Bounce Up Text V1.0

This setup guide from www.3dnames.co will guide you through how you can create the following Bounce Up Text using our Blender file.

We have designed this download file to be used by anyone, and you do not have to have any knowledge of using Blender as long as you follow this step by step guide.

We have made this guide interactive, with checkboxes to tick off at each step, so you can keep track of your progress.

Happy Animating!

👆 Sped up demonstration of this text effect!

Video Previews

Create these animations with any text you like using our Blender file and this guide!

Need help? Chat to us on our Discord Channel

Join our Discord

You will need Blender Installed...

Please make sure you have Blender v4.0.1 installed on your computer, you can download it for free from https://www.blender.org/download/releases/4-0/ - this file was made using Blender v4.0.1

Interactive Guide - toggle the switch on each step to mark it as completed!

1. Open Blender File

Download the ZIP file, extract it somewhere and open up the BounceTextV1.0.blend file in Blender, we recommend using version Blender 4.0.1 or higher.

2. Launch the 3D Names Panel

When you open the file - all you need to do is press the small play icon â–· at the top as per the first screenshot below - then in the 3D Viewport there will be a new Panel called "3D Names" - this contains all of the setup scripts to make this files effect work.

Step 2

As you can see above this is the new Panel that does all the hard work for us! We can add the bounce effect top the text as well as reset the scene to it's default value.

3. Edit your text

Now click the text, and press the "Tab" key on your keyboard to edit the text, change this to "Your Text" or whatever you want, press the "Tab" key again to exit edit mode. Please note this effect only works with a single line of text

Step 3

4. Position/Resize Text

Move the text using "G" key to grab, and then move it around, or "S" key to scale it! Make sure it fits within the red guides (these will bhe removed once you add the bounce effect)

Step 4

5. Press "Add Bounce" Button

Now that you have edited your text and positioned it, you can now press the "Add Bounce" button in the 3D Names Panel, this will add the animation to your text! It may take a minute to run, but once done, you can then press the "Play Animation" button to see the animation.

Step 5Step 5

6. Check for artifacts

If you see any artifacts (weird lines or shapes) that shouldn't be there, then scrub over your animation and delete anything that doesn't look right. If you don't have any artifacts then great... you can skip this step!

Step 6

7. Now Render the animation

If you'd like to render a still frame simply press the "F12" key on your keyboard, or if you'd like to render the animation, press the "Ctrl + F12" keys on your keyboard (or "CMD + F12" on Mac), rendered images will be saved in the /renders/ folder.

Step 7

Turn your PNG frames into a Video

To turn your rendered PNG frames into a video, please take a look at the following Video Render Tool guide

"Your Text" as a video: