Editing imported text

The text you imported isn’t currently editable in After Effects. You’ll change that so that you can control the type and apply animations. And if you have a sharp eye, you’ve noticed some typos in the imported text. So, first you’ll clean up the type.

1 Double-click the credits composition in the Project panel to open it in its own Timeline panel.

2 Shift-click to select both layers in the Credits Timeline panel, and choose Layer > Convert To Editable Text. (Click OK if you see a warning about missing fonts.) Now the text layers can be edited, and you can fix the typos.

3 Deselect both layers, and then double-click layer 2 in the Timeline panel to select the text and automatically switch to the Horizontal Type tool ().

4 Type an e between the t and d in the word animated. Then change the k to a c in documentary.

_ Note: The layer name does not change in the Timeline panel when you correct the spelling in the layer. This is because the original layer name was created in Photoshop. To change a layer’s name, select it in the Timeline panel, press Enter or Return, type the new name, and press Enter or Return again.

5 Switch to the Selection tool () to exit text-editing mode.

6 Shift-click to select both layers in the Timeline panel.

7 If the Character panel isn’t open, choose Window > Character to open it.

8 Choose the same typeface you used for the words Road Trip. (We used Myriad Pro.) Leave all other settings as they are.

9 Click an empty area of the Timeline panel to deselect both layers. Then select layer 2 again.

10 In the Character panel, click the Fill Color box. Then, in the Text Color dialog box, select a green color. We used R=66, G=82, B=42.

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