Editing

May 1, 2024 · Last updated on August 6, 2025

Polishing your videos with premium scene transitions and animations

# Editing

# AI Studio

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Scene transitions and animations are a simple yet powerful way to create smoother, more professional videos. With HeyGen, you can easily add polished transitions between scenes to enhance the flow, maintain audience attention, and elevate the overall presentation of your video.

In this guide, we'll show you how to animate on-screen text and other elements and add, customize, and apply scene transitions seamlessly.

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What’s covered in this guide

Animating on-screen text and other elements

Premium motion elements

Adding scene transitions to your video

Customizing your transition style

Creating smooth scene transitions with Magic Match

Recap

Animating on-screen text and other elements

Want to bring your scenes to life? You can animate any element in HeyGen including text, images, and avatars with just a few clicks.

Start by selecting the element you want to animate, and you’ll see its animation markers appear in the Script Panel. These let you control exactly when the element shows up and disappears during your video. Drag the markers to line up with the moments in your script where you want things to happen. Whether it's a dramatic entrance or a subtle fade-out, you've got options like fade, slide, zoom, and pop. After picking your animation, you can adjust how fast or slow it plays using the duration slider.

Not sure which style fits best? Just hover over each option to see a quick preview.

It’s a simple way to add polish, pacing, and personality to every scene with no editing software required.

Premium motion elements

Looking for even more ways to enhance your visuals? Try adding Premium motion elements, like animated intros, speaker cards, headlines, quotes, and typewriter text. These elements are designed to work seamlessly with your avatars and scenes, helping you highlight key messages and give your video a polished, professional feel. Just drag a motion element into your scene, customize the text, and you’re good to go.

Adding scene transitions to your video

After creating your video in the HeyGen editor, adding transitions is quick and easy. In the bottom timeline bar, simply hover over the scene where you want to add a transition. Click on the three dots and select 'Add Scene Transition'.

You’ll be presented with a selection of transitions to choose from.

Once you've selected a transition, you can set the duration to control how long the effect plays between scenes. You also have the option to apply the transition to just the current scene or to all scenes across your video.

Customizing your transition style

HeyGen offers a range of premium transition styles designed to fit different tones and aesthetics. You can choose subtle fades for a smooth, cinematic look, or go with dynamic slides and zooms for a more energetic feel.

As you select your transition style, you’ll be able to preview it live in the editor, making it easy to find the effect that best matches the mood of your video.

Creating smooth scene transitions with Magic Match

Want your elements to flow smoothly from one scene to the next? Use Magic Match, a smart scene transition that automatically detects which elements are the same across two scenes, and animates them with seamless movement, scaling, and positioning. It’s like a “magic move” that keeps your visuals connected without needing to manually recreate animations.

To use it, just make sure the element is still visible at the end of one scene and the beginning of the next. Magic Match will then take over, handling transitions for supported elements like avatars (with matching voice and style), images, videos, icons, and text.

Once set up, you’ll see the Magic Match option in your scene transition panel, click it, preview, and watch your scenes come to life with cinematic flow.

Recap

Now you’re ready to polish your videos with premium scene transitions and create smooth, professional content your audience will love! Explore different transition styles, adjust the duration, and apply effects strategically to elevate your video production.

This guide covered:

How to add scene transitions in HeyGen

How to customize transition styles and timing

Best practices for using transitions effectively

We can’t wait to see the incredible videos you’ll create with HeyGen’s scene transitions and animations!

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