Education

Myth Versus Fact

Two panels arriving side by side, a cross marking the myth and a tick landing on the fact.

Duration
4s
Frame
1920 × 1080
Export
MP4, GIF, MOV (alpha)
Resolution
Up to 4K

About the Myth Versus Fact animation

The correction post for a subject with a common wrong belief — money, training, algorithms. Both panels hold equal weight until the marks land, so the frame does not give the answer away before the myth has been read. Keep the fact to one sentence you could defend, because this layout invites a claim and the claim is the part that gets quoted.

Where it fits

  • As the correction post for a subject with a common wrong belief.
  • In a finance, training or algorithm series.
  • On a wide frame for YouTube, as a chapter card.

Filling it in

Keep the fact to one sentence you could defend, because this layout invites a claim and the claim is the part that gets quoted. The myth should be something people actually say. Both hold about three lines. The tick colour marks the fact.

Format and timing

Myth Versus Fact is built at 1920 × 1080, a 16:9 landscape frame, the shape of a YouTube video, a stream layout and most editing timelines, and runs 4 seconds at 30 frames per second. It arrives in 1.5 seconds, holds for 2.1 and clears in 0.4, so cue it a beat before the moment it labels. Export it as an MP4 for a timeline or a feed, a GIF where video will not embed, or a MOV with an alpha channel to lay it over footage with nothing behind it. Renders go up to 4K, and the free plan exports at 720p with a watermark.

What you can edit

  • Titletext
  • Myth labeltext
  • Mythtext
  • Fact labeltext
  • Facttext
  • Tick colourcolor

Questions about Myth Versus Fact

Why do both panels look the same at first?

So the frame does not give the answer away before the myth has been read. The cross and the tick land after, and that is when the sides separate.

Can I use it for a comparison that is not myth and fact?

Yes. Change the labels to THEN and NOW, or THEIRS and OURS. The cross and tick still land, so the second panel is always the endorsed one.

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