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Summary: Make the text look professional on your videos. Learn how to adjust text files using Adobe After Effects software in this free video editing tutorial from a film production professor.
John Carstarphen is an experienced independent filmmaker, screenwriter, animator and teacher. His work as a writer/director has been seen in international film festivals including...read more
"And, once you select your text, you'll notice that it covers up what you just had. Well, let's go back to the Effects Palette which is over here in the Project window. There's a Project tab and right next to it is an Effects Control tab. And so we will Composite the text on the original by checking that box. We can change the fill color. We can change the size of the font. We can change the tracking of the font, so that it compresses or expands. And all of these parameters, including the fill color are animatable. So, we can begin here with our tracking, and change it to that. So that the letters expand as the animation happens."
eHow Article: Text Properties in Adobe After Effects