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Add animations to objects

Learn how to add entrance, action, and exit animations to any object in your Premiere sequence using Premiere Assistant.

Written by Nandita Kothari

Add entrance, action, and exit animations to any object in your Premiere sequence, including photos, videos, and graphics.

  1. In your Premiere sequence, select the clip you want to animate.

  2. In Premiere Assistant, click [Animate object] from the panel menu.

  3. Choose your animations:

    • In: how the object enters the screen

    • Action: how the object moves while on screen

    • Out: how the object exits the screen

      Premiere Assistant left menu with Animate object selected, showing the In, Action, and Out tabs and the Action animations
  4. Customize the animation's intensity, direction, speed, and other settings.

    Move animation settings panel with Distance X and Y, Easing, and the Apply and Close buttons
  5. Click [Apply].


FAQs

I get an error when using [Animate object]

If an error appears when applying animations to objects, it may be because the ApplicationLanguageBilingual option is enabled in Premiere. To fix this:

  1. Open the Premiere console (Windows: Ctrl + F12 / Mac: fn + Ctrl + F12).

  2. From the panel menu, select [Debug Database View].

  3. Search for ApplicationLanguageBilingual.

  4. If it's enabled, set it to false.

  5. Restart Premiere and try again.

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