Animating Text; About Text Animation; Text Animation Presets - Adobe AFTER EFFECTS 7.0 Manual

Animating text

About text animation

As with other layers in After Effects, you can animate text layers. However, text layers offer additional animation
options. You can animate text layers by using any of the following methods:
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Animating the Transform properties, as you would any other layer.
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Applying text animation presets.
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Animating the source text of the layer, so that the characters themselves change to different characters or use
different character or paragraph formats over time.
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Using text animator properties and selectors to animate individual characters, the entire set of characters, or a
range of characters.
For additional information, go to Adobe Studio on the Adobe website.
Adobe periodically provides updates to software and Help. To check for updates, click the Preferences button
Adobe Help Center, and then click Check For Updates. Follow the on-screen instructions.
See also
"About animation and layer properties" on page 188

Text animation presets

Browse and apply text animation presets as you would any other animation presets.
The text animation presets were created in an NTSC DV 720 x 480 composition, and each text layer uses 72-point
Myriad Pro. Some preset animations move the text on, off, or through the composition. The animation preset
position values may not be appropriate for a composition that is much larger or smaller than 720 x 480; for example,
an animation that is supposed to start off-screen may start on-screen. You may need to adjust the text animator's
position values.
If the text isn't positioned as expected or the text disappears unexpectedly, adjust the text animator's position values
in the Timeline window or Composition window.
The Paths category of Text animation presets automatically replaces source text with the preset's name, changes the
font color to white, and may change other character properties.
The Fill And Stroke category of animation presets contains presets that may change the fill color and stroke
properties of the preset that you apply. If the animation preset requires a stroke or fill color, the animation works only
if you have assigned one to your text.
To smooth the edges and movement of animated text, enable motion blur for the text layer. See "To apply motion
blur to a layer" on page 215 for more information.
See also
"About animation presets" on page 202
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