ScreenFlow User Guide
Main Window : Actions — Overview

What are Actions

An action modifies a clip's properties over time.

For example, if you want to slowly scale up your screen recording, you create a Video Action on the clip, then you modify the Scale property in the Video Properties panel.

Actions are always part of a clip. They are represented in the Timeline with a colored rectangle.

Here is an example of a Video Action which starts at time 1.5s (1.5 seconds) and continues to time 2s (2 seconds):

Actions only affect certain Properties

There are four action types (Video, Audio, Callout, Screen Recording).

Each action type controls different Properties

For example, the clip Scale property is controlled by a Video Action, whereas the clip volume is controlled by a Audio Action.

Action Duration - Callout

The duration of a Callout Action defines how long the callout is in effect.

For example, if you have a Callout action that highlights the Mouse Pointer and starts at time 1s (1 second) and continues until time 2s (2 seconds), the the Mouse Pointer is highlighted for 1 second. Before 1s and after 2s, the Mouse Pointer is not highlighted.

Action Duration - Video, Audio, Screen Recording

Other actions are different. They define how long to take to transition between two states.

For example, in the above image, if the Opacity of the clip (see Video Properties) is set to zero at time 0, and is set to 100% at time 2s, then the purple "Video" area defines how long it takes for the Opacity to ramp up from 0 to 100%. In the above example image, 2 seconds.

Overlapping Actions

Actions can be overlapped as long as they are different types.
For example, you can overlap a Video Action and an Audio Action, but you cannot overlap 2 Video Actions.

Actions

There are four actions available: