Kinetic typography in After Effects with AI
Yes, you can build kinetic typography in After Effects with AI: ChatGPT, Claude or any MCP client connected to Prism transcribes the voiceover, then keyframes each word's entrance in your open composition, timed to when it is spoken.
Every kinetic typography tutorial teaches the animation and leaves the timing to you, word by word, by ear. Here the words and their timing come from the transcript. The type animation is what you ask for.
What you say, and what lands
| You type | What appears in your comp |
|---|---|
| "Transcribe the voiceover, then build kinetic typography: each phrase slams in on its first word, holds, and the next phrase pushes it up and out." | One text layer per phrase, position and scale keyframes on the spoken timestamps |
| "Big words only: never, again and now fill the frame when they are spoken; everything else stays small." | The named words at display size on their timestamps, the rest small |
| "Sync these lyrics to the track, one line at a time, and land each line on the beat." | Beat markers on the timeline, one text layer per line timed to the words and snapped to the nearest beat |
Test it on your own project. A Free account is enough to start: Sign up, then connect your AI and ask for this.
How to do it
[Transcript] guide layer appears above it with one marker per word.Moves you can ask for
| Move | What is keyframed |
|---|---|
| Slam in | scale from large to rest with a hard ease in |
| Push up and out | position, the outgoing phrase leaving as the next arrives |
| Type on | opacity per character, from character-level timing |
| Wipe | a text animator revealing the line |
Lyric video
A lyric video is the same build with a different clock: the words come from the vocal's transcript or from lyrics you paste, the timing from the transcript or from beat markers when a line should hit the bar.
| Source | Words from | Timing from |
|---|---|---|
| Song with a vocal | the transcript | word timestamps, snapped to the beat if asked |
| Instrumental with pasted lyrics | your text | beat markers from BPM detection |
What it costs
Transcription and beat detection are Prism AI capabilities, paid from your balance. The animation uses MCP actions, so changing the move re-runs neither.
What it needs
| After Effects | 2024, 2025 or 2026, macOS or Windows |
| AI client | any MCP client: ChatGPT, Claude, Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and others |
| Plan | Pro with a Prism AI balance for transcription and beat detection; the animation uses MCP actions |
What it does not do
It does not carry a template pack, and it does not copy the motion from a reference video. The move is a description; a different move is a different sentence.
Common questions
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Word by word captions
Word by word subtitles in After Effects with AI: the Hormozi, TikTok and Shorts style, with the spoken word highlighted, built as text layers you can restyle.
Character animation
Character rigging and animation in After Effects with AI: IK limbs, look-at, squash and slider controls on your layered character, no plugin, then posed by asking.