[Robin Lewis]

The first thing to do is check that the layer is on and make sure that is isn’t a guide layer.

Is the missing layer visible in your final comp and when you preview it but just not in the final render?

[Robin Lewis]

When I am asked to provide content to be edited in FCP it is pretty much always specified to be Pro Res 422 at 100% quality.

That should give you the quality you need. But I should point out that I am not experienced enough myself with FCP to know if there is a better format for importing. Perhaps someone else could give a little more insight.

Hope that helps,

Robin

[Robin Lewis]

Sorry could you provide a little more information.

Are you struggling to get the photoshop text to have a clear background in After Effects or are you wanting to export from after effects with a transparent background?

Thanks,
Robin

[Robin Lewis]

Hi,

I dont know what level of experience you have with AE so I apologies if I break this down too much.

Firstly I would suggest you look at typography tutorials. They will undoubtably help a lot with both creating this and allow you to create a wider range of looks for your client (if they want them).

The first thing you need to do is create some text (you’ll need to do this one word at a time).

Make sure the ancor point is level with the bottom of your text.

Then go to the scale transform setting for the text.

You will need to click the little chain icon next to the scale setting to allow you to change the x and y values independently.

Then pick the second (y) value and set it to 0 and add a key frame.

Go forwards about 10-15 frames and set the y value to 100 (it will automatically add a keyframe)

This will give you the basic look of it. To add some of the style that the video has there are a couple more steps.

Firstly you want to easy ease in the second keyframe. Do this by right clicking on the second diamond in the timeline and going to keyframe assistant – Easy Ease In.

You then need to add motion blur by clicking the motion blur tick box for the layer (the box on the left of the 3 next to the layer name) and turn motion blur on for the composition by clicking the motion blur button at the top of the time line. The motion blur icon looks like a ball moving fast (blury).

So that will give you the text animating on as you like. To make it move about the screen as in the video you will need to make the text 3D layers and use a camera (make sure auto orientation is off for the camera)

You will then just need to play around with the position of the camera to get the look your after. I really would suggest you do a search for some typography tutorials for this. There are plenty out there and will be very beneficial to you.

Hope that helps,

Robin