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Text effects

What is meant by Text effects?

The term "text effects" refers to visual and stylistic adjustments applied to text to enhance its appearance or create specific creative effects. Text effects are commonly used in graphic and video editing, presentations, as well as in web and print design to highlight text, animate it, or convey a particular mood.

Typical software functions in the area of "text effects":

  1. Font and Size Adjustment: Selecting and adjusting fonts and font sizes to make the text more readable or visually appealing.
  2. Shadowing and Lighting: Adding shadows or light reflections to give the text more depth and dimension.
  3. Animation: Movement effects such as fading in, fading out, rotating, or panning the text.
  4. Gradient and Transparency: Applying gradient colors and transparency effects to make the text more visually interesting.
  5. Outlines and Borders: Adding outlines or borders around the text to make it stand out.
  6. 3D Text: Creating three-dimensional text effects to give the text a more realistic and tactile appearance.
  7. Glow and Illumination: Applying glow effects to make the text shine or illuminate.

Examples of "text effects":

  1. Shadowed Text: Text that appears more dimensional due to shadow effects.
  2. Glowing Text: Text made more noticeable by a glowing effect.
  3. Animated Text: Text that scrolls or pans across the screen as it appears.
  4. Gradient Text: Text with a color gradient running from top to bottom or left to right.
  5. 3D Text: Text that appears with depth and realism through three-dimensional effects.
  6. Transparent Text: Text that is partially see-through, allowing underlying images or videos to show through.

 

The function / module Text effects belongs to:

Video editing

Software solutions with function or module Text effects:

Adobe Premiere Elements
CyberLink PowerDirector
MAGIX Video deluxe
Nero Video
Pinnacle Studio
Corel VideoStudio
DaVinci Resolve