Make text messages appear in Final Cut Pro
Add animated floating speech bubbles to illustrate an iPhone text message conversation in your project
In current TV dramas there’s sometimes a scene where characters text chat via their iPhones. You could use the iPhone’s Screen Recording app to record a text conversation and then insert it onscreen, but the text would not be very legible. Fortunately, Final Cut Pro has all the assets you need to create a stylised and easy-to-read text chat complete with animated speech bubbles and sound effects. To add life to the text, you can use object tracking to make the speech bubble and its contents follow the movement of the iPhone. Make sure that you follow the steps precisely to get object tracking to work effectively…