Creating an intermediate text frame

In this movie, I'll show you how to create an intermedia text layer that will …allow us to animate the text. I'm going to go ahead and turn on the top …layer, the one that's red, and then with the Smart Object version of the text …selected, I'll press Ctrl J, or Cmd J on a Mac, to create a copy of it. …And then what you want to do, again if you're working along with me, is select …the bottom-most of the Squawk layers. And, assuming that you have the Selection …tool active, just press the 5 key to reduce its Opacity value, here in the …Layers panel to 50%. Again, that will allow us to distinguish …the text from the effect we're about to create.…

Then switch to the middle of the Squawk layers, and double-click on Puppet Warp, …in order to re-enter the Puppet Warp mode. …And now, I'm just essentially going to drag these pins to intermediate …positions, as you see me doing here. So the most important thing to keep in …mind is that we need to be able to keep each one of our text layers visually …