Revisiting: Easy animated text in Premiere Pro with typeGEMs V2

Roland Kahlenberg is a very experienced and capable AfterEffects wizard. And he is pretty good at Premiere Pro also. He created Version 2 of his typeGEMs plugin for both programs. typeGems vII makes it easy to animate text movements and even the color of the text. And does so in ways not available from within Premiere Pro.

Why would we want a plugin like this? Can’t we do this “manually” without buying something? Yes, of course. IF you’re capable of text and effects work in AfterEffects. I work enough with AfterEffects that yes, I can with some time spent re-create anything available in typeGEMS vII.

But … it would take far more time than just using this quick and powerful plugin. There are 90 text animation presets, and 25 Looks presets. For every preset, you have many options to use if you wish to modify them. From animating single characters to animating words. Inertial bounce … ease in/out … random selection even! Gradients, auto-tracking … so many different “properties” available with a click or slide of a mouse.

When you buy typeGEMs vII, you install it as any other mogrt in your computer. I would recommend to a “local folder”. To use it, simply type “typegems” into the search field of the Essential Graphics (EGP) panel’s Browse tab, then drag/drop the “bGEMs – typeTEMs V2” item onto your timeline panel. Click on the graphic chip in the Timeline if it isn’t already selected. Then go to the EGP’s Edit tab and begin working.

Hit the “T” key to go into Text mode with the cursor, then either click/drag to set a “bounding box” for your text … or just click and start typing. After you have a few characters or words, start going through options to test out the various features and tools.

The various options may be confusing at first, so you might start by going to his page of on-site tutorials for typeGEMs.

Here’s a sampling he did of presets …

I was thrilled to do a tutorial for Roland on using the Gradient tab for this very fun and handy plugin.

So … here it is!

typeGEMs vII is one of several tools that Roland has created. He also has some excellent tutorials on a variety of techniques for AfterEffects and Premiere. I recommend going to his website broadcastgems.com to check out his other offerings.

typeGEMs V2 is available here.

A bit more about Roland … his “brief” bio:

Intensive mocha & AE Training in Singapore and Other Dangerous Locations;
BorisFX/Imagineer Systems (mocha) Certified Instructor & Adobe After Effects CC (Certified Expert & Certified Instructor); and Adobe Community Professional (ACP).