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  • Animating Drop Shadow and Bevel with Light Sweep

    Posted by Mason Kaplan on June 21, 2017 at 2:53 am

    Hello again,

    I have another question that I can’t seem to figure out.

    I am adding a light sweep to my titles and I want the light sweep to look as though it is creating a drop shadow and bevel for every letter as it goes by.

    How am I able to do this so that the drop shadow and bevel only animate simultaneously with the light sweeping crosshair? Or would I have to literally create a separate title for each letter?

    Many many thanks!

    Daniel Waldron replied 9 years, 1 month ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • Daniel Waldron

    June 21, 2017 at 12:59 pm

    Use an adjustment layer. Mask out a narrow section, add your effects, and animate the position to move across the text.

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