Learn how to layer simple effects to create complex looking animated typography!

There's text pretty much everywhere you look, and today, so much of it is digital. This creates a huge opportunity that relatively few people are taking advantage of: adding animation to that text.

With animated typography, you can make your letters pop off the screen, literally or figuratively. You can catch people's eye and amplify your message.

There are so many uses for animated typography such as:

• Explainer videos
• Kinetic typography videos
• Music lyric videos
• Logos
• Lower thirds
• Title sequences
• Digital greeting cards
• Websites
• Digital signage
• Advertising
• Social media posts
• and more!

There are infinite ways to create eye catching animated typography, that are totally achievable.

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In this class you'll learn how to:

Create your text design in Adobe Illustrator, including how to:

• Create perfectly aligned and rounded letters
• Create ready to animate outlines and accents

Moving on to After Effects, you'll learn how to import and animate your main letter forms.

You'll also learn how to add fun animated flourishes like:

• Outlines
• Accents
• Bursts of confetti
• Dashed or dotted lines
• Multiple strokes
• Tube strokes

Plus you'll learn how to:

• Easily reverse your animation to animate letters out
• Efficiently copy effects to create other letters
• Plus tons of time-saving tips!

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20 Lessons (1h 38m)