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Designer

Build layouts, add text, media and shapes, then bring them to life with animation.

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    Create a design and find your way around the designerChoose a format, start from a template or blank layout, and learn where the tools, editing bar, canvas and zoom controls live in the BDigital designer.
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    Add, edit and format textAdd headers, sub headers and body text to a BDigital design, then change fonts, colours, size, alignment, spacing and text effects.
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    Add images, logos and videosInsert library images, your own uploads and video clips into a BDigital design, then crop, mask, trim and adjust volume and playback speed.
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    Backgrounds, shapes, icons and productsChange the page background colour or photo, add shapes, lines and tables, drop in icons and templates, and insert products from your catalogue into a BDigital menu design.
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    Layers, stacking order and positioningUse the Layers panel in the BDigital designer to find, hide, lock and reorder objects, and use Position to bring elements to the front and align them.
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    Page duration, the timeline and previewSet how long a BDigital design page lasts, use the timeline to make elements appear and disappear at specific moments, and preview the result with Edit as video.
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    Animation basics: what the settings meanUnderstand Delay, Duration, Loop, Repeat, From/To and Reverse in the BDigital designer before choosing Move, Zoom, Bounce, Scrolling Text, Typewriter, Fade, Blink or Rotate.
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    Fade an element in or outUse the Fade effect in the BDigital designer to fade text, images or shapes in or out, with recommended delay, duration and loop settings.
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    Move, Zoom, Bounce, Blink and RotateAnimate elements across the page, grow or shrink them, make them bounce, blink or rotate in the BDigital designer, with waypoints, damping and pivot points explained.
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    Reveal text with the Typewriter animationMake text type itself onto the screen letter by letter, word by word or line by line using the Typewriter animation in the BDigital designer.
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    Make a scrolling text tickerCreate a news-style ticker in the BDigital designer with the Scrolling Text animation — set direction, speed in pixels per second, the gap between passes and looping.
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    Try it: a simple 10-second welcome screenA step-by-step recipe for a two-line animated welcome design in BDigital using Fade and Typewriter, with the exact timing settings to use.
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    Save, reopen and organise designsSave your work in the BDigital designer, reopen a design from the library, and use folders, search and format filters to keep designs organised.
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