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  have a mask anim – want text to scroll down it without having to re-keyframe

  Posted by Anthony S mcgrath on September 6, 2005 at 4:10 pm

  I’ve got a simple 3 point mask a-b-c ..it forms a simple L shape mask

  I’m using the render/stroke command to paint a stroke down it.

  I now want to animate some text travelling along the line but staying horizontal as opposed to following the line.

  I need to be able to keyframe the L shape mask and have the text dynamically update to the mask shape as it scrolls down the mask. Is this possible?

  It sounds impossible – I was hoping digital anarchy might help me out but I keep getting invalid parameters when I use the path option in their plugins 🙁

  Filip Vandueren replied 20 years, 8 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Filip Vandueren

  September 7, 2005 at 12:29 pm

  Should be simple enough:

  1. Just create a text-layer
  2. Creat your three point mask
  3. Set Text → Path Options → Path: to your Mask
  4. Set Text → Path Options → Perpendicular to Path: to Off
     That should keep the letters upright.
  5. depending on your situation, you can also set Force Alignment to On, or use plenty of tracking to keep the letters spaced apart.
  6. Animate your mask
  7. Animate the First MArgin / Last Margin parameters to get the text to scroll along the path.
     If you have Force Alignment On, you’ll have to use both at the same time.
  8. Set the stroke effect directly on the text-layer
  9. You might need some base-line shift to give some distance between letters and line.

  

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