What Shuffle does
Shuffle runs on the captions you generate. It alternates the Primary Animations you selected and puts a Formation on a few. Length decides how much each caption holds, and the words never change.
Pacing
Length is one choice for the whole video, and it applies the next time you press Start.
- Short
- One to three words, for fast edits.
- Medium
- One line, easy to read at any pace.
- Long
- Two lines that join neighboring captions, for calm, talk-heavy edits.
- Primary Animations
- Select one for a consistent style. Select more and Shuffle alternates them across several captions in a row.
Waves are runs of captions that end on punctuation. Frequency sets how often a Formation appears.
Formations
A Formation gives a small group of neighboring captions a shared arrangement. Stack is on every plan; the rest need Pro or Max.
- Stack
- Three captions climb, one lane each.
- Full
- Depth
- The same climb, with each covered caption blurring, dimming and shrinking.
- Full
- Mosaic
- Words form a small mosaic around a larger hero word.
- Full
- Satellites
- A central caption with smaller ones around its corners.
- Full
- Divide
- Three captions stack as rows of left- and right-aligned words with a gap between.
- Full
- Barrel
- Captions sit on a tilted 3D drum that turns to each one as it is spoken.
- Full
- Dial
- Captions lie along the spokes of a big wheel that scrolls up, the spoken one level in the middle.
- Full
- Magnet
- Up to four short captions fly in from the corners of the frame and snap together into two lines in the middle.
- Full
- Reveal
- Three captions build, with a camera slide on the last.
- Ending
- Camera
- The camera moves across up to three captions.
- Ending
- Focus
- The view moves forward through captions in 3D, centering each arrival.
- Ending
- Slingshot
- Three captions, then a satellite stack.
- Ending
- Blueprint
- Three captions stack on one left edge while four blueprint lines strike across the frame and frame the text.
- Ending
Ending Formations are heavy effects. Each one plays at most once per clip slot.
Formations only arrange single-line captions. Merge a two-line caption into one line to let a Formation cross it.
On Pro and Max, one block in each Formation gets a Special Animation from the Special list.
Frequency
Frequency sets how often a Formation starts, counted in waves.
- Every wave: a Formation in every wave.
- Every 2 waves: the default.
- Every 3 waves: sparse motion for a long timeline.
Background plate
Background, in the Formations popup, puts a plate under Formations: a solid colour, a gradient or an Emberu pattern such as Grid or Silk. It is off by default.
- Color and Accent set the plate's colours; Fill and Blur control how present it is.
- Frequency counts Formations, starting with the first: every formation, every 2 or every 3.
- Preview draws the plate in the Formation tiles.
A practical Shuffle setup
Finish the captions first
Fix the words and punctuation in the caption editor. Shuffle reads the text you approve.
Set Length
Pick Short, Medium or Long on the Ignite page.
Choose your Animations
Open Animations under Subs > Text. Select two or three Primary Animations for Shuffle to alternate, and, on Pro and Max, pick the Special Animations Formations can use.
Add two or three Formations
Turn on a small set and leave Frequency at Every 2 waves. A long list of Formations crowds the edit.
Press Start
Start generates the captions, applies Shuffle, and places the result with Ignite.
Check what landed
Review the first and last caption of each Formation, and the places where a Stack covers the caption above it.
Where to go next
- Animations and Sparks
The Primary and Special Animations to pick from.
- Ignite: captions and polish in one pass
Where the captions land.
- Captions: generate and edit
The words and breaks Shuffle reads.