Character
Adjust character settings such as font, size, style and kerning.
This summary is AI generated
Learning Outcomes:
- Adjust character settings in After Effects
- Modify font size, style, and color
- Understand kerning and tracking for readability
Level: Intermediate
Skills you'll gain:
After Effects, Typography, Text Editing, Design
Key Insights
- Select text to apply changes in After Effects.
- Use the character and paragraph panels for text adjustments.
- Scrubby numbers allow dynamic changes to font size.
- Kerning affects the space between two characters.
- Tracking adjusts the space between all characters.
- Typography enhances text readability, not just aesthetics.
- Leading controls the distance between lines of text.
- Faux styles like bold and italic can be applied.
- Vertical and horizontal scaling can modify text appearance.
- Subscript and superscript options are available for selected text.
