Bouncy Animated Kinetic Type | After Effects Tutorial

Bouncy Animated Kinetic Type | After Effects Tutorial

The Video Shop 37.7K subscribers
2.5K views · 2025-10-02 Motion Design
In this tutorial I’ll show you how to create bouncy kinetic type animations in After Effects without plugins.

You’ll animate text as if it’s writing on, but with a fun, bouncy kinetic type overshoot effect.

This is a simple technique which can help elevate kinetic type animations of all kinds.

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*CHAPTERS:*

00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:22 - Cursive Typefaces
00:01:07 - Tracing Drawn Reference
00:01:37 - Motion Sketch
00:02:18 - Smoother
00:03:12 - Vertex Points
00:04:06 - Create Nulls from Paths Script
00:04:17 - Points Follow Paths
00:04:49 - Trim Paths
00:05:08 - Inertial Bounce Expression
00:05:48 - Keyframing Null Positions
00:07:56 - Offsetting Characters
00:08:50 - Expression Controls
00:09:14 - Animating Specific Typefaces
00:11:53 - Puppet Pin
00:12:36 - Expression Link Pins to Nulls
00:14:58 - Finishing Touches
00:16:02 - Different Aesthetics
00:16:50 - Dotto and Buff Studios

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