After Effects: How To Skew or Slant Text

by | Sep 8, 2022 | Adobe After Effects, Tutorials

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

  1. Add Text to Composition (Cmd/Ctrl + T)
  2. Type out some text (the font I used is called Prohibition)
  3. Select Text Layer
  4. Go to Effects & Presets Panel (Window…Effects & Presets)
  5. Search for ‘Transform’
  6. Drag ‘Transform’ on Text Layer
  7. Go to ‘Effect Controls’ Panel
  8. Change the Skew value to -10

How To Animate Skewed Text

  1. Drag play-head to the beginning of the Timeline
  2. Go to Effect Controls
  3. Change Skew to zero
  4. Click on the stopwatch to add a keyframe
  5. Drag play-head to the 1-second mark
  6. Change the Skew value to -10
  7. Drag play-head another 1 second
  8. Change Skew Value to zero
  9. Select all keyframes
  10. Tap F9 to Easy Ease
  11. Select all 3 keyframes
  12. Copy + Paste to extend the animation

How To Add Transform/Skew Effect to Multiple Layers

  1. Add new Adjustment Layer (Opt/Alt + Cmd/Ctrl + Y)
  2. Go to Effects & Presets Panel (Window…Effects & Presets)
  3. Search for ‘Transform’
  4. Drag ‘Transform’ on Adjustment Layer
  5. Go to ‘Effect Controls’ Panel
  6. Change the Skew value to -10

How To Add Background Layer with Adjustment Layer on top

  1. Select all layers below Adjustment Layer
  2. Right-click and select ‘Pre-compose’
  3. ‘Move all attributes into new composition’
  4. Click OK
  5. Drag background elements below the Pre-composition

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