How to Add Animated Text Effects to Your Stream

A plain text layer is static. These five widgets animate a headline instead, each with its own look. All of them work the same way: add the widget, type your text in the settings panel, set colors and size, and place the layer.

Widget	The look
Invertext	A block of color slides across one line of text and inverts the letters it passes
Squiggly Text	Hand-drawn, wobbling letters, like a marker sketch that never sits still
Swinging 3D Text	Bold layered 3D letters that swing gently
Ants Text	Outlined letters drawn by marching multicolor dashes
luminance Text	Glowing letters with a pulsing light effect

Adding a Text Effect

Open the Layers tab. Apps work on both scene types:
- Dynamic Scene: expand Apps & Widgets -> Add from marketplace
- Pro scene: click Add New Layer -> Apps & Widgets
Search for the widget by name and click its card, then click Add to Scene

The evmux App Market filtered to the Invertext card, highlighted

The Invertext app page with the Add to Scene button highlighted

The widget lands on the scene with sample text, and its settings open on the left. Replace the sample with your own text, then resize and move the layer like any other.

Invertext

The Invertext widget on the scene with a green block sliding across the words, and its settings panel highlighted: text, text color, spotlighted text color, font size and speed

Setting	What it does
Text	One line. Long text does not wrap, so keep it short
Text Color	The color of the letters and of the sliding block
Spotlighted text Color	The color of the letters while the block covers them
Font size	Size of the line
Speed	How fast the block travels

Squiggly Text

The Squiggly Text widget on the scene with large wobbling hand-drawn letters, and its settings panel highlighted: text, text color and font size

Setting	What it does
Text	Several lines are fine; each line wobbles on its own
Text Color	The color of the letters
Font size	Size of the letters

Swinging 3D Text

The Swinging 3D Text widget on the scene with big white letters on a blue 3D base, and its settings panel highlighted: text, top color and lower text color

Setting	What it does
Text	Several lines are fine
Text top Color	The face of the letters
Lower text Color	The 3D side of the letters

Ants Text

The Ants Text widget on the scene with outlined letters drawn by colored dashes, and its settings panel highlighted: text, font size, animation speed and five colors

Setting	What it does
Text, Font size, Animation speed	The basics
Color #1 to Color #5	The five colors of the marching dashes
Uppercase	Forces capitals
Transparent Background and Background Color	The box behind the text

luminance Text

The luminance Text widget on the scene with glowing letters, and its settings panel highlighted

Setting	What it does
Text	Up to 200 characters
Font Size, Font Weight, Font Family	Roboto, Source Sans 3, Tilt Neon or Caveat
Text Transform	Uppercase on or off
Text Color and Background Color	Both with transparency
Transparent Background and Blur Background	Remove the box, or blur what is behind it

Tips

Use one effect per scene. Two animated headlines compete for attention.
Keep the text short. These are titles and hooks, not paragraphs.
Match the colors to your brand from the Brand tab’s primary color so the effect fits the rest of your graphics.
For text you need to change while live, use the Live Text widget instead.