There are a few quick editing options that maybe aren’t as obvious as we thought – here they are, listed and explained.

When an image is selected, the editing box will appear in the bottom right – this is where the magic starts…

Cut, Copy and Paste

‘Cut’ will remove the image or text box but leave it on the clip board for you to paste

‘Copy’ will copy the object to the clip board without removing it from the page. It will copy the object and all it’s properties including the duration it takes to draw, what style it’s in, colour and camera angle etc.

‘Paste’ will paste whatever’s on the clip board. You have to have something selected to use this function. It wont replace the object you select, it will just paste it exactly in the same place as whatever has been copied.

Replace, Flip and Rotate

This is the ‘Replace’ button. It’s used to swap in any image in the place of one you dont want any more. I find it useful when I’ve edited the timings or camera angle but want a different image, it keeps all the options you’ve set on an image an literally just replaces it with another. It’s good. It’s also useful if you have imported your own .svg from outside videoscribe, have edited it and want to update it – just use this replace button.

Flip that! This will reflect your object horizontally in case for example you want someone to be facing the other way or you want an arrow to be facing the opposite direction.

Rotate button is different from just using the ‘free’ rotate which is on the images or text that you directly select. This button does a rotate in 90 degree spurts. It’s also useful if you’ve done a ‘free rotate’ on an object but want it to be reset. Just click this button so it rotates round exactly round in 90 degree spurts.

The VideoScribe canvas is actually really really big. You can zoom in and out and move around it – here’s how you can use it best…

Once you have a picture or a text on the screen, you can zoom in and out and around the canvas. It’s massive! Think of all the possibilities!

Click on the item you want to move or edit – you’ll know it’s selected because the edit box appears on screen and an orange line is around the image or text. See here…

If you don’t see this then a quick route is… click on the ‘organise‘ icon at the bottom on the left and select the item you want to edit in in the list – then it’s selected.

When your item is selected then you can click your item and move it or enlarge it to wherever you want it to be. If you want to move the item then don’t touch the nodes around the edge but if you want to enlarge it then use the nodes to resize it.

If you want to make sure you’re seeing your image or text from a specific viewpoint when it’s being drawn, then click on the camera in the editing box and click ‘set‘ when you have it in the position you want it on the canvas. You can always clear or change that later if you dont like it.

When you want to move around the canvas, make sure no image or text is selected or you’ll be moving them and not the canvas. Use your usual finger gestures to zoom in and out and around.