Tutorial After Effects Basic Animation Text

How to create basic simple motion text in Adobe After Effects like this sample video

Step 1

To showing layer mode in Adobe After Effects, Right Click at Source Name on Timeline, then Select Columns - Modes.

Step 2

To creating a text can also use Right Click at Timeline area, then select New - Text.

Step 3

Type text as you want, sample here "Basic Animation Text".

1. Tab tool to change text size, space and color.

2. Tab tool to change text paragraph.

Step 4

Click drop down arrow icon layer Basic Animation Text - Click down arrow icon Transform - Position then click and activated Animation Key position. Now the animation key is show appearing in timeline bar.

Step 5

Move down text from center to out frame

Step 6

1. Move Timeline Guide to end position of frame line (5s).

2. Then move again text from out frame to center of frame like this picture below. So the Animation Key is appearing again in Adobe After Effects Timeline.

Step 7

For the test movie click play Time Controls Tool or by press keyboard space bar. Now you can see animation text from bottom out frame move to in frame of screen.

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For the best result, you can create variation and combination 3D Text Animation, Adobe After Effects CS, Adobe Flash CS and Autodesk 3D Studio Max like this demo.

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Tutorial After Effects Trapcode Shine

How to create Shine Effects animation, film and video like this movie

You can create this Effects with Adobe After Effects, but I'm familiar with old version from Adobe After Effects version 6.5. The basic Shine Effects I' will be so easily and quickly I create it in Adobe After Effects 6.5. But don't worry you can still use this tutorial too in Adobe After Effects CS Version.

CREATE SHINE EFFECTS TUTORIAL ADOBE AFTER EFFECTS

Step 1

First u create new composition by clicking Composition Menu > New Composition. Then change Composition Settings like picture below in red rectangle.

preset : PAL D1/DV, 720 x 576. pixel aspect ratio : D1/DV PAL (1.07) 4:3 and create duration for video 10 sec.

Step 2

Then appear video area in Adobe After Effects 6.5 work area, default color video is black color, this is composition.

Step 3

Click and use Text Toolbar to create text. Type sample text below "After Effects Shine FX".

Step 4

Still selected the text, then use menu Edit to Duplicate this text layer.

Step 5

1. Open Tab Tool Effects and Presets.

2. Then type name effects is "shine".

3. Drag shine effects to timeline layer (number 4).

Step 6

1. Then window effects settings is appearing. Use like this picture to create volume the shine, example ray length 7.0, Boost Light 4.0 and choose the Colorize mode None.

2. And change layer mode in timeline from Normal to Add Mode.

Step 7

1. This shine will be animate, then click to activate animation icon Source Point.

2. Drag move Source Point from center to left point, see picture below.

Step 8

1. Move timeline guide from first position (0sec) to second position (10sec).

2. Then move again the Source Point from left position to the right position.

Step 9

1. Then was finish creating Shine Effects with Adobe After Effects, for test video play with Tab Tool Time Controls.

2. Then export movie by render setting. Click menu Composition > Add To Render Queue, then use best setting from video as Render "DV Settings" and Output Module "Microsoft DV PAL 48kHz.

If you can't find Shine Effects in your Adobe After Effects, you can download this plugins then install and follow the installation instruction or you can also download this tutorial project file.

| Download Plugin | Download Project File |

For the best result, you can create 3D Animation with After Effects sample video like this.

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