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Adjusting Timing for Text Animated Layer
I have a mult-layered comp and some of the layers namely 3 have the preset text animator Light and Optical/ Flash applied. This animation is moving too fast against my other layers is there a way i could slow down the animation without slowing down the whole comp. I noticed with this layer selected time-remapping is grayed-out in the layer menu?
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4 Replies
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You could precompose the layers with whatever preset you are using and then time remap/ time stretch them within the main composition.
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You know I thought about that Colin but when I put the the precomposed layers back into the comp will the position be current as it was prior to pre-comp or will I have to now reposition the pre-comp back to the way I had the text layers.? And Colin that time remap tool gets the best of me I read the tut by Stephen Schieler and I can not learn that tool any reference you might be aware of .
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I’m not sure as to what you mean by the “position being current” but if you pre-compose the text, the animation will look the exact same as before it was precomposed. The only difference is that the duration of the text layer will change but the animation will look the exact same and the timing will be the same.
As for time remapping resources try these…https://www.editorsguild.com/newsletter/JulAug03/tip_ae_time_remapping.html
https://www.creativecow.net/articles/preston_bryan/time_remapping/
The best way to learn how to use time remapping effectively is to read the online help and just play around with it and try out different keyframe interpolation types. Good luck!
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I don’t know from the top of my head if that preset used expressions, but if it doesn’t,
You can hit the U-key to expose all keyframes, select the all and then Alt-drag to time-stretch the keyframes, so drag it to the right to make the animation slower.
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