Kinetic typography video maker
Paste a LinkedIn post, a quote, or an announcement and get a kinetic-typography video back. Text paced to reading speed, not a static card someone scrolls past.
A static text card asks a viewer to do all the work: decide to read it, hold attention on something that isn't changing. Text that moves does the opposite: motion is one of the strongest involuntary attention triggers there is, and kinetic typography borrows that mechanic for text specifically.
Motionize's text door takes what you paste in and paces it to reading speed, chunking phrases at natural speech pauses rather than showing a whole paragraph at once or flashing single words too fast to read. That's the difference between a video that looks dynamic in a thumbnail and one that's actually watchable start to finish.
It's especially suited to LinkedIn specifically, where a meaningful share of video is watched with sound off. The text carries the entire message, so there's no voiceover the viewer might be missing.
Read more: kinetic typography, explained for people who just want their post to stop people scrolling.
Frequently asked questions
- What is kinetic typography, in plain terms?
- Text that moves in a way timed to how it would be read out loud, instead of sitting still on screen. It's built to hold attention the way a static text card doesn't.
- What kind of text works best?
- Short, punchy writing with a single clear point: a LinkedIn update, a quote, an announcement. Long, multi-point writing with a lot of caveats doesn't compress well into paced on-screen phrases.
- Does the pacing actually match reading speed?
- Yes. Each phrase's on-screen duration is timed to roughly how long it takes to read at a normal pace, and text is chunked at natural speech pauses rather than shown all at once or one word at a time.
- What does it cost?
- Free, with a small "Motionized" end-card. Pro is $19/mo: removes the end-card, unlocks HD, and includes the brand kit.
- What formats and aspect ratios do I get?
- MP4, WebM, and GIF, in 16:9, 9:16, 1:1, and 4:5, covering a LinkedIn native video, an Instagram Reel, and a square feed post from the same input text.