After Effects CC 2022: How To Skew or Slant Text
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Description:
This tutorial will show you how to skew or slant text and other others in Adobe After Effects CC 2022 using the Transform Effect.
Font Used in Tutorial:
Prohibition (Adobe Fonts)
https://fonts.adobe.com/fonts/prohibition
Keyboard Shortcuts to Learn:
Precompose (Shift + Cmd/Ctrl + C)
Add Adjustment Layer (Opt/Alt + Cmd/Ctrl + Y)
Chapters:
00:05 Intro: What you will learn
00:12 Add Transform Effect
00:34 Effect Controls + Skew Property
00:44 Animate Skew Property
01:15 Add Adjust Layer: Skew Multiple Layers
01:57 How to animate the adjustment layer
02:28 Copy + Paste Keyframes
02:48 How to add a background layer (Pre-Compose)
Software Used:
Adobe After Effects CC 2022 (Click To Try or Buy)
How To Skew or Slant Text in Adobe After Effects CC
- Add Text to Composition (Cmd/Ctrl + T)
- Type out some text (the font I used is called Prohibition)
- Select Text Layer
- Go to Effects & Presets Panel (Window…Effects & Presets)
- Search for ‘Transform’
- Drag ‘Transform’ on Text Layer
- Go to ‘Effect Controls’ Panel
- Change the Skew value to -10
How To Animate Skewed Text
- Drag play-head to the beginning of the Timeline
- Go to Effect Controls
- Change Skew to zero
- Click on the stopwatch to add a keyframe
- Drag play-head to the 1-second mark
- Change the Skew value to -10
- Drag play-head another 1 second
- Change Skew Value to zero
- Select all keyframes
- Tap F9 to Easy Ease
- Select all 3 keyframes
- Copy + Paste to extend the animation
How To Add Transform/Skew Effect to Multiple Layers
- Add new Adjustment Layer (Opt/Alt + Cmd/Ctrl + Y)
- Go to Effects & Presets Panel (Window…Effects & Presets)
- Search for ‘Transform’
- Drag ‘Transform’ on Adjustment Layer
- Go to ‘Effect Controls’ Panel
- Change the Skew value to -10
How To Add Background Layer with Adjustment Layer on top
- Select all layers below Adjustment Layer
- Right-click and select ‘Pre-compose’
- ‘Move all attributes into new composition’
- Click OK
- Drag background elements below the Pre-composition
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