Make animated typography in Aftertext

Write for the time you have

Aftertext is a browser studio for a timed typographic cut. Open it with Essential access and begin with the message: a title, a short announcement or a sequence of lines that needs to appear in a deliberate order.

Split the message at meaningful breaks. One short thought per moment gives you a clearer edit than a paragraph arriving all at once. Keep the most important line easy to read before adding motion around it.

Direct the timing

Set when each line lands and how the cut moves between them. Preview the sequence while reading it at a normal pace. Give longer lines more time, and use a pause when the viewer needs to understand a change in the message.

Motion should help the reading order. Check whether an entrance distracts from the words, whether a transition arrives before the last line can be read and whether the ending has enough time to register.

Check the video at its real viewing size

Judge contrast, type size and the amount of text against the output you intend to share. An editor preview can be larger than a video in a phone feed. Check that the words still make sense at that smaller size.

Preview the start, the fastest passage and the end. These are useful places to catch clipped letters, crowded lines or timing that depends on knowing the script in advance.

Render and inspect the delivered cut

Use the editor's render options, then open the delivered video and watch it from beginning to end. Text and frames remain in your browser during this workflow; rendering depends on the browser and device.

Aftertext directs animated typography. Use Afterimage instead when you need to bring a song, align its lyrics against the performance and render a lyric video. Choose the app for the work rather than forcing one timeline to cover every job.

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