Words drop in one by one with a springy bounce and a slight tilt. Playful captions for vlogs and comedy edits.
Captions & Subtitles
Wave Caption
- captions
- wave
- gradient
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Wave Captions – Gradient Lyric Caption Animation
About Wave Caption
The whole line rides a gentle wave while the spoken word glows through a color gradient. Musical and smooth.
Part of Captions & Subtitles. New to this kind of graphic? Read How to Add Animated Captions to a Video.
- Category
- Captions & Subtitles
- Length
- 5 seconds, up to 30 seconds
- Playback
- Plays once
- Controls
- 20 editable
- Format
- MP4 · WebM · PNG sequence
- Alpha
- WebM or PNG sequence
- Resolution
- 720p to 8K
- Aspect
- 16:9 · 9:16 · 1:1 · 4:5
- License
- Commercial use included
Frequently asked
What is the Wave Caption animation?
The whole line rides a gentle wave while the spoken word glows through a color gradient. Musical and smooth. It belongs to the Captions & Subtitles category on velements, where you edit it in the browser and download it as a finished video file.
What can you customize in Wave Caption?
Every control in the editor, grouped the same way there. Content: text. Typography: case, font, weight, size, letter spacing, line height and align. Style: background, text color, accent, secondary, outline and primary. Layout: aspect ratio, block width and position. Motion: duration, items per screen and speed. Each change appears in the live preview straight away, and editing is free.
How long is Wave Caption?
Wave Caption runs 5 seconds by default, and you can set any length up to 30 seconds before you export. It plays once from start to finish, so it drops straight onto a cut or an opening.
Can you download Wave Caption with a transparent background?
Yes. Set the background to Transparent, then export a PNG sequence for Premiere Pro, After Effects, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro or Figma: import the first frame as an image sequence and it drops onto a track above your footage with a straight alpha channel. Export WebM with a VP9 alpha channel for the web and for CapCut. MP4 has no alpha channel, so it keeps a solid color or image behind the animation.
Can you use Wave Caption in commercial projects?
Yes. Each download comes with a perpetual commercial license in your name for client work, ads and products, and you may sell the edited clip on stock footage sites. Reselling the preset itself as an editable template is not allowed.
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