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Apply a texture to animated text layer
I am looking to have some text with a ‘grunge’ feel. Therefore I would like to apply a .JPG texture to an animated text layer in AE.
If this was photoshop I guess I would just create a text layer and use it as a clipping mask for the texture layer, but I can’t find a similar option in AE.
How should I go about this?
Thanks
Matt
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1 Reply
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Matt
You can add the JPG texture above the text layer. Then change the text layers track matte to either Luma Matte or Luma Inverted Matte. This will give you a grunge look, depending on your JPG layer.
You can tweak the grunge look by adding and messing around with the levels effect on your JPG layer. You can also move the JPG layer around in the comp thereby giving you different looks on the text layer.
This can also be done if you pre-comp your text layer and add the JPG above the text layer in the text pre-comp.
Either method works well, and sometimes, depending on the type of animation you are doing, one works better then the other to give you your desired effect.
Hope this helps.
Mark
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