Animate the letter spacing of a text with Tracking

Applies to 0.11Updated 10 Nov 20261 min read

A text clip has a Tracking row in Effect Controls. Keyframe it to spread the letters out or bring them together.

• Select a text clip and open Effect Controls › Opacity. Under Opacity is Tracking, in pixels, with a stopwatch (a text clip without layers).
• Click the stopwatch, set a value, move the playhead and set another. The letters spread out or come together between the keyframes: a tracking reveal.
• In the Program Monitor the text’s box follows the letter spacing at each moment.
• A text without Tracking keyframes looks exactly as before.