Adobe AFTER EFFECTS 7.0 - Timecode Effect; To Animate Path Text with the Path Text Effect; To Move Vertices, Circle Centers, and Tangents; To Specify the Location of Vertices and Tangents

ADOBE AFTER EFFECTS 7.0
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• Rotation Jitter Max Sets a maximum amount, in degrees, that characters are randomly rotated after Character
Rotation is applied.
• Scale Jitter Max Sets a maximum amount, as a percentage, that characters are randomly scaled after Horizontal
Scale and Vertical Scale are applied. For best results, characters should not scale greater than 100%.
To animate path text with the Path Text effect
1
In the Timeline panel, select the layer that has the Path Text effect applied. Display the properties for Path Text,
and expand the controls under Path Options and Control Points.
2 Move the current-time indicator to a point where you want to add a keyframe.
3 Adjust the path control points so that the text is displayed as desired.
4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 until you have created the keyframes needed to animate the text.
5 Click the stopwatch next to the control points or other properties for which you will create keyframes.
Note: Path text is animated primarily on the location of the path control points. Text moves with the position of these
points or on a closed path that can be selected from the Path Control Points control. You can also animate text by creating
keyframes for margin, kerning, tracking, and size.
To specify the location of vertices and tangents
❖ Do one of the following:
• DragthepointsintheCompositionorLayerpanel.Draggingtheoutercircleofapointdynamicallyupdatesthe
shape of the curve in the Composition panel. To constrain the point to its current vertical or horizontal coordinate,
press Shift while dragging its cross hair.
• Click the cross hair for the point in the Effect Controls panel, and then click in the Composition panel.
• Click the coordinates for the point in the Effect Controls panel, and then specify new coordinates.
Note: If you have animated the position of one or more points over time, you can modify their individual motion paths
in the Layer panel when you select Path Text in the Layer panel menu.
To move vertices, circle centers, and tangents
•
To move the Vertex 1/Circle Center and the Tangent 1/Circle Point together, drag the outer circle of the Vertex
1/Circle Center.
• To move only the Vertex 1/Circle Center, drag its cross hair
• To automatically snap the Tangent 1/Circle Point on top of the Vertex 1/Circle Center, select the Pen tool and then
click the outer circle of Tangent 1 (Windows) or Command-click the outer circle (not the cross hair) of Tangent 1
(Mac OS).
• To snap the Tangent 1/Circle Point to increments of 45 degrees from the Vertex 1/Circle Center, Shift-drag the
outer circle of Tangent 1.
• To move Vertex 2 and Tangent 2 together, drag the outer circle of Vertex 2.
• To move only Vertex 2, drag its cross hair.
Timecode effect
The Timecode effect displays timecode or frame number information within a layer. You can render movies
containing visible timecode. This effect cannot modify timecode embedded from external sources, such as
QuickTime.