Adobe After Effects CS4 - Manual (Page 352)

346 USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4
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Last updated 12/21/2009
Change the direction of text
Horizontal text flows from left to right; multiple lines of horizontal text lie from top to bottom. Vertical text flows from
top to bottom; multiple lines of text lie from right to left.
A. Horizontal point text B. Horizontal point text converted to vertical C. Horizontal paragraph text D. Horizontal paragraph text converted
to vertical
1 Using the Selection tool , select the text layer.
Note: You can’t convert text in text-editing mode.
2 Using a type tool, right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) anywhere in the Composition panel, and
choose Horizontal or Vertical.
Convert text from Photoshop to editable text
Text layers from Photoshop retain their style and remain editable in After Effects.
If you imported the Photoshop document as merged layers, then you must first select the layer and choose Layer >
Convert To Layered Comp to decompose the imported Photoshop document into its layers.
1 Add the Photoshop text layer to your composition and select it.
2 Choose Layer > Convert To Editable Text.
The layer becomes an After Effects text layer and no longer uses the Photoshop text layer as its source footage item.
If the layer contains layer styles, the layer styles are converted to editable layer styles as if the Layer > Layer Styles >
Convert To Editable Styles command had been used on the layer before converting the text to editable text.
More Help topics
“ Preparing and importing Photoshop files ” on page 105
“ Layer styles ” on page 177
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