Adobe After Effects CS4 - Manual (Page 375)

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Last updated 12/21/2009
Example: Use selectors to animate specific words
This example shows how to use selectors to limit an animation to a specific word.
Animating the skew values in the characters in the word Speeding
1 Create a new composition.
2 Create a new text layer with the words Speeding Saucer.
3 Choose Animation > Animate Text > Skew.
4 In the Timeline panel, set the Skew value to 35.
5 Expand Range Selector 1.
6 Make sure the current-time indicator is at 0 seconds and click the End stopwatch.
7 In the Composition panel, drag both selector bars to the left side of the S in Speeding.
8 Move the current-time indicator to 2 seconds and drag the right selector bar to the right side of the g in Speeding.
9 Preview the composition.
More Help topics
“ Create a composition ” on page 55
“ Enter point text ” on page 343
“ Text selectors ” on page 358
“ Set or add keyframes ” on page 214
“ Preview video and audio ” on page 195
Example: Create a write-on animation
You can easily create the appearance of writing on the screen by using the Opacity animator property.
Writing text on using the Opacity property
1 Create a new composition.
2 Create a text layer with the characters 01234.
3 Choose Animation > Animate Text > Opacity.
4 Set Opacity to 0%.
5 Expand the Range Selector 1 and click the stopwatch icon for Start.