Previewing the scale animation

Animating with scale keyframes

The text layer was scaled to more than 200% when you applied the Fit To Comp command to it earlier in this lesson. Now, you’ll animate the layer’s scale so that the type gradually shrinks down to its original size.

1 In the Timeline panel, move the current-time indicator to 3:00.

2 Select the Road Trip text layer, and press the S key to reveal its Scale property.

3 Click the stopwatch icon () to add a Scale keyframe at the current time (3:00).

4 Move the current-time indicator to 5:00.

5 Reduce the layer’s Scale values to 100, 100%. After Effects adds a new Scale keyframe at the current time.

Now, preview the change.

1 Move the current-time indicator to 5:10, and press N to set the end of the work area. The scale animation ends shortly before 5:10.

2 Watch a RAM preview of the animation from 0:00 to 5:10. The movie title fades in and then scales to a smaller size.

_ Tip: You can experiment with text scale animation presets, included with After Effects. They’re located in the Presets/Text/ Scale folder in the After Effects CS5 folder on your hard drive.

3 Press the spacebar to stop playback after you’ve viewed the animation.

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