Feature
You can make a kinetic typography video without animating a single word by hand
A kinetic typography video is a video where moving words carry the message. Cutroom's Magic Editor sets those moving words over a clip of you talking, timed to what you say.
In short
- A kinetic typography video shows big words that move, grow and change as the voice says them, so the text does most of the work.
- Cutroom's Magic Editor sets the moving words over a clip of you talking, in its Poster style, so your face stays on screen.
- Moving type suits one strong point with nothing to show on screen, like a price, a habit or an opinion.
A freelancer's money tip, before and after Cutroom's Magic Editor
Poster needs no screenshots. The words carry the video, timed to the voice.
Drawing of an example clip, not a customer video
Before · the clip as filmed
A 30-second phone video of a freelance designer talking about the apps she pays for
“So, um, I added it up last week. I was paying three hundred dollars a month ... (pause) on tools I never open. I mean, never. So I cancelled five of them in one evening.”
struck through = what Jacob cuts
After · Jacob's first edit, Poster style
“I added it up last week. I was paying three hundred dollars a month on tools I never open. So I cancelled five of them in one evening.”
- On “hundred”: THREE HUNDRED stacked big across the screen in the style's fonts
- On “never”: the picture turns black and white for one moment
- On “dollars”: the number 300 drawn in neon
- On “evening”: your logo closing the video on black
- Under the whole video: calm, dark music under your voice
Then you ask Jacob
- “Make the key words stand out more”v2the same edit, with bigger and brighter key words
- “Keep my pauses, it feels too rushed”v3the same edit, with your pause before 'on tools' kept in
How do you make a kinetic typography video?
Each big word appears the moment the voice says it, instead of a full line of subtitles. By hand, you drag every word into place and set when it shows up. A 30-second video can have dozens of words.
Most beginners start with a free tool. Canva and CapCut both let you make text move on a video. Adobe Express has free moves like Typewriter, Slide and Grow (all as of November 2026).
- In Adobe After Effects you set where each word starts and stops moving, one word at a time. That gives you full control, but it takes hours.
- Record your voice first, because the words follow it.
- Pick the few big words in each sentence, not every word.
- Place each word where it is said, and give it a move, like a pop, a slide or a grow.
- Change the size, colour or font of the key words so they stand out.
- Watch it once with the sound off. It should still make sense.
Kinetic type over a clip of you talking
Kinetic typography is often text on a plain background with a voice-over. Putting the moving words over a clip of you talking keeps your face on screen, so people see who is saying it.
Cutroom's Magic Editor does this in its Poster style. You upload one clip of you talking, up to 3 minutes long, pick Poster and press "Make my video". Jacob, its AI editor, makes the whole edit.
- It normally takes 10 to 15 minutes, and you get an email when your first cut is ready.
- Big stacked words in three fonts appear as you say them.
- For a moment the picture turns black and white, then the colour comes back on your main point.
- A number is drawn in neon, and your logo closes the video.
- Jacob also cuts your ums and repeats, and adds music under your voice.
How Cutroom's Magic Editor edits a video like this
Jacob is the AI editor inside Cutroom's Magic Editor: it edits your video for you, then changes it when you ask in a chat.
The 4 styles, as example edits
Steps
Three steps, four angles
Skit
Hook, hard stop, demo card
Verdict
The tester's verdict
Poster
Typography does the talking
Hover or tap an example to play it, without sound. These are example edits of each style; the presenters in them are generated with AI.
- Your take: one video of you talking, up to 3 minutes
- Your style: one of 4: Steps, Skit, Verdict or Poster
- Your files: screenshots, a screen recording or a logo, if you have them
- Your goal: what the video is for, in a few words, if you like
- Jacob makes it: normally 10 to 15 minutes, and you get an email
- Your edit: ask Jacob for changes in a chat, then export
Then you ask Jacob, for example
- “Make this about 10 seconds shorter”
- “Put a clip on the strongest sentence”
- “Change the music to something calmer”
Each change is a new version, and going back is free. First cut 250 credits, each change 40, questions free, export 30 credits per started minute.
When moving type works better than screenshots
Moving type is best when your point is a feeling or a number, not a screen. If you need to show an app or a product page, screenshots or a screen recording explain it faster.
In Cutroom's Magic Editor that choice is the style. Poster is made for one strong point with no screens. Steps, Skit and Verdict put your screenshots and recordings on the right words instead.
- If you want moving words only, over a voice with no face, a text animation tool like Canva, CapCut or Adobe Express fits better. Cutroom needs a clip of you talking.
- Moving type suits a strong opinion, a money number, a habit or a short story with one lesson.
- Screenshots suit a tutorial, an app demo or a product review better.
- You can switch a finished video to another style later for 120 credits, and the old version stays.
Changing the type after the edit
You change the edit by asking Jacob in a chat, in plain words. Fixing a single word is free: you tap the word and type the right spelling.
The fonts belong to the Poster style, so you can't pick your own font. You can change which words stand out, what the captions say and the accent colour.
- Tap a word to fix how it is spelled in the captions. That is free, and so are the accent colour and text settings.
- Ask in the chat, for example "Make the key words stand out more". A change costs 40 credits and makes a new version.
- Every change Jacob makes is a new version. The earlier versions stay, and going back to one is free.
- You get one vertical MP4, 1080 by 1920, and you post it yourself.
Questions people ask
- What is a kinetic typography video?
- It is a video where moving text carries the message. Words pop on, grow and change as the voice says them, so the video still makes sense with the sound off.
- How do I make a kinetic typography video without animating every word?
- Use a tool that times the words to your voice for you. In Cutroom's Magic Editor you upload a clip of you talking, pick the Poster style, and Jacob sets the moving words on what you say. It normally takes 10 to 15 minutes, and you get an email when your first cut is ready.
- Can I choose the fonts?
- Not in Cutroom. The Poster style owns its three fonts. You can change which words stand out, how a word is spelled in the captions and the accent colour.
- How much does it cost?
- A video up to a minute costs 280 credits in Cutroom's Magic Editor. A change you ask for in the chat costs 40. Your first video is free, no card, and you have 7 days to make it. It carries a Cutroom mark; Lite at $19.99/month removes it.
Got one strong point to make? Film it once and let Cutroom's Magic Editor set the words moving.