Text sits on a curved path and travels along it, entering, swirling and leaving while following the curve.
Use for
Titles, swooshing intros
Prompt
Replace [scene] with the shot and [duration] with how long it should take, then paste the prompt into your AI agent. Each prompt includes the name of the technique, so next time you can simply ask for it by name.
This is for a motion graphics video. In [scene], animate a line of "Text on Path" (also called text path animation or text along path): the text sits on a curved path and travels along it, entering, swirling through the bends and leaving.
Keep every letter standing on the curve and turning with it as it goes, so the line of text bends like a ribbon instead of sliding across as a rigid block.
Run the pass over [duration] at an even flow, and keep the path one smooth, sweeping curve so the letters stay readable through the bends.
Also calledOpening Crawl, Roll-Up, Scrolling Typography
Paragraphs of text scroll up and tilt back in perspective, shrinking toward a vanishing point; distinct from Credit Roll, which stays flat.
Use for
Film openings, space-opera homages
This is for a motion graphics video. Open [scene] with a "Title Crawl" (also called an opening crawl, roll-up or scrolling typography): paragraphs of text scroll up while tilted back in perspective, shrinking toward a vanishing point.
Lay the text on a plane that leans away from the viewer, so lines enter large at the bottom and fade out small in the distance — unlike a credit roll, which stays flat and the same size all the way up.
Run it over [duration] at a steady pace, slow enough that each line can be read before it recedes.
Text with real depth thickness rotates or flies in 3D space so its sides catch light.
Use for
Trailers, sports and gaming titles
This is for a motion graphics video. Title [scene] with "3D Extruded Text" (also called 3D text animation or an extruded title): the letters have real thickness, and they rotate or fly through 3D space so their sides catch the light.
Shade the sides differently from the faces and let that shade change as the text turns — the depth has to read as a solid block, not as a flat drop shadow behind the letters.
Play the move over [duration], and ease into a final angle where both the faces and the sides are visible.
A line extends from a point of interest to a label or box that pops in, pointing out part of the picture; distinct from Lower Third because it targets a spot inside the image.
Use for
Product videos, tutorials, UI walkthroughs
This is for a motion graphics video. Add a "Callout" (also called a callout line or a sketch callout) to [scene]: a line extends from a point of interest in the picture to a label that pops in at its end.
Anchor the line on the exact spot it is about, draw the line first and bring the label in after — unlike a lower third, which sits in a fixed strip at the bottom, a callout points at something inside the image. For a sketch version, draw a ring around the spot and the line as if by hand.
Play it over [duration], keep the line thin so it does not hide the picture, and hold the label long enough to read.