Example: To Use Selectors To Animate Specific Words - Adobe AFTER EFFECTS 7.0 Manual

Drag the Line Anchor value until the 7 is positioned in approximately its original position in the center of the
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Composition panel.
Click the Show Last Snapshot button in the Composition panel to see the exact location of the 7 in its original
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location. Adjust the Line Anchor value to position the character in the original location.
17 Preview the animation.
See also
"To create a composition" on page 109
"To enter point text" on page 283
"Using keyframes" on page 192
"To take or view a snapshot" on page 145
"Methods for previewing compositions" on page 134

Example: To 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
1 Create a new composition.
Create a new text layer with the words Speeding Saucer.
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Position the pointer away from the text in the Composition panel and when the type pointer changes to the move
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pointer , drag to move the text to the center of the panel. Resize it if necessary so that it fits within the panel.
Choose Animation > Animate Text > Skew.
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5 In the Timeline panel, set the Skew value to 35.
6 Expand Range Selector 1.
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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9 Move the current-time indicator to 2 seconds and drag the right selector bar to the right side of the g in Speeding.
Preview the animation.
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See also
"To create a composition" on page 109
"To enter point text" on page 283
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