After Effects has a very powerful type engine for creating all kinds of dynamic type animations, but what if you want something a little more subtle? In this 10 minute tutorial learn how you can combine After Effects’ Opacity and Type Opacity to create stylish, cinematic type fades. Update: Peripatew Design has created an expression-driven preset that automatically fades the text in and out.
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Superb opening title sequence for HBO’s True Detective by Antibody.
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Was this an april fools day thing? The new update did not include these features. I hope I am... 
10 Responses to this post
November 9, 2011 at 9:24 am |
Hey John
So another door opens and new possibilities await. Well for me at least! My next client is gonna get some type animation … period!
Cheers
Lance
November 9, 2011 at 2:55 pm |
John,
So nice. Subtle yet powerful.
November 11, 2011 at 6:17 am |
Nice work as usual John, Thanks!
November 16, 2011 at 12:02 am |
That was really useful, thanks
November 24, 2011 at 2:30 am |
Love it! So how do I save this as a preset? Tried dragging range selectors over to Effects & Presets window, but did not work.
Thanks!
November 29, 2011 at 9:03 am |
So smooth! Simple but very powerful!
December 11, 2011 at 2:33 pm |
Very nice touch! It’s the subtle differences that make all the difference.
Thank you.
October 30, 2013 at 4:46 pm |
Thank you so much for creating a sweet and simple tutorial. I am pretty much a novice to After Effects (took a few classes on AE in school), and this was extremely concise and helpful. I will definitely view more of your tutorials.
October 30, 2013 at 7:33 pm |
You’re welcome Gabrielle!
March 25, 2014 at 7:02 pm |
Thank you so much for the tutorial. Been trying to make this effect but couldn’t figure it out until I saw your tutorial! =)
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