Example: offset characters – Adobe After Effects CS4 User Manual
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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.
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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
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Create a new composition.
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Create a new text layer with the word Galaxy.
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Choose Animation
> Animate Text
> Character Offset.
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In the Timeline panel, set the Character Offset value to 5.
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Expand Range Selector 1.
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Click the Start stopwatch to set an initial keyframe at 0 seconds and set the value to 0%.
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Move the current-time indicator to 5 seconds and set the Start value to 100%.
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Set Character Alignment to Center.
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Preview the composition.
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