About This Feature
The Video Overlay feature adds a personal video layer to guide steps in guided demos, allowing creators to appear on-screen as they walk through their product. Video Overlay brings a more human, dynamic element to demos — boosting engagement, enhancing storytelling, and helping build stronger connections with your audience.
Snapshot 📸
- Feature Status: Add-On Feature
- Role Access: Admins, Editors
- Location: Walnut Editor
Key Features
- Add a personal touch by embedding video bubbles onto guide steps in guided demos.
- Attach video recordings to individual annotations for clear, contextual explanations.
- Seamlessly record demos step-by-step using the Record Next Step workflow.
- Choose how users experience the flow with autoplay options: step-by-step or continuous playback.
Quick Start Guide
- Click on a guide step in the Guides panel on the right side of the Walnut Editor to activate the step editor toolbar.
- Click the video camera icon in the step editor toolbar and select Add video clip to this step.
- When prompted, allow the browser to access your camera and microphone.
- A video bubble preview and recording toolbar will appear in the Walnut Editor. Click Let's Go! or Start Recording to begin recording a video overlay for your selected guide step.
- Click Pause during recording or Stop Recording when finished.
- Use the video overlay editor toolbar to preview, resize, reposition, remove, or re-record your video. Click Done to save and attach the video to the selected step.
- To make changes to an existing recording, click a guide step in the Guides panel and click the video camera icon in the guide step editor.
FAQs
Can I move a video overlay to a different guide step?
- Not at this time. Video overlays are fixed to the guide step they were recorded on and cannot be moved to another step.
Can I import pre-recorded video files into the Video Overlay feature?
- No. Video files cannot be imported. All video overlays must be recorded directly within the Walnut Editor.
Can I use video overlays in non-guided demos?
- No. Video overlays are only supported in guided demos that include guide steps. They cannot be added to non-guided demos.
Do video overlays need to be attached to guide steps?
- Yes. Every video overlay must be linked to a specific guide step in the demo.