![]() ![]() Better to drag it down so it appears with starker contrast over the dark sand. For instance, if you’re using a still image of a sandy beach below a light gray sky, you don’t want white font to appear over that sky. Position your titles on the video (again, by dragging) so they appear in a place that’s legible.Use a font size and style that’s readable (or that looks cool at the very least).Use “titles” to place the lyrics on the video at the appropriate time during the song, matching with the vocals.If you have a title page or some other introductory elements, you can leave a little room before the song starts. If you want it to start playing right away, drag it all the way to the left. Place your song into the project pane.If you plan to use one static background image the whole time, you can click and drag to adjust the duration that it appears so it’s long enough to display during your whole song. Move your first clip or background image to the project pane.Import your song and any other media (like video clips, still images, logos, etc.) that you plan to use.Open your movie-making software and set your new project’s aspect ratio to 16:9 for widescreen / horizontal / HD display.These are for them! Beginner tips for making lyric videos That means most lyric videos will make for terrible outreach and ad content.įor your existing audience though, there will be a small set of fans that love your lyric videos sometimes even more than your “official” videos. Lyric videos are a deeper, but more demanding experience for listeners. If you’re expecting your lyric videos to go viral, or to wow someone scrolling on Instagram who’s never heard of you before, you’ll be disappointed. ![]() WARNING: Lyric Videos are NOT great for new fan acquisition Pros might scoff at these intro-level video production tools, but when you combine them with a few other tricks, plus some creativity, I think you can create compelling lyric videos with little more than what comes loaded on most desktops, tablets, or smartphones. That leaves you with free video editing software like iMovie or Windows Movie Maker.Maybe those programs are easier to use than I’m imagining, and I’m missing out (let me know in the comments), but for the sake of this article, let’s just refer back to the zero-budget appeal of making lyric videos WITHOUT Motion or After Effects. I’m interested in exploring Motion at some point, but in between family, work, and everything else, I’d rather use what time is leftover to make music and bang out some videos, not hunker down in the lab for days on end. But diving into one of those programs would mean I have yet another learning curve to climb. For one, those programs cost money (see pshaw above). You can make really cool lyric videos with programs like Motion and After Effects.Just that, well, I know exactly how I made my videos, and hopefully the step-by-step process is helpful for you. I’m just one artist. There are thousands of artists out there making really cool lyric videos, so this article isn’t to suggest my examples are the best ones.A pro could probably create something twice as good in half the time, but I enjoy playing around to find solutions on my own. Every time I make one of my own lyric videos it’s a process of trial and error. Not only are lyric videos a great and manageable way to keep your video content coming in between bigger projects that involve more complicated production, but I’ve found they can actually be a lot of fun to make.īelow I’m going to talk about how I created six different lyric videos along with info on some of the tools I used that cost less than $10. Details below! How to make a lyric video for your song (without using Motion or After Effects)Ī lyric video is a video that shows your song lyrics while the music plays. Get a free music video with all CD Baby distribution through June 8th.
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