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, Character Settings
Key Insights
- Use the character and paragraph panels for text adjustments.
- Select text to apply changes in After Effects.
- Scrubby numbers allow dynamic changes to font size.
- Kerning adjusts space between two characters for clarity.
- Tracking modifies space between all characters in a text.
- Letting controls the vertical space between lines of text.
- Typography focuses on making text easy to read.
- Faux styles like bold and italic can be applied.
- Use subscript and superscript for specific text formatting.
- Selecting text is crucial for effective editing.
