Chapter 7. Creating Text Effects

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Time

This lesson takes approximately 75 minutes to complete.

Goals

Create, format, and style text

 

Save custom text styles

 

Animate text with behaviors

 

Create custom text animation with the Sequence Text behavior

 

Save custom text animation

 

Animate text on a path

 

Animate text in 3D

Text is intrinsic to many, if not most, motion graphics projects. The opening sequence for a feature film, the 30-second car commercial, and the documentary interview all use text to communicate. Choosing a text style that integrates with the composition, and animating that text to engage viewer attention, is an art in itself.

In this lesson, you’ll composite animated text into a section of ...

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