Mastering Text Animations in After Effects

Understand the logic of text animation in After Effects by using a text layer’s animator and range selector to drive position and opacity with keyframes.

Explore eight inspiration sites for text animation and motion graphics, including Dribbble, Behance, Vimeo, Motion Array, Motion Design Awards, Pinterest, and VideoHive, with tips to avoid copying.

Learn to use the Animation Composer plugin for After Effects to apply text animations quickly with presets for animate characters, lines, and words, and double-click to apply.

Create a minimal text animation in after effects using two animators to drive position, opacity, tracking, and stroke width for the word 'creative' within a 1920 by 180, 10-second composition.

Create a new composition named main animation with a 1920 by 180 frame size, 30 fps, and a ten-second duration to begin an elegant text animation.

Discover built-in After Effects text presets to animate in and out, including fade up characters and 3D text, and tailor timing with keyframes.

Create your first lower third animation in After Effects by building a logo and text block in a 1920 by 180 composition, then animate with trim path and alpha mask.

Create a second lower third animation in after effects by building star shapes, applying a linear gradient fill and stroke, and animating trim paths, offsets, and alpha mask.

Learn to animate lower thirds in After Effects by shaping position keyframes, using the graph editor to craft motion, applying masks and text reveals with set matte and alpha mask.

Build a compelling lower third in After Effects by creating a main text animation with gradient shapes, stroke accents, trim paths, and alpha masks.

Learn to build a title animation in After Effects using shape layers, color changes, keyframes, and a glow drop shadow, with text reveal and null object parenting for dynamic motion.

Master techniques for dazzling title animations in After Effects using the Saber plugin, including text setup, beam effects, color stacking, gradient ramp, fractal noise, and glow enhancements.

Craft a glitchy title animation in after effects using multiple stacked text layers, scale wipe, find edge, time displacement, and fractal noise with glow.

Create a cartoon title animation in After Effects, featuring a gradient background, bouncing letters, motion blur options, and posterized time to achieve a 24 fps cartoon look.

Create a dynamic text animation in After Effects by building per-letter stroke paths, applying trim paths, rounding corners, and revealing the word 'motion' with layered fills.

Create dynamic text animations in After Effects by building a multi-layer composition, animating letters with keyframes, easing, and a circular arrangement using expressions.

In After Effects, build a main composition and animate individual letters with keyframes, easing, and bounce, using shapes, gradients, and a tinted background for a polished text animation.

Master text animations in After Effects by building a multi-layer word reveal with strokes, trims, alpha masks, and glow, using masks, fractal noise, and color changes.

Learn to create an abstract text animation in After Effects by building a main composition, applying turbulence displacement, masking, and color fills, and refining with keyframes and drop shadows.

Master abstract text animation in After Effects by building a layered leaf flower motif with 3D transformations, ramp textures, bevel emboss, and looped rotation.

Create kinetic typography in after effects using masks, path edits, 3d elements, gradient fills, and camera-driven animation with keyframes and depth of field.

Build a kinetic typography sequence in after effects by creating 3d text layers, animating x-position and rotation with keyframes, duplicating and parenting them, and using a camera for looping motion.

Master kinetic typography in After Effects by building 3D text strips, animating with masks and strokes, syncing camera motion, keyframes, and tint effects with depth of field.

Master kinetic typography in After Effects by building a looping text strip with 3D layers, bend effects, tint swaps, and synchronized rotations.