# Shiny gold and metallic text for your 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.

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

## How do I make shiny gold or metallic text in a video?

In Tella, ask the [Tella Agent](https://www.tella.com/agent) for gold text in a new [Tella Motion](https://www.tella.com/help/editing/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.

## Prompt to start from

```text
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.
```

## More prompts

### Awards night

```text
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.
```

### Anniversary video

```text
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 to do it in Tella

1. Open your video in the Tella editor and open the Tella Agent chat.
2. Choose [Add clip → New Tella Motion clip](https://www.tella.com/help/editing/tella-motion#add-a-tella-motion-clip), or ask for an overlay on a recorded clip.
3. Describe the words, the metal, the background and how long it lasts.
4. 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.

## Questions people ask

### Can I make silver, chrome or rose gold text instead?

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.

### Can Tella Motion make fire text?

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.

### Can Claude or ChatGPT make gold text in Tella?

Yes. Connect [Claude](https://claude.ai/directory/tella) or [ChatGPT](https://chatgpt.com/plugins/plugin_asdk_app_6a7026f78434819186579d93d20ab38b?open_in_app) to Tella's [MCP server](https://www.tella.com/mcp) from [Settings → Connections](https://www.tella.tv/settings/connections) → AI apps. They can use the same Tella Motion effects as the Tella Agent, including the gradient ramp, bevel and glow.

## Related

- [Neon glowing titles in your video](https://www.tella.com/motion/neon-glow-text-effect.md): Glowing neon titles that can flicker.
- [3D text animation without Blender or Cinema 4D](https://www.tella.com/motion/3d-text-animation.md): Titles that tilt and turn in 3D, made by asking.
- [Matching title cards for every chapter](https://www.tella.com/motion/animated-title-cards.md): Intro, chapter and end cards, built by asking.
- [Create motion graphics with Tella Motion](https://www.tella.com/help/editing/tella-motion)
- [Add motion graphics over your recording](https://www.tella.com/help/editing/tella-motion#add-motion-graphics-over-your-recording)
- [Connect an AI assistant to Tella](https://www.tella.com/help/integrations/mcp-server#connect-an-ai-assistant-to-tella)
- [All of Tella's AI features](https://www.tella.com/ai.md)