Creatively Using Text Animators in After Effects by School of Motion
Keep in mind that text effects in AE are essentially effects applied to a collection of vectors
Shapes “applied” to effects, combined with Amount, Ease, and Keyframe properties can give you a lot of functionality with very simple tools
Remember to layer effects to add more interest!
Consider Plane Scale property (only on some effects, like wiggle) to get more control
Use paths to help guide direction of animations that you want to be smooth
Remember to use masks to add more interest
Motion blur can smooth out imperfections in animated shapes
Those weird, symbol only typesets can be great for doing this kind of animation
You can delete properties on effects that you don’t need (keep things clean)
Lock dimensions can prevent wiggly effect from warping shapes (affects scale only)
Set Matte effect can create animated stroke effects when used with other effects
Text layers can have Per Character 3d turned on, which means that each character can be edited and animated in a 3d space
Can make effective animations much easier and quicker to achieve