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 a path to be created first.
- Masks are paths but do not create transparency.
- Margins in After Effects are labeled as first and last.
- Alignments affect how margins work in text settings.
- Keyframe text properties for animation effects.
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