AfterEffects

Example: Animate characters with per-character 3D properties

This example illustrates how you can easily animate individual characters in 3D so that each character steps out of line and takes a bow.

  1. Create a new composition.
  2. Create a new text layer with the word ovation.
  3. Choose Animation > Animate Text > Enable Per-character 3D.
  4. Choose Animation > Animate Text > Position.
  5. Choose Animation > Animate Text > Rotation.
  6. In the Timeline panel, in the Animator group, set the X Rotation property to 45, and set the Position value to (0.0, 0.0, -100.0).
  7. Expand Range Selector 1.
  8. Click the stopwatch icon for the Offset property to set an initial keyframe with the value at 0 seconds.
  9. Set the Offset property value to -15%.
  10. Set the End property value to 15%.
  11. Move the current-time indicator to 10 seconds, and set the Offset value to 100%.
  12. Press the R key to show the Rotation properties for the entire layer.
  13. Set the Y Rotation value for the layer to -45. This rotates the entire layer so that you can more easily see the 3D motion of the characters.
  14. Preview the composition.