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  • How to Stand out some portion of text dinamically?

    Posted by Diego Gogni on May 30, 2006 at 2:00 pm

    I have a text (solid\effect\basic text) and I want that “always seen” effect that a light goes through the word popping up some letter while the effect go from the very first to the last one…

    I tried masking but can’t figure it out to do it

    Mabe if I put 2 layes with the same text but one more bright? and the applied the mask?

    Thanx to all!

    Diego Gogni replied 19 years, 11 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Deadittex

    May 30, 2006 at 2:06 pm

    Text layer > 3d > light layer ambient light lower this lights intensisity until the image is where you want the Always seen lext to be as far as brightness > New light (This time a spot light ) condence the Cone of the light until it wil only effect one letter at a time pan it from letter to letter… if the spill is going onto other letters you might try supilcating your text layer crateing an alpha matte from it so that you now have a solid with the letters cut out… then place the cut out letters over the original letters that the light is effecting, then simply make the cut out layer 2 D so the light will not effect it this will rid you of spill… this is of course only if you are trying to get the effect I think you are… ?

    ‘The wheel weaves’

  • Diego Gogni

    May 30, 2006 at 2:54 pm

    What I’m doing is creating 2 Solid(with Text Effect) layers
    Every one with diff color, and then adding a mask and animating the mask

    This works ok IF I use New\Layer|text

    But that doesn

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