Design Rhythmic Motion Typography in After Effects

on Jul 7th 2011 with 451 comments
Tutorial Details
  • Requirements: After Effects
  • Difficulty: Intermediate
  • Run Time: 15:09 min

Final Product What You'll Be Creating

Twice a month we revisit some of our reader’s favorite posts from back in the archives of Aetuts+. Today we’ll look at an amazing post from Markus Gustafsson. This was the first tutorial Markus did for Aetuts+ published back in January 2009 talking about typography… enjoy!

In this tutorial you’ll learn how to create animated typography synchronized with musical events (lyrics). You’ll learn how to fit your typography to a rhythm, add dynamic animations and use the camera and motion blur to create a high-end final effect. This tutorial showcases a technique that is highly sought after in motion graphics today.

We love to see what you do with the techniques taught at Aetuts+. We encourage you to create your own motion typography videos in this style and post a link to your video in the comments below. Most of all, we hope you enjoy the tut!

Tutorial

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File size 65 MB

 
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  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdatUnGzq80 Josh

    Thanks for the excellent tutorial, was inspired to make a video of my own.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdatUnGzq80

    This is a lot of hard work and limited time, so ended up duplicating sections for the chorus.
    Thanks for the great tutorial, has inspired me to keep playing.

  • Robin

    Apparently, some people have the same problem but nobody has answered. When I change “position” on the Null Object to control the camera, the limits of the screen are growing but it’s not zooming on my text as it does in the tut’, someone knows what could be done to fix that ?

    • http://twitter.com/DevelopingPhoto Andi Ramsay

      Make sure your text layers are set to 3D layers or there will be no change when you move the camera.

  • Zafar Sahel

    this the most amazing and easy tutorials that i have ever seen in my life
    really awesome. keep making tutorials like this one .

    thanks

  • tom

    Im having issues hearing the audio. i know you can do a ram preview to hear it. is that what you are doing in this video? or is there an easier way of doing it. when i press the space bar i get nothing

    • http://twitter.com/DevelopingPhoto Andi Ramsay

      Hold down ‘Ctrl’ when you scrub along the timeline and it will let you hear the audio. :)

  • Manuela

    I’m having trouble with something you do constantly throughout the video. You press something on the item, which brings out something saying: Position, Rotation, etc. How do you do this? I could do everything else except the camera because I need to do the position… And how do you make it so that the Null Object acts as the Camera? I parented it, but it doesn’t change anything…

    • http://twitter.com/DevelopingPhoto Andi Ramsay

      Hi Manuela, maybe I can help. You can access the properties of a layer by twirling down the properties triangle next to the colour label, to quick access one specific property there is a keyboard shortcut. To get position properties, select the layer and press ‘P’ on your keyboard, for Rotation press ‘R’, Opacity is ‘T’, Scale is ‘S’.

      To solve the camera problem, make sure your text layers are 3D layers by toggling on the 3D layer switch.

  • oleg.kipling

    Hi, Great Tutorial!
    But don’t understand how to make the same effect of shaking the text how in 20 seconds in the word “hang” ? I used perspective effect, but it’s don’t looks like the same.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001248184297 Jarek Hajduk

    Awesome tutorial, thanks a lot!

  • http://twitter.com/pixelartz Rahul

    This is amazing! Trying it now… LP rocks

  • http://twitter.com/afixsahar afix

    i really have a problem about keyframe, hmmmm :(

  • Powelus

    Great tutorial but I cannot make my lyrics video because I have many problems with my AE and I dont have patience for it..

  • nessax08@gmail.com

    wow amazing tutorial like let me tell you at first i was like hella dumb at this shizz but now im like a pro because of this tutorial …..thank the lord, thank you you’re like jesus to me I cant believe i like totally get this now like i am so mother-effing flipping flopping happy like you’re so dang amazing i effing love you the shizz out of you!! marry me! I am soo happy that I am getting this ish you know back in 1996 when i was born nobody could do this did like all of yah know that? I betchaa yahh didnt ;) but i did. want to know why because back in the days shiz like this was not even invented i dont think computers were even invented …..yepp. so when i was a baby i coulnt do this shizz i remember when i was like 4 months old i wanted to make a vid just likes this becaue i thought it’d be rad but noo i was too young and compuers were not even invented so i was stuck at home pooping in my diaper and eating/watching tv #storyofmylife ughh but now that i am 16 going on 18 i can so totally do this because i have a computer and everything love you i really do love you more than my star wars collections :’D and thats a lot A LOT. ……………you’re amazing btw me when i was a baby made this pic just4u

  • Daniela Batista

    Thanks for the amazing tutorial, but I’m having some kind of problem: when I get to finally animate with the camera, and I change the position of the null objects, it simply doesn’t move, it just shows the outline of the text, with text boxes.

    The null object is 3D – check
    The camera is parented to the null object – check
    I’m using active camera – check

    Does somebody know how I can solve this problem? Please help!

    PS- I’m a beginner :)

  • John Bartmann

    How do I create a visual metronome to allow me to see the BPM of the backing track as a comp layer. This is to keep me in time while playing guitar on stage while the motion typography lyrics are being projected

  • Djent Jia

    life saver! :D

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=555956952 Feral Child

    This is great but I just can’t figure how you get the audio playing while you dragg the control button :/

  • Chris

    I watched this tutorial then made this

    https://vimeo.com/66772232

    Thanks for the tips man

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