Learn how to create custom text animations with text animators: After Effects’ built-in system specifically designed to animate text.
If you create motion graphics or videos of any kind, being able to animate text is a necessity.
Using text animators, you have numerous options for animating each letter, word, or line of text. It’s quick to set up and easy to edit what the text says even after you’ve created the animation. Plus, you can save the animation as a preset so you can easily reuse it on any text layer, in any After Effects project; no need to recreate or even import anything. You can even share text animation presets with others.
What you’ll learn:
- How text animators work
- What different text animator options and controllers do
- What Selector Shapes do and how to animate with the Range Selector
- What properties can be animated
- How to adjust easing on text animators
- How to use multiple text animators for more complex animations
- When to use the Wiggly Selector
- How to make text 3D (using After Effects)
- How to save your custom text animators as a preset
Plus, I’ll show you 8 different examples that demonstrate a wide range of possibilities. Using what you learn, you’ll be able to create your own unique text animations.
