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1. Kinetic Typography Tutorial

by Elrond Hubbard

3 years ago

A step-by-step video, provided by crookedgremlins.com, outlining how to create your own kinetic typography animations.

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tj hanton 3 years ago

Wow ... very nice! Now I need to get After Effects! Thanks for posting this.
Brian Walsh 3 years ago

what about the link to the myspace page that was promised?
Elrond Hubbard 3 years ago

Sorry, this wasn't originally hosted on this site.

Raj's website:
myspace.com/ravisubramanian
Antonis Makriyannis | Design 3 years ago

Hi all....

Joshua, you can hold down the Control (command) key on your keyboard while scrubbing the playhead to listen the sound.
Nick Torres 3 years ago

can the preparation of the words be done in photoshop?
Ethan Fortes 3 years ago

Thanks so much!
I've been DYING to make one of these since I got hooked by them on youtube.
first attempt, took about 2.5-3 hours.
dl.getdropbox.com/u/126092/kinetictypographyftw.avi
after effects 3 years ago

super super job
thanks a lot 4 this great tutorial
Not For Kids 3 years ago

great THX!
Henry Baquero 3 years ago

Hi Elrond, I want to start off by saying thank you this tut it is very helpful, and i was wondering if there was any way i could get a compress video file so i can display this video in my school. Unfortunatly my school blocks nearly all video hosted websites and there really is no way for all of us to find out how to do new stuff online. this tut could realy help my video production class in developing skills on after effects. My e-mail is HmBaquero1090@gmail.com contact me as soon as you can
-thank you
Viktor Gaponenko 2 years ago

Thanks a lot for this tutorial, there isn't really a lot of content about how to do Kinetic Typo.
Julien Calvez 2 years ago

Woow amazing tutorial. Many thx it's a very good job ;)
Dennis W. 2 years ago

i dont have "composition with cropped layers" :(
Brittany 2 years ago

Great tutorial! thanks but I cannot start to move each object because the transform box seems to not only cover each object, but centers in the entire box. So I want the small box that shows up when each object is selected to start in the middle of that object, instead the middle is the entire composition.
eddie pop 1 year ago

When you import the .ai file, make sure you choose the "Composition - Cropped Layers" option from the drop-down menu.
Tim V 2 years ago

nice tutorial, although the video quality could be nicer :-)
David Kelly 2 years ago

I love this effect. I want to do it for a promotional video for a client I'm working with. Looks like it's gonna take me a lot of time being a starter at After Effects, but the end result will be fantastic! Thanks for the tutorial!
Ryan Reede 2 years ago

thanks this was great... heres my first attempt vimeo.com/5502346
JO JO 2 years ago

Is it necessary to resize the illustrator file in After Effects to fit the comp ??
natejoyner 2 years ago

i imported the music file into AE in AIF format and then i try to play it and it plays but theres no music, so i was wondering if u know how to fix it or what is wrong? thanks!
jeff pilkinton 2 years ago

As much as I loved this tutorial. You didnt show the way you saved your illustrator file. Did you save it as a .ai file? What boxes were checked. etc.? The reason I bring this up, Is when I import to AE it is all in one layer. PLEASE HELP.....
Thanks for this tutorial.
Daniel Libby 3 months ago

After effects understands Ai files and when you import the Ai file I am pretty sure it will come in as a composition meaning it understands all the layers. Hope that is helpful.
jeff pilkinton 2 years ago

I'm using AE 7. Maybe thats my problem. I searched the net but cant get no answers. I have been doing all the text in after effects and cutting out the illustrator step.
Dawn Haase 2 years ago

GREAT TUTORIAL! class didn't teach this and i think this will save me HOURS.
jeff pilkinton 2 years ago

Great tutorial, But I have tried and tried to get the layers to open as layers in after effects and it just opens as one big layer. Please Help!
kneda 2 years ago

thanx a lot!!! I will try to do it with this steps!!
Concept2Motion, LLC 1 year ago

A MUCH easier way of generating the words is to go to wordle.net and enter your own words, a website URL, or a blog and it will generate everything for you in a neat Java app. You can print it into a PDF (if you have Acrobat Pro) and import that into After Effects. All words, colors and basic shape is already done for you in a matter of seconds!

Hope this helps!
concept2motion.com
Canyon Creek Church 1 year ago

this would work unless you want it in a custom shape.
javrivnj@gmail.com 1 year ago

I hit the cropped thingy and it's still importing each word one on top of the other.....please help
javrivnj@gmail.com 1 year ago

crookedgrmlins doesn't even work... what's good dude?
7/79Ltd. 1 year ago

This was a great tutorial. I had done a little work in After Effects before, but I always have to refresh myself on what functions do what, and just like many other programs, there are many different ways to get similar results. I liked the method here. This was my first kinetic typography piece. Check it out and please comment. I like feedback, good or bad!

vimeo.com/11052200
solelysimon 1 year ago

Thanks for the tutorila it helped me learn how to use after effect. here is a link to my site and the video

vimeo.com/1875466
solelydesign.com/
Veehmot 1 year ago

Sorry but I didn't like this tutorial... There's a lot of time that is cut off, you never show the output (with audio), and you don't show keyboard shortcuts to simplify the work.
LoanGoose 1 year ago

@Veehmot I too would have liked to see the final product, but it was still a good quality informative video. I give it 5 out of 6 chicken nuggets, but with sauce.
Wendy Jordan 1 year ago

thanks!! Know I really need to learn ae :)
shughe 1 year ago

When i import the Illustrator file into after effects it only shows up as one solid page of text rather than each individual word as a layer. ANY HELP?? is it possibly my format i saved the AI file as? or did i not properly layer the words? PLEASE HELP!! THANK YOU
iHartVideo 1 year ago

Same happens to me. I am using CS5.. are you?
iHartVideo 1 year ago

I found the solution: ihartphotos.com/blog/?p=207
shughe 1 year ago

i have cs7 and this is no retain layers option.
shughe 1 year ago

there*
danielflare 1 year ago

There has to be an easier way to sync the audio than just manually dragging and timing it via the timeline... I was thinking of trapcode sound keys would help.
Vhozard 1 year ago

Yes, there is a "Retain Layers" option there.
img255.imageshack.us/img255/3475/retainlayerscs5.png
rachel ward 1 year ago

You need to make sure you're dragging in the Composition created in the top right panel, not the project folder that has been imported. i was making the same mistake :)
matt Dreisbach 11 months ago

hi when i import my files into after effects (i do the whole retain layers thing but when i then drag the layers into the composition it put evry layer centered ontop of each other iv tryed selecting the folder or the files nothing works help
anita l 8 months ago

You have to make sure the layers are by itself. Like they're not sub-layers. (Took me a while to figure this out too.)
ELVI 4 months ago

super-easy and flowing tutorial. good one. has anyone told you you could do Obama impersonations with your voice?
BeeDee 2 months ago

Wwwwicked, thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.