Broadcast

Turn Sound On

A speaker with two arcs and a ping, for the video that is being watched on mute and should not be.

Duration
3s
Frame
640 × 360
Export
MP4, GIF, MOV (alpha)
Resolution
Up to 4K

About the Turn Sound On animation

Most feeds autoplay silent, so a video whose joke, mix or voiceover carries the point needs to say so in the first seconds. Keep it early and keep it brief. This belongs in the opening beat, not the outro. The second line is the place to say what they are missing, which converts better than the instruction alone.

Where it fits

  • In the first two seconds of a video whose joke or mix carries the point.
  • On a music clip that autoplays silent in the feed.
  • At the top of a voiceover-led explainer.

Filling it in

Keep it early and keep it brief. The headline is the instruction and the second line says what they are missing: This one needs it, or The beat drop is the point. It belongs in the opening beat, not the outro. The accent tints the speaker and the arcs.

Format and timing

Turn Sound On is built at 640 × 360, a 16:9 landscape frame, the shape of a YouTube video, a stream layout and most editing timelines, and runs 3 seconds at 30 frames per second. It arrives in 0.7 seconds, holds for 1.3 and clears in 0.9, 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

  • Headlinetext
  • Sub linetext
  • Accentcolor

Questions about Turn Sound On

Do feeds still autoplay muted?

Most do. Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn start silent, and TikTok depends on the phone's setting. A sound-on cue is the cheapest fix for a video the audio carries.

Does the ping have a sound?

No. Exports are silent, so add a small click or chime in your editor if you want the cue to make the noise it is drawing.

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