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Hands-On Motion Graphics with Adobe After Effects CC
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Hands-On Motion Graphics with Adobe After Effects CC

by David Dodds
April 2019
Beginner to intermediate
318 pages
2h 34m
English
Packt Publishing
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The type tool

The type tool is one of the most versatile tools in After Effects. Its a nondestructive way to create type and edit many different ways. Animated type is one of the tools that sets this program apart from many other programs:

  1. We will begin by selecting the type tool in the top tool panel.
  2. Next click in your comp to add type in the main comp. This immediately creates a text layer in your composition. Make sure your type layer is on the top of all your other layers.
  3. Look to the left you will find some of your type tool options.
  4. You change the color of your type by selecting the fill color option, the box to the right of your font.
  5. To adjust the scale of your text shit the shortcut S for scale and adjust this as you would any ...
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