After Effects CC 2023: Blinking Cursor Typewriter Console Effect
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Description:
This tutorial will show you how to add and customize the Blinking Cursor Typewriter Console Effect to Text Layers in Adobe After Effects CC 2023. This effect has a blinking cursor that follows the text as it animates on the screen.
- The Blinking Cursor Typewriter Console Effect is a Text Animation in the ‘Animate In’ category
Keyboard Shortcuts:
Preview Animation (Tap Spacebar)
Reveal All Keyframes (U)
Font Used (Adobe Fonts):
Calling Code
Retro Keyboard Image:
Envato Elements
Chapters:
00:05 Intro: About the Tutorial
00:23 Composition Settings
00:30 Add Text + Background Image
00:56 Font Used: Calling Code (Adobe Fonts)
01:09 Effects & Presets: Blinking Cursor Typewriter Effect
01:24 Apply Effect to Text Layer
01:42 Preview the effect (Tap Spacebar)
01:50 Customize the Effect
02:00 Reveal All Keyframes (U)
02:07 Blinking Cursor Effect Properties
02:23 Hold the blinking cursor
03:10 Pause the animation
Software Used:
Adobe After Effects CC 2023 (Click To Try or Buy)
How To Add Blinking Cursor Typewriter Console Effect in AE 2023:
- Create A New Composition (Cmd/Ctrl + N)
- Add Text Layer
- Add Background Layer (optional)
- Drag the playhead to the beginning of the Timeline
- Select Text Layer
- Go to Effects & Presets Panel (Windows…Effects & Presets)
- Search for ‘Typewriter’
- Select ‘Blinking Cursor Typewriter Console Effect’
- Double-click or click and drag Effect onto Comp Window
- Go to ‘Effect Controls’ to customize
- Animation (Start & End Keyframes)
- Cursor On/Off (Show or Hide Cursor)
- Cursor Shape (multiple options in the drop-down menu)
- Cursor Blink Speed (how fast the cursor blinks)
- Move keyframes to delay the blinking cursor effect
- Move keyframes further apart to slow down the animation
- Add additional keyframes to control the speed
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