Creating a write-on animation

You can easily create the appearance of writing on the screen by using the Opacity animator property.


Writing on text using Opacity
1. Create a new composition.
2. Create a text layer with the characters "01234".
3. Position the cursor away from the text in the Composition window and when the type cursor changes to the move cursor , drag to move the text to the center of the window. Resize it if necessary so that it fits within the window.
4. Choose Animation > Animate Text > Opacity.
5. Set Opacity to 0%.
6. Expand the Range Selector 1 and click the stopwatch icon for Start.
7. In the Composition window, drag the start selector to the left edge of the text (the value will be at 0).
8. Move the current-time indicator to 5 seconds and drag the start selector in the Composition window to the right edge of the text (the value will be 5).
9. Preview the animation.
10. By default, the Smoothness property is set to 100%. To create a typewriter appearance, expand the Advanced property and set Smoothness to 0%.