After Effects Apprentice 06: Type and Music

Learn how to create professional-looking type plus sophisticated type animations, including timing to music.One of the cornerstones of motion graphics is creating and animating type. In this course, Trish Meyer shows how to typeset titles professionally and create custom animations, as well as apply and modify the hundreds of text animation presets that After Effects ships with. Additionally, Chris Meyer shows how to add audio to projects, including spotting "hit points" to align keyframes and video action. The After Effects Apprentice videos on lynda.com were created by Trish and Chris Meyer and are designed to be used on their own and as a companion to their book After Effects Apprentice. We are honored to host these tutorials in the lynda.com Online Training Library®. Topics include: The core text animation recipes Animating text along a path Working with text animation presets Timing animation to audio Per-character 3D type Rendering with an alpha channel Making Photoshop type editable in After Effects Professional typesetting tips