Easy viral hook! Reveal your text with a clever...
Here's how to make this effect using just your phone and CapCut. Ta-da! Yep, that was it. First, film a clip of yourself walking across the scene and then walking back again in the same path. Open CapCut and import your video. Add your text, start it with your brand font and colours and position it where you'll be walking. Then stretch your text layer so it matches the full length of your main clip. Next, duplicate your main clip, hit overlay and move that duplicate to the start of layer 3. Go to the layers tab and reorder the clips. Select the overlay clip on layer 3, go to mask, choose horizontal and position it so it sits centre of your body. And finally, add a keyframe. Scrub forward a few frames and move the mask so it follows your movement across the screen. CapCut will automatically add keyframes. As you walk back, just do the same, moving it in reverse to make the text disappear. Now, duplicate your main clip once more, go to remove background and select auto removal. Open the layers tab again and reorder the clips so your cutout layer is at the very top. That's it, your video should look like this.
Summary
Learn to create a clever walk-across text reveal effect using CapCut. This involves filming, layering clips, and applying masks and keyframes.
Key Points
- Film yourself walking across the scene and back.
- Import the video into CapCut and add your text.
- Stretch the text layer to match the clip length.
- Duplicate the main clip and use it as an overlay.
- Apply a horizontal mask to the overlay clip.
- Add keyframes to follow your movement across the screen.
- Use auto background removal for a clean cutout.
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Repurpose Ideas
- Create a TikTok showcasing this text reveal effect.
- Make an Instagram Reel demonstrating the CapCut process.
- Write a blog post on video editing tips with CapCut.
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