Overview
When you want to include a footnote in a scene — for example, to show a disclaimer — you first need to select a layout that includes a footnote placeholder. The Scene Library offers several layouts for this purpose, with placeholder sizes ranging from small to large.
When you add a footnote to a scene, you work with two aspects: the placeholder size and the display option.
The placeholder size (small, medium, or large) determines the amount of space allocated to the footnote in your scene.
Within any placeholder size, you can control how the footnote text is displayed. Display options can be applied to footnote text of any length, as long as the text is typed into a placeholder designed for footnotes. The following section explains the three available display options.
Footnote Display Options
Fit into placeholder
Split into sections
Scroll down
Fit into placeholder
This is the default option. When selected, all footnote text is displayed as a single block within the placeholder. The font size is automatically adjusted so that all the text fits within the placeholder boundaries.
If the text is lengthy, the font size may be reduced significantly. For this reason, this option is not recommended for displaying large amounts of text, as the reduced text size may be difficult for viewers to read.
Split into sections
This option is recommended when the entire footnote text cannot be displayed as a single block in the placeholder without reducing the text size to an unreadable level.
With this option, the footnote text is split into equal sections, which are displayed consecutively. The length of time that each section is displayed depends on the duration of the scene. The scene duration is divided by the number of sections, and the result determines how long each section remains on screen.
Example:
If the scene duration is 15 seconds and the footnote text is divided into three sections, each section is displayed for five seconds.
Scroll down
Similar to the previous option, Scroll down can be used when the placeholder cannot optimally display the entire body of text at once. When this option is selected, the footnote text scrolls within the placeholder from beginning to end. The effect is similar to rolling credits.
The scrolling speed depends on the scene duration and is optimized for accessibility.
Applying a Footnote Display Option
| 1. | Add the text to the footnote placeholder. ▶ This feature can only be used in a placeholder designed for footnotes. |
| 2. | Select the placeholder containing the footnote text. |
| 3. | Click the three-dot Options menu at the end of the toolbar, and then click Text display mode. |
| 4. | Select the display option that you want to apply. |
| 5. | Click anywhere on the page to close all open menus. |
| An icon appears in the text placeholder, indicating which display option has been applied to the footnote. | |
| 6. | Preview the scene to make sure the text is displayed as you want. |
Tip! If you are using Split into sections or Scroll down and the text is displaying or scrolling too quickly, you can extend the scene duration with the Minimum Duration feature to give viewers enough time to read all the text. |