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Motion graphics moves, part 2 · #10
Wave text
Letters rise and fall in turn, like a wave. The letters of "WAVE TEXT" rise and fall one after another, like a wave.
Text & shapeswave-textwavetextlettersstaggerbouncekinetic-type
Full motion specification
How the movement works
Use it on a logo, a short heading or a caption timed to music, to add fun and rhythm.
- 01"WAVE TEXT" (70 px, bold, 4 px letter spacing). Three waves per 4.7 s (1.567 s per wave).
- 02Vertical offset of letter i = −28·sin(φ − 0.62i), with φ = 2π × 3 × time ÷ 4.7 (each letter lags the previous by 0.62 rad).
- 03Rising letters stretch vertically (1 + 0.06·s) and shift from white towards yellow (s is the sine value, clamped to 0–1 for the colour).
- 04A shadow ellipse under each letter shrinks as the letter rises.
Prompt
Animate the logo letters as wave text, each letter slightly behind the last, about 20 px up and down.