Today, I’m going to show you
how you can make your text stand out in your next project
with five simple, but every cool text effects,
including video in text,
neon glow effect,
typewriter text & sound,
underwater effect,
and the always popular text reveal effect.
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The first effect we’ll take a look at today is video in text effect.
Select the video clip you want to place inside your text
and add it to your timeline.
With your playhead at the start of this clip,
press Control T to add a default title above your clip.
Ripple trim this title clip to the same length as your video.
With your title clip selected,
double click on the text in the viewer window to select it
and replace the default text with your own.
In the inspector window,
change the font to something heavy,
and use the size slider to make it nice and big.
If you run out of room on the slider,
just click the number beside it and drag up to make it even bigger.
De-select the title clip in your timeline,
hover over the text in your viewer window
until you see a text box,
and click and drag this title to center it in your viewer window.
Select the video inspector,
and from the blend mode dropdown menu,
select stencil alpha.
This places the video clip under your title
inside the letters with a black background.
For my example, to make it more visible,
I’ll add a custom generator clip above my text,
and change the color to white.
To place this generator clip under your text,
in the video inspector,
change the blend mode to behind for this video in text effect.
Next, let’s take a look at how to make a Neon Glow title.
Once again, add a video clip you want to use to your timeline,
move your playhead to the start of this clip,
and add a default title above it with Control T.
Replace the default text, and select your font.
Outline fonts work best for this effect,
and the one I’m using today is the Night Light font
downloaded from Envato Elements.
In the text inspector, change the face color to something bright.
Press Command 5 to open the effects browser,
and from the Text Effects category,
add the Neon Text effect to your title clip.
If necessary, you can adjust the appearance of this effect in the video inspector.
I’m pretty happy with how this looks,
so I’ll just leave mine.
Place this title in your frame, and to make it fit in a little better,
adjust the size and the rotation of your text in the text inspector.
If we play this clip back,
you can see the camera moves,
but our text stays in the same place.
To make our text move with the camera,
we need to track our bottom clip,
and apply the tracking data to our text.
With your playhead at the start,
select the bottom clip,
and at the bottom of the video inspector,
click the plus button to add a tracker.
Place the tracking square over a part of your frame
that’s in focus and has good contrast,
change the tracking method to Point Cloud,
and click the analyze button to track your clip.
Select the title clip in your timeline,
select the transform tool,
and from the dropdown menu beside tracker,
select the Object track from your bottom clip.
This applies the tracking data from your video clip to your title clip,
so the title moves with the camera.
The third text effect we’ll take a look at today
is Typewriter effect, and for this one,
we’ll use one of Final Cut Pro’s built in title presets.
Go to your titles and generators browser,
and in the top right,
search for the typewriter effect.
Add this title above your timeline.
Replace the default text,
make it bigger,
and if you want to, change the font.
Go to the titles inspector,
and use the duration slider to adjust the typing speed.
Now, to sell this effect even better,
I’m going to add a typewriter sound effect,
which I also got from Envato Elements.
All we need to do now,
is retime our title clip to the letters match up with the sound.
You can’t retime the title clip itself,
so to get around this, select it,
and make it into a compound clip with the keyboard shortcut Option G.
Go through this compound clip,
and add a marker whenever each letter pops on screen.
Line up the first spike in your waveform with the first marker,
and use hold frames to stretch out the title clip to line up the rest.
Here’s our result.
Effect number 4 is underwater text,
and this one is also very simple.
Place your playhead where you want the text to come in,
and press Control T to add the default title.
Replace the text, and adjust the title appearance.
Go back to the effects browser,
and search for the Underwater effect.
Add this to your title clip,
and use the controls in the video inspector
to adjust the appearance of this effect.
And, as always, I saved the best for last.
The text reveal effect is by far my favourite.
To do this effect,
you’ll need a video clip with a person,
or an object that moves across the frame.
Add a title above this clip,
replace the text, and adjust its appearance.
Move your playhead to where the backside of your subject
is about to go over the title, and add a marker.
Grab your video clip, hold down the option key,
and drag up to make a copy of it.
Place it above your title clip.
In the effects browser, from the masks category,
add a draw mask to your top clip.
With your playhead on the marker,
add control points on the back side of your subject,
and a couple on the opposite side to close the mask.
In the inspector window,
add keyframes to the Control points and transform parameters.
Move ahead one or two frames,
and adjust the control points to follow your subject.
Depending on the motion in your clip,
you might be able to get away with skipping a few frames,
or if your clip is like mine,
you have to adjust your control points on every frame.
Keep going until your full title is revealed.
Render out your clip, for this cool text reveal effect.
So what do you think.
Which one of these is your favourite.
Let me know in the comments below.
Thanks for watching, and I’ll see you back here next week.