How To Make Scrolling Text With Colour Highlighting In Adobe Premiere Pro

Scrolling text with color highlighting is a great way to add visual interest and emphasis to your videos. this can be used for creating captions in videos and music lyrics with text highlighting. Here's a comprehensive guide on how to achieve this effect in Adobe Premiere Pro:

1) Create a New Project and Import Your Footage:

• Open Adobe Premiere Pro and create a new project.
• Import your video footage into the project by dragging and dropping it into the Project panel.

2) Add Text to Your Video:

• Click on the "Text" tool in the Tools panel or press "T" on your keyboard.
• Click and drag on the video preview area to create a text box.
• Type your desired text into the text box.

3) Customize Text Appearance:

• Use the Text tool options to change the font, size, color, and other formatting options of your text.
• To add a background color to your text, click on the "Fill" color swatch and select a color.

4) Create a Color Highlight:

• Select the text layer in the Timeline panel.
• Click on the "Effects" tab in the toolbar and search for the "Fill" effect.
• Drag and drop the "Fill" effect onto the text layer.
• In the "Fill" effect controls, click on the "Color" swatch and select a highlight color.

Animate the Color Highlight:

• Click on the "Position" property of the "Fill" effect in the Effect Controls panel.
• Click on the stopwatch icon next to the "Position" property to create a keyframe.
• Move the playhead to a different point in the timeline and adjust the "Position" property to move the color highlight.
• Repeat this process to create multiple keyframes and animate the movement of the color highlight.

Adjust Timing and Duration:

• Adjust the duration of the color highlight animation by dragging the edges of the "Fill" effect in the Timeline panel.
• Fine-tune the timing of the animation by adjusting the keyframes in the Effect Controls panel.

Preview and Export:

• Preview your scrolling text animation by playing back the video in the Timeline panel.
• Once you're satisfied with the result, export your video by clicking on the "Export" button in the toolbar.