I dent lesson 3

For this lesson we had to learn how to manually create and animate text layers, in the previous lesson we had to use present text animation, so this included creating the key frames ourselves.
Firstly we had to drag the .MOV of the moving background on to the composition button, then we had to create the text using the character panel and then change the size of it as well, once the text was done we had to add a preset animation, in this case it was the text disappearing word by word, we then had to customize the animation using 'time reverse key frames', so that the text would appear at different times, when then key framed the scale of the text so it would get smaller after a certain time. We then had to parent the layers, parenting is when a layer is attached to another layer so that it matches its 'parents' exact movement, or key frame path.
We then had to import a Photoshop file .PSD, this was for the text, we made the text file in Photoshop then brought it into after effects to animate it, the .PSD file imports to after effects as a folder and contains each separate layer, these can be opened up in a separate composition for editing and then added back to the main composition. We then had to use a text animator group to animate separate layers of the directors name, this meant the middle part of her name would animate whilst the rest stayed the same.  The final thing we had to do was animate the car that comes on the screen, we had to  animate the layer along a non text path, this meant giving the illusion of the car dragging the text across the screen, we then had to key frame the path and add motion blur to the car to give the illusion of it moving fast, we then rendered and exported the file.