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typewriter effect for right to left languages
How can I change the typewriter effect that exists in after effects presets to start typing from the right of screen to the left with cursor blinking if possible or if you suggest something better i would appreciate it.
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Revealing right to left can be done with some simple changes to the ‘range selector’ in the typewriter effect.
Apply the typewriter preset to your text then in the timeline toggle down Text > Animator1 > Range Selector 1.
You should have two keyframes under ‘start’ from 0% to 100%. Delete these keyframes and add two new ones under ‘End’ going from 100% to 0%. Text should now be typed on from right to left.
(Then if you’re going to use this effect a lot save it as your own preset – click on ‘Animator1’ then go to the Animation menu > Save animation preset. Call it what you like and save it under the text presets folder. Now you can apply it in the same way as the original typewriter effect.)
As for the blinking cursor, that’s harder to do – but there’s been a couple of discussions about it here before, so search around and you should find some advice.
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Here’s a Community Help search for ‘blinking cursor’ that pulls up several threads about making and using a blinking cursor.
The “Examples of text animation” page has a link to a video tutorial by Rhys Enniks that goes into this in quite a lot of detail.
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