Creating Videos

In Twinmotion, you can create videos and provide a curated animated view of your 3D models and scenes. You can apply visual settings and effects to the entire video or to parts of the video, add phasing and View sets to show the construction stages of a project, create visual time lapses by changing the visual settings of video parts, and add visual transitions between each video part.

Creating a Video

1. In the Viewport, select the point of view that you want to use as the starting point for the video.

2. In the Footer, click Media to open the Media dock.

3. In the Media dock, click the Video icon.

4. To create a video, click the Add video icon.

   The first keyframe and the first part are created. In Twinmotion, a keyframe is a specific point of view in the scene, and a part corresponds to the beginning and end of an animated sequence.

   The first keyframe in the first part

5. In the Viewport, move the camera to the next point of view in the scene where you want the camera to go to.

6. Click the Create keyframe (+) icon to the right of the keyframe.

   A second keyframe is created.

   The second keyframe in the first part

7. To continue adding keyframes, repeat steps 5 and 6.

   Keyframes can be added before or after other keyframes. To add a keyframe before another keyframe, click the Create keyframe (+) icon located on the left side of the currently selected keyframe.

Creating a New Video Part

1. In the Viewport, select the point of view that you want to use as the starting point for the new part.

2. Click the New video part icon.
   

   A new video part and keyframe are created.

3. To add another keyframe in the new part, move the camera in the Viewport and click the Create keyframe (+) icon located on the right side of the keyframe.

   A new keyframe is created.

4. To continue adding keyframes, repeat step 3.

Applying Visual Transitions Between Parts

To create a smooth visual transition between the parts of a video, you can apply a Fade to black or a Fade to white transition effect between the video parts.

To apply a visual transition:

1. Collapse all the parts of the video, or collapse only the part where you want to create a transition.

   • To collapse all the parts in a video, click the Collapse/expand parts icon.

   • To collapse only one part, click the ellipsis (...) to the right of the part name, and in the menu select Collapse.

2. Click one of the Transition icons in the part.

3. In the menu select Fade to black or Fade to white.

To remove a visual transition:

• Click the Transition icon and in the menu select Cut.

Previewing Videos

To preview a video, use the video controls, or move the scrubber from the beginning to the end of the part.

Changing the Visual Settings of Parts and Keyframes

1. In the Media dock, click the Video icon.

2. Click the video that you want to edit.

3. Select the part (or optionally the keyframe) you want to edit.

4. Open the visual settings for the part or the keyframe.

   • To open the visual settings for a part, click Settings.

   • To open the visual settings for a keyframe, select the keyframe.

   The visual settings that you can edit are displayed in the Ambience panel.

Copying and Pasting Visual Settings on Keyframes

Visual settings that are applied to one keyframe can quickly be applied to other keyframes by using the Copy Ambience and Paste Ambience commands in the Keyframe menu.

1. Hover over the keyframe that has the visual settings that you want to copy.

2. Click the ellipsis (...) to open the Keyframe menu.

3. Select Copy ambience.
   

4. Hover over the keyframe where you want to paste the visual settings.

5. Click the ellipsis (...) to open the Keyframe menu.

6. Select Paste ambience.

Creating Time-lapse Videos with Visual Settings

You can specify a start and an end for visual settings and create a visual time-lapse of a scene. For example, you might want to show the difference in lighting and shadow effects in your scene when going from sunrise to sunset. To do so, you can use the Start / end ambience command in the Part menu.

1. Select a video part.

2. Click the ellipsis (...) to open the Part menu.

3. In the menu, select Start / end ambience. This sets the starting and ending points for the visual settings in the part.

4. Depending on the time-lapse effect that you want to achieve, you can change the visual settings for both the first and the last keyframe in a part, or change the visual settings for only the first keyframe or the last keyframe.

   • To open the visual settings of the first keyframe, click Start.

   • To open the visual settings of the last keyframe, click End.

     The visual settings that you can change appear in the Ambience panel.

5. Adjust the visual settings, and return to the video to preview the changes.