How to Use the Travel Story Wizard

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Step-by-step guide

1. 1

   Open the Wizard

   On a new project, click the Flight or Road trip thumbnail in the start panel at the bottom of the map. That opens Travel Story directly, with flights or driving as the default way to travel. In a project that already has slides, click the sparkles icon in the header and choose Templates instead.

   

2. 2

   Choose Flight or Road trip

   If you came in through Templates, the Templates gallery opens. Hover a card to watch a preview, then click Flight, or Road trip to drive between your stops. Free accounts can use Flight, Road trip, City spotlight and Store map. Country and Hub & spoke need Pro.

   

3. 3

   Add your start and destination

   The Wizard is now on the Flight step, with a preview of the video you are about to make. Type your starting point in Start Location and click a result in the list, then do the same in Destination, which unlocks once the start is set. Results come from OpenStreetMap search. If a name is ambiguous, use Pick on map beside the field, click the globe, and choose Use This Location.

   

4. 4

   Add more stops

   Type the next place into Add Next Stop and pick it from the list. Repeat for every stop, in travel order. The counter at the top shows how many stops you have, and the trash icon removes one. Create my video stays disabled until you have at least two stops.

   

5. 5

   Choose how you travel each leg

   Between each pair of stops there is a row of round icons: Flight, Driving, Moto, Train, Sea, Bike, and Walk. The selected mode's name shows beside the icons. Flight is the default and draws a curved arc, which suits long distances. Driving, Moto, Train, Bike, and Walk follow real land routes where one can be found, and Sea follows open water.

   

6. 6

   Click Create my video

   Click Create my video. The Wizard builds the storyboard: an Overview slide, a slide for the first stop, an arrival slide and a departure slide for each stop in between, and a slide for the last stop. It adds a pin on every stop and a route for every leg. Three stops give five slides and a 15 second animation. Click Play Preview to watch it.

   

7. 7

   Review and refine

   Everything the Wizard makes is editable. Click a slide card to jump to it, move the map, then open the card's three-dot menu and choose Retake Slide (use current camera) to save the new camera position. Change the Speed number between cards to retime a move, or click a pin or route on the map to restyle it.