Create Hypnotic Text Effects in After Effects!

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Welcome to another exciting Adobe After Effects tutorial! 🎉 In this video, we'll dive deep into designing and animating captivating kinetic typography using the word "Sonder." You'll learn how to create a mesmerizing text animation where duplicate layers smoothly follow the main text with a delayed position animation, resulting in a fluid and hypnotic motion.
What You'll Learn:
Setting Up the Composition: Create a 1080x1080 composition ideal for social media platforms.
Designing the Text: Choose your favorite font and style your text to stand out.
Animating with Keyframes: Apply simple keyframes to bring your text to life.
Using Expressions: Implement expressions to control the position and delay of duplicate layers.
Slider Control Mastery: Use a Slider Control for easy adjustment of animation timing.
Creating Upward and Downward Motions: Duplicate compositions to add dynamic movement.
Global Adjustments: Add an Adjustment Layer for effortless color and delay control.

Expression Used in the Tutorial:

// Define the delay based on the Slider Control on another layer
delayInFrames = thisComp.layer("Sonder_Text_Comp 2").effect("Slider Control")("Slider");

// Convert delay from frames to seconds
delayTime = delayInFrames * thisComp.frameDuration;

// Calculate the time offset for each layer
timeOffset = (thisComp.numLayers - index) * delayTime;

// Specify the target layer to follow
targetLayer = thisComp.layer("Sonder_Text_Comp 3");

// Apply the delayed position value from the target layer
targetLayer.position.valueAtTime(time - timeOffset);

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By the End of This Tutorial:

You'll have a fully customisable kinetic text animation that's perfect for enhancing your motion graphics projects. Plus, you'll gain valuable skills in expressions and animation techniques within After Effects.

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