more on the interlacing

[Raine Parrish]

Hi ya V.
Plugging away on this prmo- gotta do a simple dissolving text- never done it before. Did a quick search on the AE but nothing came up- by any chance do you know of any tutorials?
Just need some numbers to dissolve up then a beat and expand a bit as they dissolve.
Thanks much!
rp

[Vincent Rosati]

Hey Raine – If you’re using a text layer and just looking to dissolve it in AE, could you go into the layer’s Transform options and keyframe the Opacity?
Or are you creating the text another way?

As far as animating the text, if it is a text layer, I’d look into the Animation Presets/Text list in the Effects tab and see if there’s anything you could use.

Or, you could always keyframe the animation as well. You could keyframe the size of the type, or the type tracking which is a nice effect (it’s the AV with the arrows underneath it in the Character tab). Track the type up to like 200 as it fades out.

Maybe enable Motion Blur too.

Are you comfortable with keyframing?

I hope all is moving along on your path to video greatness!

Vince

[Raine Parrish]

Hi V
Thanks for reply- great as always.
I ended up doing a simple dissolve up and a couple keyframes later dissolve down.
Now I have to recut the footage into a PR piece- so it’s changing a bit- I think I need to throw a glow on the text as it comes up and down. Haven’t tried yet- but maybe Starglow will work?
How’s everything going your way?
Getting hit with the last snowstorm of the year right now.
Yikes.
rp

[Vincent Rosati]

Starglow looks really nice. I haven’t used it, but I have used Trapcode: Shine, they have really great plugins. The examples at Trapcode’s site are awesome.
Things are going pretty well. I’ve been in production-type graphics for the past few years, but I’m starting in a consultation/design position in a few weeks. 🙂
Are you doing video animation professionally?

Vince

[Raine Parrish]

Hi V.
Thanks for the reply. Sounds like you’ve got some great stuff going on. Congrats on the new gig.
I’ve worked on a lot of commercial sets, gearing up to direct an indie feature. I dabble in just about everything creative! But not a pro- just know enough to be a danger to myself!
I can’t remember- did you post a link to your new gig?
rp