Gallery of text animation presets

[Guest Nhowe]

http://www.adobe.com/products/aftereffects...pe_effects.html

 

 

this will save you some time if you are trying to decide which one you want to use...

[Guest nextseason]

Personally I hate those presets, what's the fun in that? I guess if you have a really, really tight deadline it could make it somewhat quicker but it just seems like Power Point transitions.

[Guest Nhowe]

i just like them for those BS jobs that get passed my way... i can knock them out... and it keeps my clients and my creative director happy... for my own personal work i would never use them, unless the were a base and were customized

[Guest matty]

you can quickly access that gallery straight from the 6.5 help menu

[Guest Nhowe]

righ on i didnt realize that.... good tip

[Guest radiuscorner]

I think the presets are there so:

 

a.) if you're an AE newbie and you just want a text effect out of the can

b.) people can get a sense of the power and flexibility of the text animator

c.) to help you understand how the text animators work

 

a lot of people don't bother using the text animtor because it's complicated and somewhat unintuitive and it frustrates them.

[Guest bubba]

They are perfect for cheap assed clients who don't know the difference, give you

a five day job and want it finished by the end of the day.

 

You can finish their shit fast and go to the gym.

[ADROK 0]

Im in the "c" catagory-

needing to learn hows these work and why would ANYONE use the text this way?

So much easier to create and then use expressions- tried loading my text presets and AE syas cant find them- but im looking right at them- in the presets folder-Im stumped got any ideas- so i can move on?