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Step 1: Type your text on a single line
Select the Type Tool (press T) and click once in the Program Monitor. Click, do not drag a box, so Premiere creates a point text layer that grows sideways instead of wrapping onto new lines. Now type everything you want to scroll in one long line. The video uses a list of names separated by commas, and the text runs far past the edge of the frame, which is exactly what you want for a crawl.
Step 2: Select all text and style it
With the cursor still inside the text, press Ctrl + A (Cmd + A on Mac) to select every character. Open Effect Controls and scroll down to the text settings. The tutorial uses the Tahoma font at a size of around 147, with the Fill set to white. Pick any clean, readable font that suits your project, since crawl text moves fast and needs to stay legible.
Step 3: Add a background bar
Under Appearance, tick the Background checkbox. A dark bar now appears behind the letters, and the video leaves its opacity at 75%. The bar keeps white text readable on any footage, even over bright areas, and it gives the crawl that classic news-ticker look.
Then drag the text layer down in the Program Monitor so it sits along the bottom of the frame.
Step 4: Keyframe the Position
Scroll down to Transform inside the text settings. Move the playhead to the first frame and set the horizontal Position so the beginning of the text sits just off the right edge of the screen. In the video that value is about 1933 on a 1920 pixel wide frame, with the vertical value left alone. Click the stopwatch next to Position to create the first keyframe.
Next, move the playhead to the end of the clip. Change the horizontal value to a big negative number, enough to pull the whole line of text past the left edge. Premiere adds the second keyframe automatically, and the text now travels across the screen.
Step 5: Adjust the length and the speed
The speed of a crawl depends on two things: how long the text is and how long the clip is. A longer clip makes the text scroll more slowly, so stretch the graphic clip on the timeline for slow, calm credits or trim it for a fast ticker. If the text still sits on screen when the clip ends, push the end Position further to the left. Play it back with the spacebar and tweak until every word has time to be read.
Tips
- Keep the motion linear. News crawls scroll at a constant speed, so leave the keyframes on their default interpolation. Easing would make the text speed up and slow down, which looks wrong for a ticker.
- Use contrast. White text on a dark bar is the safest choice. If your footage is very dark, try a lighter bar instead.
- Loop it for long videos. Copy the graphic clip and paste it again after the first one to repeat the crawl.
- Prefer a typed reveal? See how to make a typewriter text effect in Premiere Pro.
FAQ
How do I make scrolling text in Premiere Pro?
Type a long line of text with the Type Tool, then keyframe its Position so it starts off the right edge of the frame and ends off the left edge.
How do I make the text crawl slower or faster?
Change the length of the clip. A longer clip with the same keyframe values gives a slower crawl, and a shorter clip gives a faster one.
Why does my text wrap to a new line instead of scrolling?
You probably dragged a text box with the Type Tool. Delete it and click once in the Program Monitor instead, so the text stays on one line.
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