In Twinmotion, you can create videos and provide a curated animated view of your 3D models and scenes. You can apply Ambience 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.
For information on phasing and View sets, see Phasing and View Sets.
Creating a Video
In the Viewport, select the point of view that you want to use as the starting point for the video.
In the Footer, click Media to open the Media dock.
In the Media dock, click the Video icon.
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. In the Viewport, move the camera to the next point of view in the scene where you want the camera to go to.
Click the Create keyframe (+) icon to the right of the keyframe.
A second keyframe is created.
The second keyframe in the first part. 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
In the Viewport, select the point of view that you want to use as the starting point for the new part.
Click the Add video part icon.
A new video part and keyframe are created.
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.
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.
A Fade to black transition between two parts in a video.
To apply a visual transition:
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.
Click one of the Transition icons in the part.
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.
Previewing a video.
Ambience Settings for Parts and Keyframes
You can apply Ambience Settings from the Ambience panel (such as lighting, weather, camera settings, exposure, and rendering modes) to parts and keyframes, and quickly copy and paste these settings to one or several keyframes in the same video.
Keyboard and Mouse Shortcuts
The following keyboard and mouse shortcuts can be used to select multiple keyframes, and to copy and paste ambience settings.
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Multi-select adjacent keyframes | Click the first keyframe to select it, then hold down the Shift key and click the last keyframe you want to select in the same part or in another part. |
Multi-select nonadjacent keyframes | Click the first keyframe to select it, then hold down the Ctrl key (Windows) or Command key (macOS) and click the other keyframes you want to select in the same part or in another part. |
Copy ambience settings |
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Paste ambience settings to one or more keyframes |
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Applying Ambience Settings
In the Media dock, click the Video icon.
Click the video you want to edit.
Select the part (or optionally the keyframe) you want to edit.
To apply ambience settings to a part, click Settings.
To apply ambience settings to one keyframe only, select the keyframe.
To apply ambience settings to more than one keyframe, use one of the keyboard and mouse shortcuts to select the keyframes.
In the Ambience panel, click the Env (Environment), Camera, Render, or FX tabs and change the ambience settings.
The changes you make are automatically applied to the part or keyframes.
Copying and Pasting Ambience Settings
In the keyframe that has the ambience settings you want to copy, open the keyframe menu and select Copy ambience. Alternatively, you can press Ctrl + C (Windows) or Command-C (macOS).
To paste ambience settings to one keyframe only:
Hover over the keyframe, then click the ellipsis (...) to open the keyframe menu and select Paste ambience. Alternatively, you can press Ctrl + V (Windows) or Command-V (macOS).
To paste ambience settings to more than one keyframe:
Select the keyframes using one of the keyboard and mouse shortcuts.
Press Ctrl + V (Windows) or Command-V (macOS).
Creating Time-lapse Videos with Ambience Settings
You can specify a start and an end for ambience 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.
Select a video part.
Click the ellipsis (...) to open the Part menu.
In the menu, select Start / end ambience. This sets the starting and ending points for the ambience settings in the part.
Depending on the time-lapse effect that you want to achieve, you can change the ambience settings for both the first and the last keyframe in a part, or change them for only the first keyframe or the last keyframe.
To open the ambience settings of the first keyframe, click Start.
To open the ambience settings of the last keyframe, click End.
Adjust the ambience settings that appear in the Ambience panel, and return to the video to preview the changes.
