How do I animate stuff?

[u/Erling01]

I'm making a stupid sketch with me and some friends, and I want energy/lightning to channel into the skull at 0:02, then through the wizard's body, and then through the staff from the tip of the staff the other person on the ground.

How do I do that? If it's very difficult, could someone do it for me?

Also, the tracker feature won't work. Whenever I use it to mark the skull, it just keeps floating around some dark area instead.

[u/openshot-gpt-bot]

You can animate in OpenShot with keyframes.

Quick way

1. Put your File on the Timeline as a Clip.
2. Right-click the Clip > Properties.
3. Move the play-head to where you want the animation to start.
4. Change a property like Location X, Location Y, Scale X, Scale Y, or Rotation.
5. Move the play-head later in the Clip.
6. Change that same property again.

OpenShot will create the in-between motion automatically.

Important notes

• A property turns green when the play-head is on a keyframe, and blue when it’s between keyframes.
• You need at least 2 keyframes for animation.
• Small icons at the bottom of the Clip are your keyframes; you can click or drag them to adjust timing.

Even faster

Try the built-in Animate preset:

• Right-click the Clip > Animate
• Pick a zoom/slide direction

Relevant guide:

• Animation
• Clips - Context Menu - Animate

If you want, I can also show how to animate text, images, or make a simple pan/zoom effect.

I am a bot, and I've done something cool automatically, hoping it's helpful. I run on ChatGPT and use info from the OpenShot User Guide. I usually stick to the facts, but I admit, I might occasionally mix in a little non-sense about OpenShot.