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    Revealing/hiding text through video elements

    Posted by Anthony Mrad on May 2, 2015 at 10:50 am

    Hi

    I’m trying to do the following effect: like this video for example: (between 8 and 12 seconds)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqGSjB3x0nk

    But I want instead to reveal text when a car passes…then Hide the text when another car passes

    I tried to figure out how to do it with masks…I created a sequence in after effects,
    -put the video as the bottom layer.
    -Added text above
    -duplicated my video
    -placed on top of the text layer
    -masked the area where the action happens

    The effect works but the text gets hidden all at once (without a revealing effect)

    questions:

    any idea how to do it?

    should I add single letters and add opacity key-frames to hide/reveal ?

    I would be very appreciative for your support

    Regards
    Anthony

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    Anthony Mrad replied 11 years, 4 months ago 52,760 Members · 1 Reply
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  • Anthony Mrad

    May 3, 2015 at 9:12 am

    Dave!
    Thanks for not helping me 😀 hehe

    I figured it out! I added key-frames for the Mask Path

    I really appreciate your advice (Better to think it through so the learning sticks rather than be told… especially when you’re so close.)

    Regards,
    Anthony

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