To create a moving fill in text

[Steven L. gotz]

Gradient wipes are one way to do that. Use a custom gradient in the letter.

Another way is to use track mattes in motion. If you have After Effects 6.5 then you should have an effect for Write-On which can be used as well. There are lots of ways to skin that cat.

Steven
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[Tim Kolb]

I would personally opt for a track matte.

I’d make my title as white letters on a black (not transparent) back ground…use the rectangle tool to make a black rectangle that completely covers the background, then the white text on top…full white, no outlines or shadows.

Then I’d make the fill…whatever that would be in Photoshop as a large document and set up a track matte where the title was the tracking matte…HOWEVER,

….be sure to put your fill/key source document on it’s own sequence and do the move first…then use that sequence as the key source in the track matte key.

If you use the document directly, the matte will move with it.

TimK,

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