From the course: After Effects Apprentice: 06 Type and Music
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Exploring offset plus selection shapes - After Effects Tutorial
From the course: After Effects Apprentice: 06 Type and Music
Exploring offset plus selection shapes
So in this movie, I'll explain the Offset parameter, and we'll look at the various shape options. To get started, I can close my compositions and then open the 03-Cascade*starter comp. If you don't have the exercise files, that's fine; just create some simple white type in a blank composition. Just like I did earlier, I am going to hide the Text options that I am not going to be using. I do this by pressing Option+Shift on Mac, Alt+Shift on Windows, and clicking on them. Now we can concentrate on the parameters we're using. As in the previous lesson, I'll click on Animate > select Position, and that will add Animator 1 with the Position parameter applied. I can twirl down the range selector just to confirm that I am counting in percent. The default is to select all of the characters. So when I add a Position Offset--let's just make this -150, and that will raise the characters higher in the comp-- all of the characters are selected. I think I'll also add a fill color and that will…
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