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Help with the Emerge Text Preset
OK, So I was checking out the new presets inside of AE7 and I tried most of the text presets and all of them worked great! The one that I couldnt get to work is “Emerge.ffx”. It is in Presets > Text > Lights and Optical.
It adds in keyframes, but does not do anything to the text to show the example they show.
Side Question: I was also wondering if you can make your own text presets? Or is there a site with other ones?
Thanks for your help!
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6 Replies
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For the Emerge Text preset to work you need to give the text a stroke and no fill.
You can make your own text presets. Just set up your keyframes, select the text layer and choose ANIMATION > SAVE ANIMATION PRESET. I keep an alias of my personal preset library inside the Presets folder located in the AE application folder. That way I can easily back up the original folder easily.JD
John Dickinson
Motionworks
http://www.motionworks.com.au -
Thanks for the reply, but the example that is shown in the browse presets window has the text appearing and it is fulling filled in, no strokes. Am in missing a step from what you stated?
I created a text layer, Typed in text, Added a Stroke in the Character Pallet, and Applied the Emerge preset.
–All that does is makes the preset stroke go away.Please help me out again. Thanks!
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Yes, I see what you mean. I’ve had a look at it and haven’t been able to work it out yet. It may be something I need to report to Adobe.
JD
John Dickinson
Motionworks
http://www.motionworks.com.au -
has anyone gotten this damn emerge thing to work? i have it working if I use an opacity fill, but it in the preset it looks like each letter emerges unevenly, which I want. this just makes each letter appear
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On a black background, set the stroke black and fill it with white; it works.
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To get Emerge working, after applying the preset, go to your Text properties, then go to your Animator properties, ADD a Stroke Opacity of 100% and a Stroke Color of your choice. Once that is completed that should allow emerge to work like it should.
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