Motion Library · Type

Text exit

A text exit is the animated departure of a word, line, or title. Good exits preserve pacing: the old idea leaves quickly enough for the next beat to arrive, but not so abruptly that the viewer reads it as a glitch.

When to use it

Use exits when copy changes in the same frame, when a scene clears for a transition, or when a word needs to become motion into the next idea.

Common mistakes

Only animating entrances; fading everything out; letting old text linger under new text.

How Impractical uses it

Impractical has named text exits including rise, fall, blur, pop, scramble, wipe, scatter, and streak. That lets directors clear a shot with the same intention they used to build it.