Feature Friday: Sound Effects for Animations

Add sound effects to animations that make moments land.

In this Feature Friday session, Kristen walks through how to add sound effects to your enter and exit animations in Synthesia — and more importantly, how to know when a sound effect is worth using.

Here's what you'll learn:

• How to add a sound effect: Click the sound icon on any animation trigger, pick a preset from the curated library, and preview it before you publish.
• How to refine the moment: Adjust volume, swap presets, or remove a sound entirely — without touching the timeline.
• When to use a sound effect: Use the attention-confirmation-emphasis-pacing framework to decide if a sound is doing a job — or just adding noise.

Watch this session and try adding your first sound effect to a video this week.