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Example: Use selectors to animate specific words
There are many ways to use selectors. This example shows how you can use them to limit an animation to a specific word.
Animating the skew values in the characters in the word Speeding
Create a new composition.
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2 Create a new text layer with the words Speeding Saucer.
Choose Animation > Animate Text > Skew.
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4 In the Timeline panel, set the Skew value to 35.
Expand Range Selector 1.
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Make sure the current-time indicator is at 0 seconds and click the End stopwatch.
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In the Composition panel, drag both selector bars to the left side of the S in Speeding.
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Move the current-time indicator to 2 seconds and drag the right selector bar to the right side of the g in Speeding.
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9 Preview the composition.
See also
"Create a composition" on page 112
"Enter point text" on page 273
"Work with selectors" on page 287
"Set keyframes" on page 189
"Preview video and audio" on page 124
Example: Create a write-on animation
You can easily create the appearance of writing on the screen by using the Opacity animator property.
Writing text on using the Opacity property
Create a new composition.
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Create a text layer with the characters 01234.
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Choose Animation > Animate Text > Opacity.
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4 Set Opacity to 0%.
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