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Luisa Winters

Instructor and consultant for Adobe products

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Create text

Create, manipulate, and animate text in a composition.

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Learning Outcomes:

  • Create Point and Paragraph text in After Effects.
  • Add text to a path using masks.

Level: Intermediate

Skills you'll gain:

After Effects, Text, Animation, Masking

Key Insights

  • Point text is created by clicking and typing.
  • Paragraph text requires dragging a text box.
  • Text behavior differs between Point and Paragraph text.
  • Text on a path requires the text layer first.
  • Margins in After Effects are referred to as left and right.
  • Force alignment affects how text aligns on a path.
  • Keyframe animations can be applied to text margins.
  • Understanding text types helps streamline design workflows.

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