Adobe AFTER EFFECTS 7.0 - Examples of text animations

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Stroke Width The width of the character’s stroke (outline).
Tracking The space between each character in a word.
Line Anchor The alignment for the tracking in each line of text. A value of 0% specifies left align, 50% specifies
center align, and 100% specifies right align.
Line Spacing The space between lines of text in a multiline text layer.
Character Offset The number of Unicode values to offset selected characters. For example, a value of 5 moves the
characters in the word forward five steps alphabetically, so the word offset becomes tkkxjy.
Character Value The new Unicode value for selected characters, replacing each character with one character repre-
sented by the new value. For example, a value of 65 replaces all of the characters in a word with the 65th Unicode
character (A), so the word value becomes AAAAA.
Character Range Specifies limits on the character. This property appears whenever you add the Character Offset or
Character Value property to a layer. Choose Preserve Case & Digits to keep characters in their respective groups.
Groups include uppercase roman, lowercase roman, digits, symbols, Japanese katakana, and so forth. Choose Full
Unicode to allow for unlimited character changes.
Blur The amount of Gaussian blur to be added to the characters. Horizontal and vertical blur amounts can be
specified separately.
See also
“About animation and layer properties” on page 188
To add animator properties
• To add an animator group to a text layer, select the text layer in the Timeline panel, and choose a property from
the Animate menu in the Timeline panel. A new animator group, along with a 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 the Add menu; then choose a property from the submenu. The new animator
property appears within the same group as the existing animator property and shares the existing selector.
Selectors
About selectors
Each animator group includes a default Range selector. You can add additional Range selectors to an animator group
or add multiple animator properties that use the same Range selector.
In addition to this Range selector, you can add a Wiggly selector. Use the Wiggly selector to create selections that
wiggle—vary within a specified amount—over time. You can add one or more Wiggly selectors to an animator group,
and that animator group can contain one or more properties.
When you add multiple selectors to an animator group, you can control the way they interact with each other by
using each selector’s Mode property. You can set values for the Start and End properties by changing the values in
the Timeline panel or by using the selector bars in the Composition panel.