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2. Create a new text layer with the word ovation.

3. Choose Animation > Animate Text > Enable Per-character 3D.

4. Choose Animation > Animate Text > Position.

5. Choose Animation > Animate Text > Rotation.

6. In the Timeline panel, in the Animator group, set the X Rotation property to 45, and set the Position value to (0.0, 0.0, -100.0).

7. Expand Range Selector 1.

8. Click the stopwatch icon for the Offset property to set an initial keyframe with the value at 0 seconds.

9. Set the Offset property value to -15%.

10. Set the End property value to 15%.

11. Move the current-time indicator to 10 seconds, and set the Offset value to 100%.

12. Press the R key to show the Rotation properties for the entire layer.

13. Set the Y Rotation value for the layer to -45, rotating the entire layer so that you can more easily see the 3D motion of the characters.

14. Preview the composition.

Example: Offset characters

This example illustrates how you can easily animate random characters so that they gradually form a legible word or phrase by specifying a
Character Offset value and animating the range selector.

Animating the offset values for the characters in the word Galaxy

1. Create a new composition.

2. Create a new text layer with the word Galaxy.

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