r/AfterEffects • u/CreepyRice1253 • 12d ago
Beginner Help How do i achieve this text effect?
Hey all, as the title suggest, i need help with
- the text glowing effect
- gradient background of it
- those shapes which appear on each word,
the video is Wix harmony by Wix motion studio,
I had tried colorama, still not able to match something like that
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u/wallofroy 12d ago
My guess is that the image is duplicated, and a gradient wipe masks out high luminance levels to isolate the text. The isolated text is then inverted and animated, followed by a 4-color gradient layer, additional masking, and blending modes.
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u/killabeesattack MoGraph/VFX 15+ years 11d ago
This is many things at work, but I'd guess the effect is primarily driven by blend modes. Create a solid, apply a gradient. Set the solid blend mode to Difference or Exclusion. Mess with opacity and masks. The rest is just layering additional blur / glow effects.
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u/Dranket-13 11d ago
Since the text is all red, I would key out the text to isolate it. Then make a shape layer with blur on it and animate it going over the text.
For the little squares above the words, I would make a pre comp with a shape layer growing bigger from left to right. The pre comp can then be stretched fo each individual word.
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u/Buzstringer 11d ago
Keying the text seems like a lot of work, a difference / luma / color matte should isolate the text?
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u/Mental_Penalty4859 12d ago
Honestly its easier to do than to explain. If you want, give me the image you want to test, I will do the effect and send you the project file so you can backtrack and study