HOW to create a custom text animation

Setting up your Project 

1. Select the Text Tool, type out your text in the Composition window, and align to center. 
2. Search “Drop Shadow” in the Effects/Presets menu. With your text layer selected, double click on Drop Shadow and this will apply to the layer. Set distance to 10 and softness to 15.  

Adding the Scale Animator 

1. Open the text layer drop down menu. Click on the circle next to “Animate” and select “Scale”. 
2. Locate “Animator 1” in the text layer drop down menu. Open the Animator 1 “Range Selector” drop down menu and set Scale value to 0.   
3. To create an Offset keyframe at the first frame, click the “Home” button on your keyboard (this places the playhead at the very first frame.) Click the stopwatch next to Offset, and set its value to 0%. 
4. Advance the playhead to 2 seconds in the composition, and create a second Offset keyframe (value = 100%) by clicking on the diamond next to “Offset”. 
5. To ease the entrance of each letter, open the “Advanced” tab (underneath Offset) and set Ease Low to 100%. 
6. Rename Animator 1 to Scale (select Animator 1 and press Enter to rename.) With the Animator still selected, click Ctrl+D to duplicate. 
7. Open Scale 2 drop down menu. Clear Offset keyframes by clicking on the blue stopwatch, and set Offset to 0%. 
8. To create the overshoot, set Scale value to 110%. Create an Offset keyframe at the beginning with a value of 0%. Create a second Offset keyframe at 2 seconds in with a value of 100%. 
9. Select both Offset keyframes you just created, and drag them to the right by 6 frames.  

Adding the Rotation Animator 

1. With nothing selected in the timeline, click on the circle next to Animate and now add “Rotation.” 
2. Open Rotation Range Selector. Set a Rotation value = 20 degrees. 
3. Click “Home” to return to the beginning of the timeline. Create an Offset keyframe (with a value of 0%), and create a second keyframe at 2 seconds in (with a value of 100%).  
4. Select both keyframes, and drag to the right by 2 frames. 
5. Close the drop down menu. Select the Animator, click Enter and rename it to “Rotation”. With Rotation selected, click Ctrl+D to duplicate. 
6. Open Rotation 2, clear Offset keyframes and set Offset to 0%. Set Rotation to -15 degrees. 
7. Create an Offset keyframe at the very beginning (value of 0%) and a second one 2 seconds in (value of 100%). 
8. Select both keyframes, and drag to the right by 10 frames.