Text highlights

We recommend @remotion/rough-notation to annotate text to add marker highlights, encircle words, box or strike through parts.

Highlight

Use <Highlight> from @remotion/rough-notation for a hand-drawn highlight behind text.

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RoughNotationHighlight.tsx
import {loadFont} from '@remotion/google-fonts/CormorantGaramond';
import {Highlight} from '@remotion/rough-notation';
import React from 'react';
import {
  AbsoluteFill,
  Easing,
  Interactive,
  interpolate,
  useCurrentFrame,
} from 'remotion';

const {fontFamily} = loadFont('normal', {
  weights: ['700'],
  subsets: ['latin'],
});

const containerStyle: React.CSSProperties = {
  justifyContent: 'center',
  alignItems: 'center',
};

export const RoughNotationHighlight: React.FC = () => {
  const frame = useCurrentFrame();

  return (
    <AbsoluteFill style={containerStyle}>
      <Interactive.Div
        style={{
          fontSize: 80,
          fontWeight: 700,
          lineHeight: 1.1,
          color: '#171717',
          fontFamily,
          width: 800,
        }}
      >
        <Interactive.Span>A truly </Interactive.Span>
        <Highlight
          name="Highlight annotation"
          progress={interpolate(frame, [0, 25], [0, 1], {
            extrapolateLeft: 'clamp',
            extrapolateRight: 'clamp',
            easing: [
              Easing.spring({
                damping: 200,
                mass: 1,
                stiffness: 100,
                allowTail: true,
                durationRestThreshold: 0.02,
                overshootClamping: false,
              }),
            ],
          })}
          color={'rgba(255, 236, 79, 0.62)'}
          maxRandomnessOffset={10}
          roughness={2.3}
          padding={{
            left: 20,
            right: 20,
          }}
          bowing={0}
        >
          remarkable
        </Highlight>{' '}
        <Interactive.Span>end to the World cup</Interactive.Span>
      </Interactive.Div>
    </AbsoluteFill>
  );
};

Underline

Use <Underline> to add a drawn underline.

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RoughNotationUnderline.tsx
import {loadFont} from '@remotion/google-fonts/CormorantGaramond';
import {Underline} from '@remotion/rough-notation';
import React from 'react';
import {
  AbsoluteFill,
  Interactive,
  interpolate,
  useCurrentFrame,
} from 'remotion';

const {fontFamily} = loadFont('normal', {
  weights: ['700'],
  subsets: ['latin'],
});

const containerStyle: React.CSSProperties = {
  justifyContent: 'center',
  alignItems: 'center',
};

export const RoughNotationUnderline: React.FC = () => {
  const frame = useCurrentFrame();

  return (
    <AbsoluteFill style={containerStyle}>
      <Interactive.Div
        style={{
          fontSize: 80,
          fontWeight: 700,
          lineHeight: 1.1,
          color: '#171717',
          fontFamily,
          width: 800,
        }}
      >
        <Interactive.Span>Underline </Interactive.Span>
        <Underline
          name="Underline annotation"
          progress={interpolate(frame, [14, 35], [0, 1], {
            extrapolateLeft: 'clamp',
            extrapolateRight: 'clamp',
          })}
          color={'rgba(53, 95, 143, 0.71)'}
          strokeWidth={10}
          iterations={3}
        >
          this
        </Underline>{' '}
        <Interactive.Span>phrase</Interactive.Span>
      </Interactive.Div>
    </AbsoluteFill>
  );
};

Strike-through

Use <StrikeThrough> to cross out a word with a single line.

