[John Cuevas]

Precomp your text, apply Blur to the precomp.

Johnny Cuevas, Editor
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[John Cuevas]

Are you talking about when he says “draw another line and transition out of here”? You could just use two lines, and the CC Light Wipe effect. Just turn the Intensity to 0. Just match the lines position to the timing of the effect completion.

You could also use masks, track mattes…

Since you new to AE, I suggest you take a stop at Getting started with After Effects (CS4, CS5, CS5.5, CS6, & CC)

Johnny Cuevas, Editor
Thinkck.com

“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
—THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.

[John Cuevas]

For the following each limb, you need to track them. AE has built in Motion Tracking, Mocha(third party software bundled with AE) does an even better job of tracking(tad more complicated to use). You can also hand track. Some people will use the beam effect to link the points.

Beam effect tutorial:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elHqinIm4RI

Another method is to use this name your price script called Connect Layers

Johnny Cuevas, Editor
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—THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.

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[John Cuevas]

There are some tips/tricks you could use from this set of tutorials(older, but techniques still work). Weather Replacement

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Thinkck.com

“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
—THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.

[John Cuevas]

With out seeing the hierarchy of the template you purchased, it’s impossible to tell you exactly what you need to do extend it.

You could try contacting the author of the composition and ask him. If that doesn’t work, I’d be willing to take a look at the composition. Upload it to a file sharing service—send me a link at johnnycuevas@netscape.net

Johnny Cuevas, Editor
Thinkck.com

“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
—THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.

[John Cuevas]

I would call that exactly kinetic typography. All the monkey products are good, but moving them seamlessly from one phrase to the next can be tough(though doable).

For something like that video though, I would just put my head down and do the work and plug & chug. Copy and paste each word to a new layer, add camera, do moves.

Lots of great tutorials on youtube, lynda, vimeo on Kinetic Typography: https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=kinetic+typography+tutorial&tbm=vid

Here’s one that I think does a particularly good job at illustrating the technique: https://cgi.tutsplus.com/tutorials/design-rhythmic-motion-typography-in-after-effects–ae-265

Johnny Cuevas, Editor
Thinkck.com

“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
—THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.

[John Cuevas]

Not sure this is the best way to do it, but I just made a little test using CC mercury as a bottom layer to produce some droplets. Top layer, CC Blobbylize that was using a simple fractal noise to drive it, came out pretty nice, might give you some ideas to use.

Here’s my quick project: 8291_meltingwebpagefolder.zip

Johnny Cuevas, Editor
Thinkck.com

“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
—THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.

[John Cuevas]

don’t need to twirl to all to properties, just set up the expression for one layer. Then right-click the property and select “copy expression only”. The select all the layers you want to add it to and “cntl-v”. Done.

Johnny Cuevas, Editor
Thinkck.com

“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
—THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.

[John Cuevas]

That is brilliant.

Johnny Cuevas, Editor
Thinkck.com

“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
—THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.

[John Cuevas]

The path I followed was the internship route, got to work plenty for free, but I was working. And eventually, got to learn, use and actually edit real videos. If you are dedicated & persistent enough, convince a local production company to let you in the door. A lot of what you will do will be grunt work, but good production houses will also teach at the same time.

Johnny Cuevas, Editor
Thinkck.com

“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
—THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.