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Make an animated lyrics video from your song

Upload a track and Capify times every word of the vocal. Pick one of 42 lyric animations, such as a soft blur, a typewriter or 3D kinetic type, and the lyrics move in time with the vocal.

Free preview. Full-length exports need a paid plan.

Live previews

All 42 lyrics animation styles

This is the grid from the editor’s Text & Font dialog, playing the same three sample lines in every style. Tap one to see it large at the top of the page.

Kinetic typography, karaoke and more

The animations sit in seven tabs in the editor. 36 of them are motion styles, and the six classic caption animations are still there.

  • Classic6

    The caption animations Capify started with. All of them except Line by line follow each word as it is sung.

    • Line by line
    • Highlight
    • Word color
    • Karaoke
    • Word by word
    • aesthetic

  • Reveal12

    The whole line arrives when it starts. Blurs, letter staircases and cross-fades, good for slower songs.

    • Soft blur in
    • Letter rise
    • Bottom-up letters
    • Top-down letters
    • Tracking in
    • Focus pull
    • Settle
    • Fade through
    • Blur out up
    • Fog rise
    • Line slide
    • Line rise

  • Word build9

    Each word lands on the vocal and the line builds up around it. New videos start on Word stream.

    • Word stream
    • Word push
    • Center build
    • Zoom build
    • Stack drop
    • Outline fill
    • Spring pop
    • Fade up
    • Glide in

  • Kinetic & 3D6

    Kinetic typography proper. Letters spin and reshape, type bends on tilted planes, and Rush fires one word at a time.

    • Morph
    • Mesh warp
    • Perspective squeeze
    • Extrude pop
    • Stretch in
    • Rush

  • Glitch & tech5

    Scrambles, RGB splits and a liquid shader. Typewriter types each word out with a blinking cursor.

    • Matrix decode
    • RGB glitch
    • Chromatic Vibe
    • Liquid reveal
    • Typewriter

  • Handmade2

    Stop-motion handwriting and taped paper stickers, for a lo-fi or scrapbook look.

    • Handwrite
    • Paper sticker

  • Scrolling2

    The whole song runs past on one strip, flat or tilted in 3D, with each word filling in as it is sung.

    • Marquee
    • Perspective marquee

Four steps

How to make an animated lyric video

  1. 1

    Upload your song

    Add an MP3, WAV, M4A or OGG file. Capify transcribes the vocals and times every word, which is what the word-by-word animations follow.

  2. 2

    Pick an animation

    Open Text & Font and go to the Animation tab. Swipe through all 42 styles on your own background, or scroll down to the grid to watch them side by side.

  3. 3

    Set the font and colour

    Change the typeface, size, case and text colour. Some styles add a colour of their own, such as the scramble in Matrix decode or the trail behind Rush.

  4. 4

    Check the timing, then export

    Play it back and fix any word the AI misheard in the lyric editor. Export 1080p in 16:9 or 9:16. Creator Pro adds 4K.

Words that land on the vocal

27 of the styles follow single words, so the timing has to be right. Capify’s AI times each word, and the lyrics editor shows those words as blocks you can drag. Slow playback to 40% to place a fast verse.

A different animation for the hook

Pick a line on the timeline and give it its own animation, font or colour. A drop can hit in RGB glitch while the verses stay in Fade up. Everything else keeps the video’s style.

Animated text over any background

Put the lyrics over cover art, your own footage or one of 53 animated backgrounds that react to the music. You can add a music visualizer under the words too.

Animated text lyric videos for YouTube and TikTok

Switch between 16:9 and 9:16 in the editor and play it back before you export. Export 1080p, or 4K on Creator Pro.

Trusted by 100,000+ artists

Independent artists, labels and producers make their release videos on Capify. Some of those songs end up on the global charts.

Don ToliverDon ToliverVictony, “Soweto” with Don Toliver, Rema & Tempoe. Captioned with the technology behind Capify.Top 100, Spotify Viral Daily Songs GlobalWatch the video, 20M+ views
Artists
100k+
Lyric animations
42
Animated backgrounds
53

AI for the timing, you for the look

AI does the slow part, writing out the lyrics and timing each word to the vocal. You choose the animation, font, colours and background, and you can change any word before you export. To see everything else Capify does, start with the AI lyric video maker.

Pricing

Animated lyrics questions

What is an animated lyrics video?

A video where the words of a song move on screen in time with the vocal. Lines can blur in, letters can climb up one by one, or each word can land as it is sung.

How do I make an animated lyric video?

Upload your song to Capify and it writes out the lyrics with a time for every word. Open Text & Font, pick one of the 42 animations on the Animation tab, set the font and colour, and export. You can preview the whole video in your browser before you export.

What is kinetic typography in a lyric video?

Kinetic typography means type whose movement is part of the design, beyond a simple fade on and off. In Capify the Kinetic & 3D family is the clearest example. Morph reshapes one lyric into the next, Mesh warp bends the line on every word, and Extrude pop pushes the lyric out of the screen on a 3D body.

Do the animations sync to my vocals?

Yes. Capify times every word with AI, and the word-by-word styles use those times, so a word appears, pops or fills in when it is sung. The reveal styles move a whole line at once when it starts. If a word lands early or late, drag its edge in the lyric editor.

Can I make a lyrics animation for free?

You can upload a song, try every animation and preview the video for free. Exporting the full-length video needs a paid plan. The plans and prices are on this page.

Can different lines use different animations?

Yes. Select a line on the timeline and edit its style to give it its own animation, font or colour, for example a chorus in Rush and verses in Soft blur in. Marquee and Perspective marquee draw the whole song on one strip, so they apply to the whole video only.

Do I need After Effects to make kinetic typography?

No. The animations are built in and already timed to your song, so there is no template to buy or keyframe to set. Capify runs in the browser and exports an MP4. If you want to finish the video in another editor, import that file.

Can I change the font and colours?

Yes. Every animation uses your font, size, case, text colour and shadow, with a few exceptions. Stretch in always draws in Anton, and Handwrite switches to Caveat when you pick it, which you can change back. Styles like Highlight, Perspective squeeze and Extrude pop have a second colour you can set.

Which animation works best for a TikTok lyric edit?

For short vertical clips, artists tend to pick aesthetic, a tight lowercase block that fills in word by word, or Word stream, Rush and Paper sticker. Switch the video to 9:16 before you export. The lyrics editor page covers how to fix the words and timing for an edit.

Is the preview on this page what my video will look like?

Yes. The previews run sample lyrics through the same caption renderer that draws your export, so the motion, spacing and timing match. Your font, colours and background will change the look.

Can I add animated lyrics over my own video?

Yes. Upload footage or a photo as the background in Visuals, or use one of the 53 animated backgrounds. The lyrics animate on top and you can drag them anywhere in the frame.

Animate the lyrics to your next single

Upload a song and you will have a preview in about a minute. New to lyric videos? Start with how to make a lyric video.