How to add a subscribe animation in Premiere Pro

Most people use the MP4: put it over your video and key out the green with Ultra Key. For the cleanest soft edges (shadows, glows), PNG frames come already see-through.

The MP4 with Ultra Key

  1. Download the MP4, import it and drag it onto V2, above your video.
  2. In the Effects panel, search for Ultra Key (it’s under Keying) and drag it onto the clip.
  3. In Effect Controls, take the Key Color eyedropper and click the green in the Program Monitor.
  4. If a thin green edge is left, open Matte Cleanup and raise Choke a little, until the edge has gone.
  5. A 4K file in a 1080p sequence: right-click it, then Set to Frame Size.

If you like: PNG frames, for the cleanest edges

  1. Download PNG frames and unzip them: one see-through picture per frame. The README in the folder says the frame rate.
  2. In Premiere, choose File, then Import. Open the folder, select the first PNG, tick Image Sequence, and import.
  3. If it plays too fast or too slow, right-click it in the Project panel, then Modify, then Interpret Footage, and set “Assume this frame rate” to the README’s (30 or 60).
  4. Drag it onto V2, above your video. Nothing to key.

Graphics that work this way

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Subscribe pop-upA$4 Subscribe, with a vertical version Lower thirdA$4 For videos and streams, with a vertical version Offbeat lower thirdA$4 Lower third, with a vertical version Sticker lower thirdA$4 Lower third, with a vertical version

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