How to make text slide in, step by step
Step by step: type your text, pick a slide direction and easing, preview the loop and download a small transparent GIF. No sign-up needed.
- Steps
- 4
- Time needed
- About 1 minute
- Cost
- Free
- Test settings
- 3 seconds, 100 KB threshold, 1 KiB = 1024 bytes
Four steps to a sliding text GIF
Type your text
Write up to three short lines in the box. The preview starts playing at once, so you see the result before you click anything else.
Pick how it moves
Choose Slide in & out, Slide in, Line by line or a scroll, then the direction it comes from.
Check the look
Open Style & timing to change the font, size, colors, outline, duration and background. The preview is the same animation the file will contain.
Download
Press Download GIF. On a phone, press and hold the picture that appears to save it.
How to make text slide in without cutting it off
Open the sliding text gif maker and type your words. The picture is measured from your text, so a long line shrinks to fit instead of being cropped. If you want the words to enter and leave the frame, pick Slide in & out; if they should arrive and stay, pick Slide in.
How to make text slide in with a clean loop
A loop looks clean when the motion continues across the restart. Slide in & out starts with an empty frame and ends almost off the picture, and scrolling starts and ends outside the picture, so the restart is hard to notice. Slide in alone holds the finished text, then restarts with an empty frame.
Keeping the file small
File size limits vary by destination. A shorter duration, a smaller text size and fewer lines all shrink the file. The maker also lowers the frame rate by itself when a file is bigger than 100 KB and tells you the final size.
Frequently asked questions
Which direction should the text slide from?
Left-to-right reading cultures expect new text to enter from the right or from below. Pick From right for a ticker feel, From left for an intro feel, and From bottom or From top for titles.
Why does my transparent GIF have jagged edges?
A GIF only allows each pixel to be fully visible or fully transparent. The default soft edge mode dithers the border so it looks smooth at normal size. For perfectly smooth edges use the APNG download.
Make yours now
Type your text and see it move.