Tutorial: Animated Thumbnails That Boost Video Clicks
Instead of a static image, an animated thumbnail automatically plays part of your video, to attract attention and boost clicks.
This app helps calculate the spoken duration of a written script. Copy and paste your script below to see the estimated duration at a professional pacing. We don’t recommend reading a voiceover faster than 140 words per minute.
This tool is designed to help you ensure your script fits within your purchased animation duration.
The best way to verify your timing is to start a stopwatch and read your script out loud at a natural, comfortable pace (including pauses for visual transitions!). If you can read it comfortably within the time limit, we can usually make it work. However, if your read feels rushed, it’s a sign we should trim the copy to let the animation breathe.
We would also highly recommend using the below stopwatch and speaking your script out loud (including the call-to-action) to check the duration of your script.
Instead of a static image, an animated thumbnail automatically plays part of your video, to attract attention and boost clicks.
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