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13 Set the Y Rotation value for the layer to -45, rotating the entire layer so that you can more easily see the 3D motion
of the characters.
14 Preview the composition.
Example: Offset characters
This example illustrates how you can easily animate random characters so that they gradually form a legible word or
phrase by specifying a Character Offset value and animating the range selector.
Animating the offset values for the characters in the word Galaxy
1 Create a new composition.
2 Create a new text layer with the word Galaxy.
3 Choose Animation > Animate Text > Character Offset.
4 In the Timeline panel, set the Character Offset value to 5.
5 Expand Range Selector 1.
6 Click the Start stopwatch to set an initial keyframe at 0 seconds and set the value to 0%.
7 Move the current-time indicator to 5 seconds and set the Start value to 100%.
8 Set Character Alignment to Center.
9 Preview the composition.
More Help topics
“Create a composition” on page 55
“Enter point text” on page 343
“Text selectors” on page 358
“Set or add keyframes” on page 214
“Preview video and audio” on page 195
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