Create text
Create, manipulate, and animate text in a composition.
Learning Outcomes:
- Create point and paragraph text in compositions.
- Add text to a path effectively.
Level: Intermediate
Skills you'll gain:
After Effects, Text, Animation, Masking
Key Insights
- Point text is created by clicking and typing directly.
- Paragraph text requires dragging to create a text box.
- Text behavior differs between point and paragraph text.
- Text on a path requires the text layer to be created first.
- Masks can be used to create paths for text.
- Margins in After Effects are labeled as first and last but function as left and right.
- Aligning text affects how margins behave in animations.
- Keyframe animations can be applied to text margins.
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