Adobe After Effects CS4 - Manual (Page 363)

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Animating the opacity of a text layer using the Opacity animator and the End property
You can create elaborate animations using several animators and several selectors, each of which adds its influence to
the text animation.
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“ Examples and resources for text animation ” on page 364
Text animator properties
Animator properties work much like other layer properties, except that their values only influence the characters that
are selected by the selectors for the animator group. Choose Enable Per-Character 3D to add 3D properties to a text
layer; this command does not add properties to an animator group.
• To add an animator group to a text layer, select the text layer in the Timeline panel, and choose a property from the
Animation
> Animate Text menu or from the Animate menu for the layer in the Switches/Modes column in the
Timeline panel. A new animator group, along with a default selector and the chosen animator property, appears in
the Timeline panel.
• To add a new animator property to an existing animator group, select the animator group in the Timeline panel,
and choose the property from Animation
> Animate Text menu or from the Add menu for the animator group in
the Timeline panel. The new animator property appears within the same group as the existing animator property
and shares the existing selectors.
• To delete an animator property or animator group, select it in the Timeline panel and press Delete.
• To remove animators from a text layer, select the text layer in the Timeline panel, and choose Animation > Remove
All Text Animators.
• To copy an animator group, select it in the Timeline panel and choose Edit > Copy. To paste the animator group,
select a layer and choose Edit > Paste.