Filmit Callouts: Create Professional Callout Titles in After Effects in Seconds
Callout titles are one of those small but powerful elements that instantly make your motion graphics more polished and professional. They’re perfect for highlighting details, labeling objects, or creating animated pointers in your videos. But making them manually in After Effects? That can be slow and tedious—especially when you need multiple callouts with clean animations.
That’s where Filmit Callouts comes in.
🎯 What Is Filmit Callouts?
Filmit Callouts is a custom After Effects tool that automatically generates animated callout titles—complete with connecting lines, elbows, and customizable styling. Instead of spending 15–30 minutes building each callout manually, you can create one in seconds with a few clicks.
Whether you’re labeling a product feature, pointing to a specific area in a video, or building stylized map routes, Filmit Callouts makes it effortless.
⚡ Key Features
Automatic Callout Generation – Set your start and end targets, hit generate, and your callout is instantly created.
Multiple Elbows – Choose how many line bends (“elbows”) you want to customize your path.
Pre-Animation Options – Generate static or fully animated callouts with linear or Easy Ease keyframes.
Custom Styling – Adjust line thickness, softness, and color directly in the Effect Controls panel.
Smart Layer Management – Automatically organizes start, end, and elbow nulls in your comp for clean editing.
Target Refresh – Quickly rename layers (e.g., “Square” and “Circle”), hit refresh, and your targets update instantly.
Map & Travel Lines – Create flowing travel lines across a map with ease.
🖥 How It Works
1. Install and Open the Tool
Once Filmit Callouts is installed, open it via the Window menu in After Effects and dock it in your workspace.
2. Set Your Targets
Choose the starting point (e.g., a shape or object) and the endpoint you want the callout line to connect to.
3. Choose Animation & Elbows
Decide if you want the callout animated and how many elbows it should have. You can select Linear or Easy Ease keyframes for smooth motion.
4. Generate Your Callout
Click “Generate Callout” and the tool creates your start null, end null, elbows, and connecting line—ready to animate.
5. Customize the Look
In the Effect Controls, tweak the line’s color, thickness, and softness. Move your nulls to fine-tune the position.
6. Play It Back
Press play and watch your callout animate perfectly. Add multiple callouts, stack animations, or use them for dynamic labeling.
💡 Pro Tips
Map Animations – Set multiple elbows to create travel paths for maps or diagrams.
Renaming Targets – Use descriptive layer names for faster targeting (e.g., “Laptop Screen,” “Camera Lens”).
Mix Styles – Combine different callout colors and line styles for layered, branded visuals.
Anchor Point Adjustments – Use the Anchor Point tool to fine-tune start and stop positions for precision.
📌 Why Use Filmit Callouts Over Manual Creation?
You can make callout titles manually in After Effects, but it’s time-consuming:
You’ll need to create shape layers, mask paths, null objects, parenting, and animations from scratch.
If you want to change the line’s path later, you’ll need to manually edit the keyframes.
Creating multiple callouts means repeating the whole process again and again.
Filmit Callouts automates all of this—freeing you up to focus on design and timing rather than repetitive setup work.
🚀 Get Filmit Callouts Today
If you want fast, professional callout titles without the manual hassle, Filmit Callouts is your shortcut. Perfect for explainer videos, product showcases, tutorials, documentaries, and more.
🎬 Next Steps
Watch our quick tutorial to see it in action
Start using callouts in your next After Effects project and cut your setup time by 90%