Q: I technique i use when i try and make editing like yours is to create multiple copies of one word/sentence in slightly different places, and use different blending modes on them, i also animate it by adjusting parameters on a setting i have called earthquake. Could you help me, I'd really appreciate it.
A: the thing about earthquake effects that always bothered me is you can't slow down the frame rate it uses. i think it always looks like crap at the full frame rate. actually i was never using the 'pro' version, i was using 'express' this entire time. maybe the pro version had a speed adjustment for it. but my process for dealing with the earthquake thing was to actually to export and re-import and then speed adjust to 25%. and if i have multiple words appearing to be timed properly, i would make the sequence, increase speed to 400%, export and reimport, put on the effect, then export and reimport again, then speed adjust to 25%. but usually with that i use 2 different layers, 2 separate earthquakes, and also use overdrive on one of them (that also requires the speed adjustment trick, because it seems to look like crap on full frame rate, example, see 'print out my feelings') and then also use blend modes between the 2 layers, usually difference for that one. and then juggle it around until it's good. then sometimes export and re import that. actually, starting in mid 2015 or so, exporting and re-importing was kind of my secret weapon for getting things that look like they're way beyond the capabilities of the program. that's true for a lot of art forms. you can do it with sound too. put a bunch of stuff on something, then export it and reimport it, then mess with it more. then export and reimport that and mess with it more. that's really the trick for getting the 'how did they do that' look