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Creating subtle accents with duplicate layers

Creating subtle accents with duplicate layers - After Effects Tutorial

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Creating subtle accents with duplicate layers

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Now, we've already seen how we can add some accents by duplicating layers. But in this video, we're going to create a duplicate layer, that's going to give us sort of a shimmering, shaking glow effect. But I'll also give you a tip, as to how to deal with multiple layers of text, so should you need to edit the text, you can easily make sure that all of the duplicate layers, will change accordingly, to the new text. Let's start by adding a shaking glow, underneath the word, seasons. So, select layer six, and press Cmd+D on the Mac, or Ctrl+D on Windows to duplicate. I want to select the layer below, and make sure its blend mode, is not set to multiply, but just set to normal. Then let's go up under the Color settings in the Character panel here. And make sure that we've chosen something that's a little bit more, close towards yellow. Now, let's make this blur effect kind of pop out on the sides. With layer seven selected, go up under the Effect menu, and choose Fast Blur. Or go down to…

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