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  Questions about a tutorial

  Posted by Ryan Basels on April 17, 2009 at 7:52 pm

  Hello,

  I’m new with a EA and I want to make an Typography video. Now I have found this nice tutorial: https://ae.tutsplus.com/tutorials/motion-graphics/design-rhythmic-motion-typography-in-after-effects/ But I have a few questions about it. Hopefully you guys can help me out.

  At 4:06 (minute) he start to make the font bigger but he does that in the panel itself why I have to do right mouse click – transform – scale. His way is much easier but he does not explain how I can do that. I tried double clicking on the layer and everything but I do not get that scale thing. Could please somebody tell me how that is done?

  At 7:56 (minute) He start to animate but I do not get the “HERE” part flying in at all. Could you please explain me how this is done, step by step because the guy explaining goes way to fast.

  Thank you for helping me.

  Ryan

  Simon Bonner replied 17 years, 1 month ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Simon Bonner

  April 20, 2009 at 5:08 pm

  Hi Eric,

  Q1:

  To get the scale property for a layer in the timeline panel, select that layer and hit S on your keyboard. Also, R will reveal rotation, T will reveal opacity, U (or is it UU?) will reveal all the properties you have modified from their default.

  You can show multiple properties at once by holding SHIFT while hitting the second or third keys, e.g. P, SHIFT+S, SHIFT+T will reveal position, scale and opacity properties.

  An alternative is to use the triangle ‘twirly’ for the layer to display the transform properties.

  Q2:

  He is animating the Z position property. All layers have an X and Y position by default (left and right, up and down). If you check the 3d box for the layer you will also get a Z position property (backwards and forwards). If you can’t see the 3d switch, hit F4. Alter the Z position property for the layer by ‘scrubbing’ the value in the timeline, or hovering the cursor over the object’s coloured arrows in the project panel until you see the Z appear, then click and drag so it moves towards or away from the camera. Holding down ctrl while you scrub / push will slow the incremental change in the value so you can make refined alterations.

  Hope this answers your questions.

  Simon Bonner

  youtube.com/simonsaysfx

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