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Step 1: Write your text
Create a text layer with the Type Tool (T) and type your word. The video uses a simple white word on a black background, which makes the movement easy to read. Place the clip on V1 of your timeline and make it as long as you need.
Step 2: Find the Text Animator transition
Open the Effects panel and search for Text Animator. It appears as FI: Text Animator inside the Video Transitions folder. This transition needs to be installed first, and it works on the text itself, so it can move letters and words instead of fading the whole clip.
Step 3: Drag it to the start of the text clip
Drag FI: Text Animator onto the beginning of your text clip, just like any other transition. A small block appears at the start of the clip. Drag its right edge to change how long the animation lasts. A short duration, well under a second, feels snappy and bouncy.
Faster with BetterFX: skip the Effects panel. Press your BetterFX shortcut, type the first letters of Text Animator and press Enter to apply it to the selected clip. Get BetterFX
Step 4: Switch the curve to Overshoot
Click the transition to select it and open Effect Controls. Under Visual Curve Editor you will see a Curve Graph and a Type dropdown. It starts on Bezier, which gives a normal ease. Change Type to Overshoot. The curve now shoots past its target and swings back, which is exactly what makes text feel bouncy.
Step 5: Tune Frequency, Amplitude and Decay
With Overshoot selected you get three new controls:
- Frequency sets how many times the text bounces back and forth. The video raises it to 2.
- Amplitude sets how far the text overshoots. The video keeps it around 100%.
- Decay sets how quickly the bounce dies out. Lower values let it bounce for longer. The video brings it down to around 51%.
Watch the Curve Graph as you drag. A curve that rises above the line and wiggles around it a couple of times is a bouncy one. Play the clip back after each change.
Smoother with EaseFlow: if you animate other things with keyframes, select them and apply a real easing curve in one click instead of dragging Bezier handles. See EaseFlow
Step 6: Adjust Fade and Distribution
Two more settings change the feel. Fade controls how much the letters fade in while they move, and the video uses around 75%. Distribution controls how the animation is spread across the text, so letters arrive one after another instead of all at once. The video sets it to about 32%. Try a few values until the text bounces the way you like, then play the result.
Tips
- Keep it short. A quick transition with a visible overshoot looks punchier than a slow, floaty one.
- Use bold fonts. Thick letters make the bounce easy to see.
- Try the Surprise Me! button. It randomizes the settings and can give you ideas to refine.
- Want more text styles? Also see how to make a typewriter text effect.
FAQ
How do I make text bounce in Premiere Pro?
Add a text animator transition to the start of your text clip and set its curve Type to Overshoot. The overshoot makes the text swing past its final position and settle back.
Do I need keyframes for bouncy text?
No. The Overshoot curve creates the bounce for you, so you only need to adjust Frequency, Amplitude and Decay.
How do I make the bounce last longer?
Lower the Decay value, raise the Frequency or make the transition longer on the timeline.
Want ready-made text animations you can drop in? Grab the Ultimate Text Preset Pack.
