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BobWiker
7 years agoCommunity Member
Thanks, this is helpful and very timely. In some of my screen recording videos I want to pause, pop up some info or a callout, then resume. Here's how to do that:
1. Create a "Pause & Popup" layer with whatever element(s) I want.
2. Set layer's properties to 'pause timeline of base layer'
3. Set the duration of my popup layer's timeline as desired.
4. Add popup layer Trigger to 'Hide this layer when timeline ends'
5. On main timeline, set cue point where I want to pause & pop up.
6. Create a slide Trigger to 'Show layer myLayer when the timeline reaches Cue Point #1'
You can add more popups simply by copy-and-pasting your "Pause & Popup" layer and adding cue points (and slide triggers) to the main timeline.
1. Create a "Pause & Popup" layer with whatever element(s) I want.
2. Set layer's properties to 'pause timeline of base layer'
3. Set the duration of my popup layer's timeline as desired.
4. Add popup layer Trigger to 'Hide this layer when timeline ends'
5. On main timeline, set cue point where I want to pause & pop up.
6. Create a slide Trigger to 'Show layer myLayer when the timeline reaches Cue Point #1'
You can add more popups simply by copy-and-pasting your "Pause & Popup" layer and adding cue points (and slide triggers) to the main timeline.