Working With Masks In Text Layers; To Add An Expression Selector To An Animator Group; Creating And Animating Text On A Path - Adobe AFTER EFFECTS 7.0 Manual

Fill color changes randomly using an expression animator.
See also
"About expressions" on page 555

To add an Expression selector to an animator group

1 In the Timeline panel, select an animator group.
Choose Selector > Expression from the Add menu.
2
Expand the Expression Selector property group and the Amount property group to reveal the expression field in the
timeline. By default, the Amount property begins with the expression
See also
"About expressions" on page 555

Working with masks in text layers

Creating and animating text on a path

Once you create a mask in a text layer, you can make the text follow the mask as a path. You can then animate the
text along that path, or animate the path itself. You can use open or closed masks to create paths for text. After you
create the path, you can modify it at any time. When using a closed mask as a text path, make sure to set the mask
mode to None.
See also
"Creating masks" on page 244
"About mask modes" on page 264
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