Create a lyrics video

Create a lyrics video

Let's create a Lyrics Video with an ultra fast workflow!





1) Time for Lyrics

Copy/paste the lyrics into Text Generator A simple but very powerful text Read More
Change the type selector to "Select Files" and drop the font of your choice into the regular field (here it's the "Sunrise International Demo.otf")

Apply a Select Select only some character Read More modifier to the text.
Mask this Select Select only some character Read More with a Range range through sentence or word Read More Mask with "Lines" as level
Change the Range range through sentence or word Read More type from "Relative" to "Absolute
Set the absolute range to a max value of 1

Expand the Absolute Range, by playing with the Center parameter, we display the lyrics line by line

Increase the font size if you want.
Configure the Audio Output Listen to the sound of you compositions Read More
Create a Timeline Timelines specificity is to play, cut and edit video layers easily, and to animate layers and their parameters Read More for your composition. Drag and drop the wav file into the element tree, then into your timeline.
Launch the timeline and listen to the track and create a ElementAny component manipulated in the Element Tree for each of the singer's phrases on the timeline by pressing M
The markers give us a very convenient magnetism! Drag and drop the Range range through sentence or word Read More 's Center parameter into your timeline.
Add keys to each marker.
  • 1st marker, key of 1
  • 2nd marker, key of 2
  • 3rd marker, key of 3
  • Etc ...


Select all keys and change their interpolation from Linear to Step. Relaunch your timeline to validate the rhythm of the lyrics.

2) Text apparition

Create a 2D Transform Transform character placement Read More on the Text Generator A simple but very powerful text Read More
Change the size to 0%.
Apply a Range range through sentence or word Read More mask with a word level.
Activate the clamp after.
change the function to Linear ramp if necessary.


Create a linear loop on the centre parameter of the mask Modify the minimum and maximum of the loop:
Minimum: - 50.00
Maximum: + 150.00 In General parameters of the loop, deactivate the "Looping" parameter.
Drag and drop the loop into your timeline and choose Animate From Timeline.
This will create animation blocks, place them at the ElementAny component manipulated in the Element Tree Play with the speed of each block to match the rhythm of the song.

3) Finalize

Create a Color modifier on the text Mask it with a Words mask Write the keywords in the Words Mask specific words Read More list of the mask

Create a Noise layer Generate a possibly animated noise image Read More behind the text.
Go to the noise gradient settings.
Change the type to Tritone.
Go to advanced parameters and quantize the gradient.
Choose your colours and play with their positions.
Play standalone on the noise.
Add a Kaleidoscope Repeat part of an image by mirroring it (making things symmetrical) Read More modifier to it.

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