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RoughNotationStrikeThrough.tsx
import {loadFont} from '@remotion/google-fonts/CormorantGaramond';
import {StrikeThrough} from '@remotion/rough-notation';
import React from 'react';
import {
  AbsoluteFill,
  Interactive,
  interpolate,
  useCurrentFrame,
} from 'remotion';

const {fontFamily} = loadFont('normal', {
  weights: ['700'],
  subsets: ['latin'],
});

const containerStyle: React.CSSProperties = {
  justifyContent: 'center',
  alignItems: 'center',
};

export const RoughNotationStrikeThrough: React.FC = () => {
  const frame = useCurrentFrame();

  return (
    <AbsoluteFill style={containerStyle}>
      <Interactive.Div
        style={{
          fontSize: 80,
          fontWeight: 700,
          lineHeight: 1.1,
          color: '#171717',
          fontFamily,
          width: 800,
        }}
      >
        <Interactive.Span>The </Interactive.Span>
        <StrikeThrough
          name="Strike-through annotation"
          progress={interpolate(frame, [10, 25], [0, 1], {
            extrapolateLeft: 'clamp',
            extrapolateRight: 'clamp',
          })}
          color={'#f11515'}
          strokeWidth={14}
        >
          forbidden
        </StrikeThrough>{' '}
        <Interactive.Span>fruit</Interactive.Span>
      </Interactive.Div>
    </AbsoluteFill>
  );
};

Crossed-off

Use <CrossedOff> for a stronger removal mark.

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RoughNotationCrossedOff.tsx
import {loadFont} from '@remotion/google-fonts/CormorantGaramond';
import {CrossedOff} from '@remotion/rough-notation';
import React from 'react';
import {
  AbsoluteFill,
  Interactive,
  interpolate,
  useCurrentFrame,
} from 'remotion';

const {fontFamily} = loadFont('normal', {
  weights: ['700'],
  subsets: ['latin'],
});

const containerStyle: React.CSSProperties = {
  justifyContent: 'center',
  alignItems: 'center',
};

export const RoughNotationCrossedOff: React.FC = () => {
  const frame = useCurrentFrame();

  return (
    <AbsoluteFill style={containerStyle}>
      <Interactive.Div
        style={{
          fontSize: 80,
          fontWeight: 700,
          lineHeight: 1.1,
          color: '#171717',
          fontFamily,
          width: 800,
        }}
      >
        <Interactive.Span>Please </Interactive.Span>
        <CrossedOff
          name="Crossed off annotation"
          progress={interpolate(frame, [18, 39], [0, 1], {
            extrapolateLeft: 'clamp',
            extrapolateRight: 'clamp',
          })}
          color={'#eb2525'}
          strokeWidth={6}
          iterations={10}
          roughness={2}
        >
          remove
        </CrossedOff>{' '}
        <Interactive.Span>this</Interactive.Span>
      </Interactive.Div>
    </AbsoluteFill>
  );
};

Box

Use <Box> to draw a rectangle around text.

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RoughNotationBox.tsx
import {loadFont} from '@remotion/google-fonts/CormorantGaramond';
import {Box} from '@remotion/rough-notation';
import React from 'react';
import {
  AbsoluteFill,
  Interactive,
  interpolate,
  useCurrentFrame,
} from 'remotion';

const {fontFamily} = loadFont('normal', {
  weights: ['700'],
  subsets: ['latin'],
});

const containerStyle: React.CSSProperties = {
  justifyContent: 'center',
  alignItems: 'center',
};

export const RoughNotationBox: React.FC = () => {
  const frame = useCurrentFrame();

  return (
    <AbsoluteFill style={containerStyle}>
      <Interactive.Div
        style={{
          fontSize: 80,
          fontWeight: 700,
          lineHeight: 1.1,
          color: '#171717',
          fontFamily,
          width: 800,
          textAlign: 'center',
        }}
      >
        <Interactive.Span>Think outside the </Interactive.Span>
        <Box
          name="Box annotation"
          progress={interpolate(frame, [0, 23], [0, 1], {
            extrapolateLeft: 'clamp',
            extrapolateRight: 'clamp',
          })}
          color={'#fe0000'}
          strokeWidth={8}
          iterations={1}
          padding={{
            left: 3,
            right: 6,
            top: -12,
            bottom: -5,
          }}
          roughness={0.9}
        >
          box
        </Box>
      </Interactive.Div>
    </AbsoluteFill>
  );
};

Bracket

Use <Bracket> with individual bracket flags to draw selected sides.

