Tired of your boring single color text backgrounds?
Here’s a simple way to break out of your normal background habits.
In this quick tip, Casey Faris walks you through how to:
- Finding a gradient in effects library
- Customizing the colors
That’s about it. But it looks better than just a single color background and that’s what counts.
Play around with the settings and enjoy!
What are your favorite backgrounds for text? Leave a comment below.

Gedaly is the Managing Editor of DVresolve.com. He is a professional editor, having cut national commercials for major companies, and does color & VFX for indie films at Mask & Feather. He’s also a filmmaker, writing and directing shorts & features. Gedaly is the co-founder of Working.Actor and former marketing strategist for large brands.