Cinematic 3D
Text Reveal

The edit depends on the shot. Stability is non-negotiable — use a tripod, even slight wobble breaks the 3D illusion. Shoot on your phone's 0.5x Ultra-Wide lens. You need extra sky above your shoulders for the text to have room to appear. The arm lift IS the reveal. Stand with your back to camera, arms down. Slowly and smoothly lift both arms outward. Keep it deliberate, not rushed.

Open CapCut, import your clip, tap Duplicate → Overlay. Drag the overlay clip beneath the original. Select the Overlay (bottom) clip → Remove BG → Custom Removal → Chroma Key. Tap the sky with the color picker and raise intensity until the sky disappears. Fine-tune: pick exact sky color, raise Intensity until sky is fully removed, add a small Feather edge for natural cutout edges.

Tap Add Text. Type your location or word. Use a bold font (Montserrat or Archive). Size it big. With text selected → Layers → drag the Text layer between the Background video and the Overlay video. Text appears behind your body, in front of the sky. This is the sandwich. Bottom: original video. Middle: text. Top: sky-removed overlay of you.

Starting keyframe: move playhead to the frame your arms begin to lift. Tap the diamond on the text layer → drag text down, hidden behind your shoulders. Ending keyframe: move playhead to where arms are fully extended. Add a second keyframe → drag text up to its final sky position. Play through. Adjust until the text speed feels physically connected to your arm movement.