within the Element Timing & Order list.

Crop Videos & Images into Shapes

Want your profile picture in a circle or your product image inside a star? We’ve added a quick shape crop feature so you can instantly crop your videos and images into exciting shapes to make your videos more fun. You’ll find it next to the “Media Size” options when editing a media element.

 

We Keep Going!

At Vidds, we constantly strive to make video creation quick, easy, cost effective, and as fun as possible. We’re excited about what the next 6 months will bring!

You, the Vidds Creators, keep us going. There is no better feeling than getting feedback and building tools that we know will help. So keep in touch, and let us know any time you find something to improve Vidds!

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