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Documentary effects

The effects that make a YouTube documentary look edited — one click, no keyframes.

Each tool takes one image and gives back a finished clip. The effect places itself: the highlighter finds the headline on the page, the 3D turn frames the photo around the faces. Pick a look from the previews, upload, and download the video as an MP4 or with a transparent background for your timeline.

Headline highlighterA yellow marker sweeps across the headline of any article screenshot.3D photo animationA still photo turns in front of a camera, framed around the faces.

How it works

  1. Pick a look

    Every effect has a few finished styles. Watch them on our sample image and choose one.

  2. Upload one image

    A screenshot or a photo. Nothing to mask, nothing to keyframe.

  3. Download the video

    An MP4 ready to post, or a .mov with transparency to drop onto a timeline.

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