Autodesk Combustion 4 Fundamentals Courseware

Animatina Text

Lesson 9

In this lesson, create text animations by setting text on a path, using the timecode, and creating a text roll.

Overview

Text objects, like Paint objects, are vector-based and do not degrade when scaled. Unlike other objects, the text objects have highly diverse set of attributes, such as face, outline and shadow. Once a text object is created and animated, the text features can be edited. Create and animate text objects on a path, add a Timecode generator, and create a text roll similar to movie credits.

In this lesson:

• Loop footage so it plays for the entire clip.

• Add a text operator to the composite.

• Adjust the text ...