Adding Text and Title Animations in CapCut DFY

What You’ll Learn

You’ll master CapCut DFY’s Curve Editor tool to apply easing functions that create sophisticated motion acceleration and deceleration, transforming mechanical linear animation into natural, physically believable movement. Understanding easing is critical for professional animation because viewers subconsciously perceive easing as sophistication and intentional design, while linear motion feels amateurish and lifeless.

Key Concepts

Easing functions mathematically describe how animation transitions between keyframes, controlling acceleration and deceleration throughout motion. CapCut DFY provides both preset easing curves (Ease In, Ease Out, Ease In-Out) and a custom Curve Editor for creating precise easing behavior. The curve’s vertical axis represents animation progress (0-100%) while the horizontal axis represents time, allowing you to visualize exactly how motion accelerates or decelerates. Understanding that easing affects all properties simultaneously—position, scale, rotation, opacity—enables you to create cohesive animations where all properties accelerate and decelerate together, creating polished, professional motion.

• Preset Easing Curves: CapCut DFY offers standard easing presets including Linear (no easing), Ease In (slow start, fast end), Ease Out (fast start, slow end), and Ease In-Out (slow at both ends); apply these presets directly to any keyframe pair by selecting the keyframe and choosing your easing type.
• Custom Curve Editing: Open the Curve Editor to view the easing curve as a Bezier curve with control handles; click the curve and drag to create custom easing behavior—for example, overshoot easing creates bouncy motion by slightly exceeding the final value before settling.
• Property-Specific Easing: In CapCut DFY, apply different easing curves to different properties of the same element; text can ease in quickly (Ease Out) while simultaneously fading in slowly (separate Ease In curve on opacity), creating complex but natural-feeling motion.
• Easing for Entrance and Exit Animations: Apply Ease Out easing to element entrance (fast initial motion catching attention, slowing as element settles) and Ease In easing to exits (slow beginning, accelerating as element leaves frame), creating natural-feeling transitions that feel intentional.

Practical Application

Create three identical animation sequences in CapCut DFY moving an element from left to right: one with Linear easing, one with Ease In-Out, and one with custom curve easing featuring overshoot. Compare all three side-by-side by previewing, noting the dramatic difference in perceived motion quality and how easing elevates visual sophistication.