Animating Text - Adobe After Effects Tutorial

Jacquelin Vanderwood February 15, 2004   1 Below you can see we have imported the files and created a composition with them.   2 Begin by selecting the Bochrome layer.   3 The gray layer is the one we have selected.   4 We want to animate the position of the text graphic by using Position.   5 Go ahead and click on the clock to set the keyframe.   6 Adjust the settings to reflect the data below. This will move the graphic off the screen.   7 Move to frame 20.   8 Put a checkmark in the box next to position to set an new keyframe.   9 Reset the position number to 365. This moves the text back onto the screen.   10 Hit the Page Down button to move two frames forward.   11 Here is the settings for the first checked keyframe.    12 Second keyframe settings.   13 Third keyframe settings.   14 Now select the Bumble text layer.   15 Set a keyframe for the first position which is located at the 1 frame.   16 Page down to go forward in the frames until the previous animated text comes close to the present text we are working on, approximately the 8th frame.   17 Hit Page Down 4 times and set a new keyframe. Change the settings to 270.   18 Page down again 4 times and set a new keyframe. Adjust the setting to 283.   19 Change the setting to 348.   20 Page down 4 times and change the setting to 300.   21 Select the 5050 layer. Set a keyframe in Rotation at the last keyframe set above.   22 Set the rotation to +32. Page down again 4 times and set a new keyframe. Change it to 0.   23 Finally, hit the home key and press the Spacebar to watch the animation. Click below on the graphic to see an animated gif of the lesson.     Copyright 1198-2004, Jacquelin Vanderwood, All Rights Reserved