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RoughNotationBracket.tsx
import {loadFont} from '@remotion/google-fonts/CormorantGaramond';
import {Bracket} from '@remotion/rough-notation';
import React from 'react';
import {
  AbsoluteFill,
  Interactive,
  interpolate,
  useCurrentFrame,
} from 'remotion';

const {fontFamily} = loadFont('normal', {
  weights: ['700'],
  subsets: ['latin'],
});

const containerStyle: React.CSSProperties = {
  justifyContent: 'center',
  alignItems: 'center',
};

export const RoughNotationBracket: React.FC = () => {
  const frame = useCurrentFrame();

  return (
    <AbsoluteFill style={containerStyle}>
      <Interactive.Div
        style={{
          fontSize: 80,
          fontWeight: 700,
          lineHeight: 1.1,
          color: '#171717',
          fontFamily,
          width: 800,
        }}
      >
        <Interactive.Span>Mark </Interactive.Span>
        <Bracket
          name="Bracket annotation"
          progress={interpolate(frame, [0, 60], [0, 1], {
            extrapolateLeft: 'clamp',
            extrapolateRight: 'clamp',
          })}
          bracketLeft
          bracketRight
          bracketTop
          roughness={1}
          bowing={3}
          strokeWidth={8}
          color="#dc2626"
          bracketBottom
          padding={{
            top: -11,
          }}
        >
          this
        </Bracket>{' '}
        <Interactive.Span>part</Interactive.Span>
      </Interactive.Div>
    </AbsoluteFill>
  );
};

Circle marker

Use <Circle> when the annotation should sit above the text.

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RoughNotationCircle.tsx
import {loadFont} from '@remotion/google-fonts/CormorantGaramond';
import {Circle} from '@remotion/rough-notation';
import React from 'react';
import {
  AbsoluteFill,
  Easing,
  Interactive,
  interpolate,
  useCurrentFrame,
} from 'remotion';

const {fontFamily} = loadFont('normal', {
  weights: ['700'],
  subsets: ['latin'],
});

const containerStyle: React.CSSProperties = {
  justifyContent: 'center',
  alignItems: 'center',
};

export const RoughNotationCircle: React.FC = () => {
  const frame = useCurrentFrame();

  return (
    <AbsoluteFill style={containerStyle}>
      <Interactive.Div
        style={{
          fontSize: 80,
          fontWeight: 700,
          lineHeight: 1.1,
          color: '#171717',
          fontFamily,
          width: 800,
        }}
      >
        <Interactive.Span>How much </Interactive.Span>
        <Circle
          name="Circle annotation"
          progress={interpolate(frame, [0, 43], [0, 1], {
            extrapolateLeft: 'clamp',
            extrapolateRight: 'clamp',
            easing: [Easing.bezier(0.42, 0, 0.58, 1)],
          })}
          roughness={1.8}
          strokeWidth={12}
          color={'rgba(37, 99, 235, 0.57)'}
          padding={{
            left: 10,
            right: 10,
            top: 10,
            bottom: 10,
          }}
          box={'inside'}
        >
          circular
        </Circle>{' '}
        <Interactive.Span>financing is in AI?</Interactive.Span>
      </Interactive.Div>
    </AbsoluteFill>
  );
};

Animating the seed

Animate seed to redraw an annotation on every frame.

