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  • trying to create a text animation character by character

    Posted by Guillaume D’harcourt on April 4, 2019 at 9:55 am

    Hi all,

    So, i’m trying to create a text animation like the one of Super smash Bros Ultimate, which can be seen at the end of this video (from1.02): https://youtu.be/w3Gt42kVgCw?t=62

    So the first way I did it was by converting my text into shape layer, and animating each shape independently.

    But my problem with this method is that if I want to change my text, I have to manually convert each letter into shape layer and animate them again.

    So I tried to recreate this animation with a Text layer. I animate my text using the size animation tool of after effect :

    But of course, this way, the whole text is animated at the same time. And I want it to be each character separately, with randomisation. Is this possible ?
    Thanks a lot!

    19 years old french guy, sorry if mistake in my message

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    Guillaume D’harcourt replied 7 years, 1 month ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Oleg Pirogov

    April 4, 2019 at 11:00 am

    If you are ok with manually animating each character’s animation, you can make a Sélecteur de plage for each of them and setting each of them to select just one character. Would probably be easier, if you set Units=Index in Advance settings.

    If you are not, Wiggly Selector may give you the randomization you want and Expression Selector – the control you (possibly) want, but the details of the technique depend on what animation precisely you want to make.

  • Guillaume D’harcourt

    April 4, 2019 at 11:50 am

    [Oleg Pirogov] “If you are ok with manually animating each character’s animation, you can make a Sélecteur de plage for each of them and setting each of them to select just one character. Would probably be easier, if you set Units=Index in Advance settings.”

    I get It, and I think Iwill do this way. I don’t have enought knowledge with expression to be able to do what I want…

    19 years old french guy, sorry if mistake in my message

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