AfterEffects

Example: Use selectors to animate specific words

There are many ways to use selectors. This example shows how you can use them to limit an animation to a specific word.

Animating the skew values in the characters in the word Speeding

  1. Create a new composition.
  2. Create a new text layer with the words Speeding Saucer.
  3. Choose Animation > Animate Text > Skew.
  4. In the Timeline panel, set the Skew value to 35.
  5. Expand Range Selector 1.
  6. Make sure the current-time indicator is at 0 seconds and click the End stopwatch.
  7. In the Composition panel, drag both selector bars to the left side of the S in Speeding.
  8. Move the current-time indicator to 2 seconds and drag the right selector bar to the right side of the g in Speeding.
  9. Preview the composition.