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Convert point or paragraph text
Note: When you convert paragraph text to point text, all characters outside the bounding box are deleted. To avoid losing
text, resize the bounding box so that all text is visible prior to conversion.
Using the Selection tool
1
Note: You can't convert the text layer if it's in text-editing mode.
Using a type tool, right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) anywhere in the Composition panel, and
2
choose Convert To Paragraph Text or Convert To Point Text.
When you convert from paragraph text to point text, a carriage return is added at the end of each line of text, except
the last line.
To display the bounding box of paragraph text and automatically select a type tool, double-click the text layer in the
Timeline panel.
Change the direction of text
Horizontal text flows from left to right; multiple lines of horizontal text lie from top to bottom. Vertical text flows
from top to bottom; multiple lines of text lie from right to left.
A
C
A. Horizontal point text B. Horizontal point text converted to vertical C. Horizontal paragraph text D. Horizontal paragraph text converted
to vertical
1 Using the Selection tool
Note: You can't convert text in text-editing mode.
Using a type tool, right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) anywhere in the Composition panel, and
2
choose Horizontal or Vertical.
Convert text from Photoshop to editable text
Text layers from Photoshop retain their style and remain editable in After Effects.
, select the text layer.
B
D
, select the text layer.
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