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Practical fixes for adding a route, editing your journey, watching the preview and saving your video.
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In Google Maps, create the journey with all the stops you want, then choose Share. Paste the link into AnimateMyRoute. If a stop is missing clear location details, the app will ask you to fix the route instead of guessing the place.
Your GPX file needs at least two points. If it will not open, create a fresh copy from the app that created it and choose the standard GPX format. Simply changing another file's name to end in .gpx will not convert it.
Searching for places needs an internet connection. Include a town, county or full address so the app can find the right place. If search is temporarily unavailable, try again later or start with a GPX file.
Choose a bright, clear photo where the vehicle stands out from the background. The app removes the background privately on your device. If it cannot find the vehicle, try a less cluttered photo with stronger contrast. You can use the brush tools to tidy the result.
The saved video will follow what you see in the preview. If the journey feels too fast, make the animation longer or add pauses at important stops. Videos are saved without sound, ready for you to add music or narration in your usual video editor.
You can choose portrait, landscape or square. AnimateMyRoute only offers the video size and smoothness settings your Android device can handle. Some older devices may still let you edit and preview a project even if they cannot save the finished video.
Your projects stay on your device. Deleting one will not delete videos you have already saved. Before uninstalling the app or clearing its storage, save an .animatemyroute backup somewhere safe. You can clear temporary files in Settings without losing finished projects.
AnimateMyRoute uses the stops in your shared link to build a new route. It does not copy the exact route from Google Maps, so it may choose slightly different roads.
You can open a GPX file and edit a saved project offline, but parts of the map may not load. Searching for places and building a route along roads need an internet connection.
AnimateMyRoute only shows video options your device can handle. If a choice is unavailable, try a smaller video size or the standard 30 frames per second (fps) setting.
Finished videos are saved to your Android device. They should appear in your Gallery or Files app, although this can sometimes take a moment.
Tell us which version of AnimateMyRoute and Android you use, your device model, what you were trying to do and the exact error you saw. Please only send a private route, GPX file or photo if it is needed and you are comfortable sharing it.
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