Intertwined Text Animation - After Effects Tutorial

Today I will be going over how to animate intertwined text. It’s a fairly straight forward tutorial with a couple of techniques that are super useful in a myriad of situations. It’s also a fun excuse to play around with different fonts and combining them to make something cool lolololol Anyways, I hope you learned something new from this video or at least just enjoyed following along! As always, thank you for watching. Link to halftone texture: Follow me! Twitter: Instagram: Portfolio: Feel free to skip around: 00:00 - Intro 00:05 - Animation Example 00:09 - Tutorial Start 00:14 - Setting text up in Photoshop 00:35 - Choose the right font 01:30 - Convert to smart object 01:46 - Creating a layer mask 02:08 - Creating the intertwined text 02:57 - Why you should always use non-destructive methods 03:34 - After Effects fun times begin 03:46 - FYI photoshop files in Ae are dynamic 04:03 - Animating the text 04:28 - Adjusting the paths 05:07 - Animating the paths 05:35 - Stroke taper 06:09 - EASE DEM KEYFRAMES 06:30 - Easily copy animation to other paths 07:12 - Using paths as mask 07:26 - Offsetting the animation 07:41 - Halftone spice 08:40 - Live and die by the wiggle 09:14 - Secret sauce unlocked aka posterize time 09:35 - Final reveal 09:46 - Teaser for next weeks tutorial The equipment: Sony a7iii Tamron 28-75 Cinebloom 10% Deity V-MIC D3 Tascam DR-10L Peak Design Travel Tripod - Aluminium Mac Studio Max Asus ProArt 27” Monitor Music Used: Anthony Lazaro - Like a Song - Instrumental Version Sourced from Artlist (Referral link) Inquiries: mapalberenson@
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