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Comment The Word

A word typed into a comment field behind a blinking caret, the send button firing as it finishes.

Duration
3.2s
Frame
640 × 360
Export
MP4, GIF, MOV (alpha)
Resolution
Up to 4K

About the Comment The Word animation

The comment-bait ask, honest version: you are asking for a word because you are sending something back for it. Pick a word someone can type from memory a minute later, and say what it gets them in the kicker. The send press is the instruction, so do not also write tap send.

Where it fits

  • As the comment-bait ask, honest version: a word in exchange for something sent back.
  • At the end of a tutorial, offering the guide.
  • On a lead-magnet Short.

Filling it in

Pick a word someone can type from memory a minute later, MACROS or GUIDE, and say what it gets them in the ask: COMMENT THIS WORD FOR THE GUIDE. The send press is the instruction, so do not also write tap send. The caret colour is the blinking cursor.

Format and timing

Comment The Word is built at 640 × 360, a 16:9 landscape frame, the shape of a YouTube video, a stream layout and most editing timelines, and runs 3.2 seconds at 30 frames per second. It arrives in 1.2 seconds, holds for 1.0 and clears in 1.0, so cue it a beat before the moment it labels. Export it as an MP4 for a timeline or a feed, a GIF where video will not embed, or a MOV with an alpha channel to lay it over footage with nothing behind it. Renders go up to 4K, and the free plan exports at 720p with a watermark.

What you can edit

  • Asktext
  • Wordtext
  • Caret colourcolor

Questions about Comment The Word

Does the word type itself out?

Yes. It is typed into the comment field behind the caret and the send button fires as it finishes, which is the whole instruction in one motion.

Why is this the honest version?

Because it says what the comment buys. Asking for a word with nothing in return is engagement bait; asking for it so you can send a guide is a trade.

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