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RoughNotationAnimatedSeed.tsx
import {loadFont} from '@remotion/google-fonts/CormorantGaramond';
import {Circle} from '@remotion/rough-notation';
import React from 'react';
import {
  AbsoluteFill,
  Interactive,
  interpolate,
  useCurrentFrame,
} from 'remotion';

const {fontFamily} = loadFont('normal', {
  weights: ['700'],
  subsets: ['latin'],
});

const containerStyle: React.CSSProperties = {
  justifyContent: 'center',
  alignItems: 'center',
};

export const RoughNotationAnimatedSeed: React.FC = () => {
  const frame = useCurrentFrame();

  return (
    <AbsoluteFill style={containerStyle}>
      <Interactive.Div
        style={{
          fontSize: 80,
          fontWeight: 700,
          lineHeight: 1.1,
          color: '#171717',
          fontFamily,
          width: 800,
          textAlign: 'center',
        }}
      >
        <Circle
          name="Animated seed annotation"
          progress={1}
          color={'#2563eb'}
          strokeWidth={10}
          roughness={1.8}
          seed={interpolate(frame, [0, 89], [1, 90], {
            extrapolateLeft: 'clamp',
            extrapolateRight: 'clamp',
          })}
        >
          motion
        </Circle>
      </Interactive.Div>
    </AbsoluteFill>
  );
};

Posterized seed

Add posterize to interpolate to lower the frame rate of the seed change.

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RoughNotationPosterizedSeed.tsx
import {loadFont} from '@remotion/google-fonts/CormorantGaramond';
import {Circle} from '@remotion/rough-notation';
import React from 'react';
import {
  AbsoluteFill,
  Interactive,
  interpolate,
  useCurrentFrame,
} from 'remotion';

const {fontFamily} = loadFont('normal', {
  weights: ['700'],
  subsets: ['latin'],
});

const containerStyle: React.CSSProperties = {
  justifyContent: 'center',
  alignItems: 'center',
};

export const RoughNotationPosterizedSeed: React.FC = () => {
  const frame = useCurrentFrame();

  return (
    <AbsoluteFill style={containerStyle}>
      <Interactive.Div
        style={{
          fontSize: 80,
          fontWeight: 700,
          lineHeight: 1.1,
          color: '#171717',
          fontFamily,
          width: 800,
          textAlign: 'center',
        }}
      >
        <Circle
          name="Posterized seed annotation"
          progress={1}
          color={'#2563eb'}
          strokeWidth={10}
          roughness={1.8}
          seed={interpolate(frame, [0, 89], [1, 90], {
            extrapolateLeft: 'clamp',
            extrapolateRight: 'clamp',
            posterize: 10,
          })}
        >
          motion
        </Circle>
      </Interactive.Div>
    </AbsoluteFill>
  );
};

Posterizing the progress

Apply posterize to progress to make the circle draw in discrete steps.

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RoughNotationPosterizedProgress.tsx
import {loadFont} from '@remotion/google-fonts/CormorantGaramond';
import {Circle} from '@remotion/rough-notation';
import React from 'react';
import {
  AbsoluteFill,
  Interactive,
  interpolate,
  useCurrentFrame,
} from 'remotion';

const {fontFamily} = loadFont('normal', {
  weights: ['700'],
  subsets: ['latin'],
});

const containerStyle: React.CSSProperties = {
  justifyContent: 'center',
  alignItems: 'center',
};

export const RoughNotationPosterizedProgress: React.FC = () => {
  const frame = useCurrentFrame();

  return (
    <AbsoluteFill style={containerStyle}>
      <Interactive.Div
        style={{
          fontSize: 80,
          fontWeight: 700,
          lineHeight: 1.1,
          color: '#171717',
          fontFamily,
          width: 800,
          textAlign: 'center',
        }}
      >
        <Circle
          name="Posterized progress annotation"
          progress={interpolate(frame, [0, 43], [0, 1], {
            extrapolateLeft: 'clamp',
            extrapolateRight: 'clamp',
            posterize: 10,
          })}
          color={'#2563eb'}
          strokeWidth={10}
          roughness={1.8}
          iterations={1}
        >
          motion
        </Circle>
      </Interactive.Div>
    </AbsoluteFill>
  );
};

Highlight​

Underline​

Strike-through​

Crossed-off​

Box​

Bracket​

Circle marker​

Animating the seed​

Posterized seed​

Posterizing the progress​

See also​

Highlight

Underline

Strike-through

Crossed-off

Box

Bracket

Circle marker

Animating the seed

Posterized seed

Posterizing the progress

See also