Shiny gold and metallic text for your video
Ask the Tella Agent for gold text. Tella Motion fills the letters with gold tones, lights their edges, adds a warm glow and can make the light move across them.
Try it in Tella
Paste a prompt into the Tella Agent in the editor, or into Claude or ChatGPT connected to Tella, then ask for changes.
Make a 5-second Tella Motion clip on a black background with "Grand Opening" in bold gold letters: a gradient from deep amber to pale gold, a lit beveled edge and a soft warm glow. Move the light across the letters once, then hold.
Make a 6-second Tella Motion clip for the Tallyfern Design Awards: "Best in Show" in large gold serif letters on deep navy, with a drop shadow below. Pulse the glow gently twice.
When I say "ten years ago", add a Tella Motion overlay in the lower third: "Quillhaven · 10 years" in rose gold with a lit edge. Fade it in over half a second and out after 4 seconds.
How do I make shiny gold or metallic text in a video?
In Tella, ask the Tella Agent for gold text in a new Tella Motion clip or as a Tella Motion overlay on your recording. Tella Motion fills the letters with a gradient of gold tones, lights their edges with a bevel, and can add a warm glow and a drop shadow. To make it shine, ask the agent to move the light across the letters or pulse the glow.
How to do it
- Open your video in the Tella editor and open the Tella Agent chat.
- Choose Add clip → New Tella Motion clip, or ask for an overlay on a recorded clip.
- Describe the words, the metal, the background and how long it lasts.
- Play the preview and ask for changes, like "warmer gold" or "a softer glow."
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.
- The letters are flat: the gradient, lit edge and shadow make them look metallic. They can tilt and turn in 3D but have no sides.
- A new Tella Motion clip is 10 seconds by default. Ask for the length you want.
Frequently asked questions
Yes. Name the metal or give the colors. The gradient takes up to four colors, so for chrome the agent can run from dark gray to white and back.
It can make flame-like text: an orange-to-yellow gradient, a glow, and turbulent displacement that makes the letters' edges flicker as it animates. It doesn't simulate real flames.
Yes. Connect Claude or ChatGPT to Tella's MCP server from Settings → Connections → AI apps. They can use the same Tella Motion effects as the Tella Agent, including the gradient ramp, bevel and glow.