Add animated text

Text can animate when it appears, when it leaves, and while it stays on screen. It can also scroll like a ticker or count up to a number.

Open the animation settings

1. Select the text in the preview or on the timeline.
2. Choose Animate above the preview, or open the Animation tab in the properties panel.
3. Use In for how the text appears, Out for how it leaves, and Loop for motion that repeats while it is visible.

The Style tab next to it holds the font, color and other look settings. See Use text templates and fonts.

Choose an In or Out effect

Select an effect card, or None to remove the effect. The settings under the cards change with the effect:

• Duration is from 0.05 to 2 seconds.
• Easing sets how the motion speeds up and slows down.
• Some effects add their own settings, such as the direction of Slide and Rise, or the amount of Spin.

The timing of an In or Out effect follows the overlay on the timeline, so moving or trimming the overlay also moves its animation.

Animate by letter, word or paragraph

Text effects also have a Unit: All, Paragraph, Word or Character. With Word or Character, the effect plays piece by piece instead of on the whole text. Order then chooses Left to right or Right to left.

Typewriter and scramble

Typewriter types the text out piece by piece. It has two switches:

• Cursor shows a blinking cursor at the end of the typed text.
• Hold layout keeps the full space of the text from the start, so the typed text does not shift as it grows.

Scramble swaps letters for random characters before they settle into the text. Style sets which characters it uses.

Loop an effect

In the Loop tab, choose an effect to repeat while the text is visible, or None to remove it. Set its Speed and Intensity.

Make text scroll

1. Select the text and open the Style tab.
2. Set Mode to Scroll.
3. Choose a Direction of Left or Right, then set Speed (in pixels per second) and Gap, the space between repeats.

Count up to a number

1. Select the text and open the Style tab.
2. Set Mode to Counter.
3. Enter the Start number and the End value. The End field suggests a format such as $10,000.
4. Set the Duration of the count in seconds, and its Easing.

Set Mode back to Normal for regular text.

Animate shapes and images

Shapes and images have the same In, Out and Loop tabs with motion effects. The typing, scramble and unit options are only for text.