AfterEffects

Example: Offset characters

This example illustrates how you can easily animate random characters so that they gradually form a legible word or phrase. To do this, specify a Character Offset value and animate the range selector.

Animating the offset values for the characters in the word Galaxy

  1. Create a new composition.
  2. Create a new text layer with the word Galaxy.
  3. Choose Animation > Animate Text > Character Offset.
  4. In the Timeline panel, set the Character Offset value to 5.
  5. Expand Range Selector 1.
  6. Click the Start stopwatch to set an initial keyframe at 0 seconds and set the value to 0%.
  7. Move the current-time indicator to 5 seconds and set the Start value to 100%.
  8. Set Character Alignment to Center.
  9. Preview the composition.