Write-On Effect - Adobe PREMIERE PRO 2 Manual

Write-on effect

The Write-on effect animates strokes on a clip. For example, you can simulate the writing of cursive text or create
snakelike movement for a stroke. Using the Write-on effect, you can animate the brush size, color, hardness, and
opacity of a stroke.
Write-on effect: Animating strokes
Adjust the following controls for the Write-on effect:
Specifies where the stroke begins.
Brush Position
Color, Brush Size, Brush Hardness, and Brush Opacity
Specifies the length, in seconds, of the stroke at any moment. If this value is 0, the stroke has
Stroke Length
unlimited length. Use a single stroke length (not 0) for all keyframes to create a snakelike movement of the stroke
across the clip. Change the stroke length at keyframes to make the length of the stroke expand and contract as it is
drawn.
Specifies the time interval, in seconds, between dabs of color as the stroke is drawn. Smaller values
Brush Spacing
produce smoother paint strokes but take more time to render.
Specifies whether paint properties (color and opacity) are applied to each stroke segment or
Paint Time Properties
to the entire stroke:
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Applies color and opacity specified at each keyframe to the entire stroke.
None
•
Applies the color specified at a keyframe to the stroke starting at that keyframe until it is changed at a later
Color
keyframe. The opacity specified at each keyframe is applied to the entire stroke.
•
Applies the opacity specified at a keyframe to the stroke starting at that keyframe until it is changed at a
Opacity
later keyframe. The color specified at each keyframe is applied to the entire stroke.
Specifies whether brush properties (size and hardness) are applied to each stroke segment or
Brush Time Properties
to the entire stroke:
•
Applies the brush size and hardness specified at each keyframe to the entire stroke.
None
•
Applies the brush size specified at a keyframe to the stroke starting at that keyframe until it is changed at a
Size
later keyframe. The hardness specified at each keyframe is applied to the entire stroke.
•
Applies the hardness specified at a keyframe to the stroke starting at that keyframe until it is changed
Hardness
at a later keyframe. The size specified at each keyframe is applied to the entire stroke.
•
Applies both the brush size and hardness specified at a keyframe to the stroke starting at that
Size & Hardness
keyframe until they are changed at a later keyframe.
Specifies whether the stroke is applied to the original layer or to a transparent layer.
Paint Style
See also
"About keyframes" on page 230
Specify the size and appearance of the stroke.
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