Skewing the range of text

Now, make that middle name shake and shimmy by setting Skew keyframes.

1 Drag the Skew Animator’s Skew value left and right, and notice that only the middle name sways. The other names in the line of text remain steady.

2 Set the Skew Animator’s Skew value to 0.

3 Go to 8:05, and click the stopwatch icon () for Skew to add a keyframe to the property.

4 Go to 8:08, and set the Skew value to 50. After Effects adds a keyframe.

5 Go to 8:15, and change the Skew value to -50. After Effects adds another keyframe.

6 Go to 8:20, and change the Skew value to 0 to set the final keyframe.

7 Click the Skew property name to select all of the Skew keyframes. Then choose Animation > Keyframe Assistant > Easy Ease. This adds an Easy Ease to all keyframes.

8 Drag the current-time indicator across the time ruler from 7:10 to 8:20 to see how the director’s name fades in and expands onscreen, and the middle name rocks side to side while the other names are unaffected.

9 Hide the properties for the Your Name Here layer in the Timeline panel.

10 Select the Road_Trip_Title_Sequence tab to open its timeline.

11 Press End, or move the current-time indicator to 9:29. Then press N to set the end bracket for the work area at the end of the composition.

12 Press Home or go to 0:00, and then play a RAM preview of the entire composition.

13 Press the spacebar to stop playback, and then choose File > Save to save your work.

_ Tip: To quickly remove all text animators from a text layer, select the layer in the Timeline panel and choose Animation > Remove All Text Animators. To remove only one animator, select its name in the Timeline panel and press Delete.

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