Applying this expression only to the Z axis “” gives our word a push to a random position. This expression creates a variable called “offset,” which contains a randomization script “wiggle” that allows a property to offset up to 1000 pixels, but 0 times per second-meaning that there’s no movement. Option-click (PC: Alt-click) on the property’s stopwatch, and in the resulting text field in the Timeline, key in the following, pressing Enter when done: offset = wiggle(0,1000), anchorPoint, offset] On the keyboard, press the period key (.) a couple of times to zoom in, then press A to reveal the layer’s Anchor Point property. In the Timeline panel, click the 3D Layer switch for the type layer, then in the Comp panel, click Active Camera and switch to Custom View 1. When you’re finished, go back to the main selection tool and adjust the Baseline Shift value (–) of the type until it appears centered vertically over its anchor point. For our design, the “light” words will be in Trade Gothic Bold Condensed (lower case), 36 pt, with Optical kerning. Ensure that the color of your type is black (RGB), then adjust the font, size, tracking, and kerning to your own style. If you don’t see the Character palette, click the small palette icon to the right of all the tools in the Toolbox. Type in the first word (“Love” in our example) and press Enter on the keyboard to exit text-editing mode. With the Timeline or Comp panel selected, go to Layer>New>Text to add a new text layer (this ensures that the layer is centered in the comp). With the whole “opposites” idea, we want to construct a mass of words that are opposites.
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[ If you’d like to download the images used in this tutorial to practice these techniques, visit STEP 1 Background Type ElementĪs always, we need to start somewhere, and so we’ll start with a simple text element. The specs for this project are an NTSC square-pixel composition (720×540), 29.97 frames per second, 8 seconds long, with a background color of white. With the theme of “Opposites Attract,” I think you’ll find quite a few attractive options here to use in your future After Effects work.
Using a combination of type, 3D layers, repetitive expressions, parenting, and masking, a very striking title sequence can be created from a very few elements. A project we recently created at Energi for the Type group at Adobe yielded some tips and techniques that were so much fun that I thought I would share them with you.
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