Generation effects: silence trimming, slides, and auto zoom

Choose effects before generation

Start with a project whose script is ready to review. Check the selected language and script version, then review the narration and step headings before generating audio.

1. Open the project's Script page.
2. Find Effects beside Generate Voiceover.
3. Open Effects and turn each option on or off for the result you want.
4. Check your selections, close the menu, and click Generate Voiceover when you are ready to create the narration.
5. Review the resulting video in the editor before exporting it.

The menu states that effects are applied when you generate the voiceover. Choose them as part of generation setup; the Preview video (for review) panel is for reviewing your script and recording.

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This project has Slides and Auto Zoom enabled, so the button shows Effects 2/3. Skip Silences is off. These are the selections in this example, not a required combination.

Skip Silences: tighten narration gaps

Use Skip Silences when your recording lingers on screen after the narration for a step has finished. Where a segment's footage runs longer than the line spoken over it, this option shortens the footage to match the narration instead of leaving the extra picture playing in silence.

It never shortens the narration itself — the spoken audio is untouched, and a step whose footage is already shorter than its narration is left alone. For an unwanted section of footage unrelated to narration timing, use the editor's manual timeline controls.

To focus on this effect, enable Skip Silences and leave Slides and Auto Zoom off before generation. When reviewing the result, listen at the gaps between spoken instructions and watch the matching screen action. Check that viewers still have enough time to follow the task.

Silence trimming is useful only where narration contains silent gaps. Judge the pacing from playback and check the editor's Duration after generation rather than treating the script's estimated voiceover time as the finished video length.

Slides: introduce the video and its steps

Use Slides to show intro and “Step #” title cards. This is useful for a tutorial with distinct stages, such as opening a dashboard, finding a record, and updating it.

Slides needs somewhere to put those cards. It draws on the intro and section breaks your script template produces, so a script with no introduction and no step headings gives it nothing to render. Check your template's advanced options if the cards you expect do not appear.

The two kinds of card behave differently in the timeline. A step card is laid over the held frame that already opens the step, so it does not make the video any longer. The opening title card does add a moment to the start before the narration begins.

For example, a card reading “Step 2 — Finding the record” can orient the viewer before the next procedure. Review the script's introduction and step headings before choosing this effect so that those sections describe the lesson clearly.

To focus on slides, enable Slides and leave the other two effects off before generation. In the editor, review the opening and each step boundary. Check the card wording, its on-screen position, and how long it remains visible alongside the narration.

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An existing project shows a step-title treatment at 00:37.11. The timeline provides context for reviewing titles alongside the recording and narration; this is not a before-and-after comparison of effect settings.

Slides, avatars, and text overlays

These controls serve different purposes:

Enabling Slides is not the same action as selecting an avatar or adding a custom text item.

Auto Zoom: focus on clicks

Use Auto Zoom for click-based emphasis. For example, when demonstrating a small Settings button, a zoom at the click can help viewers see the control being used.

Auto Zoom needs cursor data to do anything. It works from the pointer and click metadata that the screen recorder captures alongside the video, placing a zoom at a click and holding it while the pointer stays put. A video uploaded without that metadata produces no zooms at all, even with the option enabled and the switch showing as on. Check Cursor Data on the video clip in the editor before relying on this effect — see Zoom effects and cursor tracking for how to read that panel and how to add zooms by hand instead.

To focus on this effect, enable Auto Zoom and leave Skip Silences and Slides off before generation. Review the result around each important click. Check that the relevant button stays visible and that the framing leaves enough context to understand the action.

Auto Zoom concerns framing inside the video. Magnifying the editor timeline only changes your editing view.

Combine effects and review the timeline

You can select the effects separately in the same menu. For a structured tutorial, choose Slides for section signposts, Auto Zoom for click emphasis, and Skip Silences if narration gaps need tightening.

Before generation, you see the script, the Voiceover pending status, your effect selections, and an estimated voiceover duration. After generation, use the editor to judge the assembled result:

1. Play the introduction and the start of each step to review title cards.
2. Listen across narration gaps and watch whether the screen action is easy to follow.
3. Review clicks for useful framing.
4. Check Duration and the alignment of video, audio, titles, and captions.
5. Make any manual refinements before exporting.

Choose generation effects before detailed timeline work. For changes to an already edited sequence, use Editing clips and tracks on the timeline and Zoom effects and cursor tracking.

Troubleshooting

I cannot find Effects

Look on the Script page beside Generate Voiceover. The editor has a Script button for returning to the script workflow.

I want to remove a pause in the screen recording

Skip Silences is described as trimming narration gaps. Inspect the corresponding video and audio items in the timeline and use manual editing for a specific section of footage.

My video length differs from the script estimate

The script labels its number Estimated voiceover for this script. Use the editor's Duration for the assembled sequence, and review the timeline before exporting.

I want a custom title instead of the generated step treatment

Use Add Text in the editor for a custom title or label. Review it with the existing card so the two do not compete for space.