Documentary Editing - Text Match Cut, Newspaper Highlight & Timeline Animation (After Effects Project File)

3 broadcast-style documentary editing animations, fully customizable in After Effects - no plugins required.

What's Included:

• Text Match Cut - smooth headline zoom transition
• Newspaper Highlight Animation (2 Scenes) - animated yellow highlight sweep, used in news/documentary edits
• Horizontal Timeline Animation - scrubbing year timeline with flag/icon markers

Perfect for:

Documentary-style YouTube videos, explainer channels, news recaps, true-crime/history content, and any edit that needs that clean, cinematic "Vox/documentary" look.

Features:

• 100% native After Effects - no third-party plugins
• Easy to customize - swap images, text, and shapes in organized Edit Pre-comps
• Clean layer naming and structure
• 4 comps
• Includes README

Requirements:

Adobe After Effects 2026 or Above