Uploaded October 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Learn how to create amazing animated text effects in After Effects with Jess Riley.
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Welcome to our comprehensive tutorial on text animation in Adobe After Effects. Whether you're a beginner looking to craft compelling titles for your videos or a seasoned editor aiming to add more dynamic typography to your projects, we've got you covered. In this video, we'll explore:

• how to create shapes from text
• easing and the graph editor
• how to animate text paths in After Effects
• and much more

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00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:29 Overview of the animation
00:00:53 How to create shapes from text in After Effects
00:02:29 Moving your anchor points with the Pan Behind tool
00:03:41 Working with null layers
00:05:51 Start with the global movement
00:07:00 Easing and the graph editor
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00:10:25 Animating the starbursts
00:15:26 Timing out your animation
00:20:30 Working smart in order to create seamless loops
00:24:55 Animating text paths—what you came here for!
00:32:49 Adding some animation offset and randomness with keyframes
00:36:16 Creating some shadow effects
00:39:44 Adding some final finishing touches - texture!

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