Message Simulator Pro for Final Cut Pro
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Message Simulator Pro
Every text, every typing bubble, everyย "Readย 9:42".
Animated for you.
Animated text conversations that float over your footage, in iMessage or WhatsApp style. Drag one onto your timeline, type your messages, and you're done.
How it works
Drop it on your footage
Pick a conversation and drag it onto your timeline above any clip.
Type your messages
Every bubble, name and time is edited right in the inspector.
Choose your look
iMessage or WhatsApp style, Light or Dark. One dropdown.
Your conversation.
Your words.
Pick the flow closest to your scene from 45 ready-made conversations, then type your own messages. Make any bubble taller, shorter, wider or narrower and the animation adapts around it.
1Type your messages in Final Cut Pro
2Your finished conversation
iMessage or WhatsApp
Light or Dark
One dropdown
Switch the whole conversation in a click. The iMessage look follows the latest iOS design. The WhatsApp look brings its green bubbles, in-bubble times with read ticks and the flag-shaped tail. Spread and Visible Height shape the conversation to fit your shot.
Four looks, built into every template.
iMessage-style and WhatsApp-style, each in Light and Dark.
iMessage-style Light
iMessage-style Dark
WhatsApp-style Light
WhatsApp-style Dark
iMessage is a trademark of Apple Inc. WhatsApp is a trademark of WhatsApp LLC. Message Simulator Pro is an independent product and is not affiliated with or endorsed by either company.
Built for vertical.
Every template works as well in 9:16 as it does in 16:9. In vertical projects the two sides of the conversation move closer together, so nothing just shrinks.
- Reels, Shorts and TikTok ready
- Reflows automatically in 9:16 projects
- Spread and Visible Height for fine control
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Explore all 61 templates.
Full stories, quick beats, group chats and single building blocks.
Shown in iMessage style. Switch any template to WhatsApp style in one click.
Conversations
25 templatesFull stories ready to drop in, from first dates to big news.
Short Exchanges
9 templatesQuick beats for a punchline or a cutaway.
Group Chats
11 templatesNames, avatars and the chaos of the group chat.
Building Blocks
16 templatesSingle messages, photos, voice notes and more to build your own.
Animated like the real thing.
Messages pop in with natural timing, typing dots bounce before replies land, and the conversation scrolls up on its own as it grows.
Typing indicators
The dots bounce before every reply lands, just like the real thing.
Reactions and receipts
Tapbacks pop onto bubbles, with Delivered and Read underneath.
Photos and grids
Portrait, landscape, square and four-photo grids. Drop in your own images.
Voice notes
Animated waveforms, sent or received, with lengths you set.
Send with Effect
Slam, Loud and Gentle animations for the big moments.
Group chats
Sender names, initials avatars and a colour for every person.
Make it yours.
Everything is edited in the Final Cut Pro inspector. Swap in your own photos with Pan, Scale and Shape controls.
Made for every kind of edit.
Compatibility and install
| Templates | 61 Final Cut Pro titles: 25 Conversations, 9 Short Exchanges, 11 Group Chats, 16 Building Blocks |
| Looks | iMessage-style Light and Dark, WhatsApp-style Light and Dark |
| Resolution | 4K masters that adapt to your project's resolution and frame rate |
| Aspect ratios | 16:9 and 9:16 |
| Length | Conversations run about 9 to 17 seconds. Trim or extend any template on the timeline |
| Download size | About 14 MB |
| Installs to | Movies > Motion Templates > Titles |
| Help | Installation and support centre |
Your next text scene starts here.
61 conversation templates in iMessage and WhatsApp style, edited right in Final Cut Pro.
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