How to Use Text Animators in After Effects!

By School of Motion
Published: Jun 25, 2025

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Learn how to easily set up complex-looking text animations in Adobe After Effects!

Probably the most common thing you’ll have to do as a motion designer is animate text. And while After Effects has a powerful, robust text animation engine, it can be daunting to dive into. But in this video, Adam Bennett will walk you through the process of setting up text animation that brings your motion design to life. You’ll learn tons of text animation tips and techniques that you’ll be able to use on your next project.

Download the project files to follow along: http://www.schoolofmotion.com/blog/after-effects-text-animators

CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:59 Text Animators Crash Course
03:12 Animating Type with Text Animators
09:16 Adding Type to a Path
10:21 3D Space & Camera Settings
12:49 Adding Distort Effects
14:03 Graphic Accents with Text Animators
16:26 Grouping Text Animators
21:49 Saving Presets
22:52 Wiggly Selector for Random Text Animation
27:45 Looping the Text Animation
29:06 Films in the Public Domain
29:53 Bringing the Animation Together
32:14 Context
33:13 Time Remapping
33:52 Sound Design
34:58 Final Animation

FOLLOW ADAM BENNETT:

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheVideoShopLondon
Youtube (process): https://www.youtube.com/@thevideoshoplongplay
Website: https://thevideoshoplondon.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-bennett-1887043/

Animation look and feel based on illustrations by Juan Lugo, who kindly gave his blessing for it to be used here. Check out his work:

Website: https://www.studio-kenzo.com/
Dribbble: https://dribbble.com/juancho59
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juan-lugo-aa099612/

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