# Glitch text reveals for your next product launch

> In Tella, ask the Tella Agent for a glitch title, either as its own Tella Motion clip or as an overlay on a recorded clip. Tella Motion layers chromatic aberration, turbulent displace, wave warp and mosaic on live text. It keyframes them into short bursts, and an overlay can time the reveal to what you say. The text stays editable.

Page: https://www.tella.com/motion/glitch-text-effect · Part of Tella Motion (https://www.tella.com/help/editing/tella-motion)

## How do I make a glitch text effect for a tech product launch video?

In Tella, ask the [Tella Agent](https://www.tella.com/agent) for a glitch title, either as its own [Tella Motion](https://www.tella.com/help/editing/tella-motion) clip or as an overlay on a recorded clip. Tella Motion layers chromatic aberration, turbulent displace, wave warp and mosaic on live text. It keyframes them into short bursts, and an overlay can time the reveal to what you say. The text stays editable.

## Prompt to start from

```text
Make a 5-second glitch title in a new Tella Motion clip. Show 'Version 3.0' in bold white sans-serif on near-black. Glitch it for 1.5 seconds with chromatic aberration, turbulent displace and mosaic, then snap clean. Add bursts at 2.5 and 3.8 seconds.
```

## More prompts

### Developer relations

```text
When I say 'introducing the Relay CLI', add a Tella Motion overlay of the name in white sans-serif, top left. Glitch it in with a red and blue split and a wiggle, settle within one second, fade out at the demo.
```

### SaaS release video

```text
Open with a Tella Motion clip that glitches in 'Live sync', 'Audit log' and 'SSO' one at a time. Each takes 0.4 seconds, holds one second, then glitches out. White text on dark navy, electric green on 'SSO'.
```

## How to do it in Tella

1. Choose [Add clip → New Tella Motion clip](https://www.tella.com/help/editing/tella-motion#add-a-tella-motion-clip), or select a recorded clip.
2. Give the Tella Agent your wording, font style, colors and background.
3. Describe the glitch: which effects, how strong, and when bursts hit.
4. Preview it and ask for changes like "less color split" or "settle earlier".

## Good to know

- Available to everyone: through the Tella Agent on a paid plan or the 7-day trial, or through Claude or ChatGPT on any plan.
- A Tella Motion clip has no transcript. To time a glitch to your voice, use an overlay on a recorded clip.
- The glitch is several effects layered and keyframed, not one preset. Ask the Tella Agent which effects are available.
- Titles use fonts from Tella Motion's font list, so name a style or ask which fonts are available.

## Questions people ask

### Can Claude or ChatGPT make the glitch title instead?

Yes. [Claude](https://claude.ai/directory/tella) or [ChatGPT](https://chatgpt.com/plugins/plugin_asdk_app_6a7026f78434819186579d93d20ab38b?open_in_app) connected to Tella's [MCP server](https://www.tella.com/mcp) can use the same Tella Motion commands as the editor, including effects, keyframes and per-character text animation. The title plays in your Tella video once edited.

### Can I glitch each letter separately?

Yes. Tella Motion can animate text per character, word or line. Ask the Tella Agent to bring letters in one at a time with a pixelated or displaced look.

### Can I match a glitch style I saw somewhere else?

Yes. Attach a reference image with the + button in the Tella Agent chat and ask it to match the look. Tella Motion rebuilds the style with its own text, effects and keyframes.

## Related

- [Neon glowing titles in your video](https://www.tella.com/motion/neon-glow-text-effect.md): Glowing neon titles that can flicker.
- [Matching title cards for every chapter](https://www.tella.com/motion/animated-title-cards.md): Intro, chapter and end cards, built by asking.
- [Make a feature launch video without recording it](https://www.tella.com/auto-capture/feature-launch-video.md): Film your new feature without booking anyone's time.
- [Create motion graphics with Tella Motion](https://www.tella.com/help/editing/tella-motion)
- [Edit with the Tella Agent](https://www.tella.com/help/editing/edit-with-the-tella-agent)
- [Overlays overview](https://www.tella.com/help/editing/overlays)
- [All of Tella's AI features](https://www.tella.com/ai.md)