Hello people, and welcome! Let's see together how to create and manage
text with
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Let's suppose to have this simple video background. In case you have to do with
complex projects, with compositions one inside another,
that has to contain text.
by the timeline at the moment.
To create text, simply search for the
above. If you hold your click for a while, you have a sublist. You can choose
between the
orientation
if you want to type from up to down.
Then simply work with the
This is going to define the text contours. A
composes a layer called
is usually the first part of the text content, with the characteristic
When the text creation is in progress or simply vacant, you may see an
text layer
When the box is created, simply type in.
or the content won't be shown fully.
the text content is shown up.
You can use the text box to manage it fast. If you
will become a
the text box to move it. This will move the content related as well.
You can create more text boxes on the same comp of course. Simply select a
different layer from the timeline and create another text box before typing in.
You can come back editing text simply clicking on the text box interested with
the
The text inside can be fully personalized using the
don't find it, you can open it going to
Select first the text interested
length and width for each letter. You can add
to the
The two squares on the right are used to rule the
Fill Color
click on them to choose the color.
You can set
to the filling or the stroke, and then click on the small square with a
This square means
There is also the
use a large text content only.
As said before,
It behaves just like image clips, that have visible parts and no sound. So you
can hide, lock it, move and stretch it across the timeline. You can add effects and
keyframes through the
select it and cut it
However, you have some effects that are available just for the text.
A part from the Transform section, you have, inside
keyframes, you can change the content inside the text layer in time, for
example to make captions on a video.
To get help with
Next to
can add some basic quick effects to change the aspect of the text content, fixed
ones, or edited in time through the
through this button next to
followed by a number. Each of these
that can be all turned on or off through the
effects inside the same Animator will obey to the
Animator, that will have its same characteristic number. The
used to apply all effects inside the related Animator
in a way totally customizable. This can be understood easily watching the
You have two sort of
the right one the
by the Animator effects where this Range Selector is.
selection can be edited in time, or be smoothed too. Try this when you are a little
more expert.
The
apply all the effects of that Animator to the whole text content of the layer.
To create more
with no Animators seclected.
there. You can also use
This is all! Check the following video to know how to turn this text in