# Animating text **URL:** \ **Category:** Flame Questions\ **Tags:** text\ **Created:** [September 9, 2023, 1:27am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/animating-text/9097 "2023-09-09T01:27:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![johnag](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/johnag/32/573_2.png) [@johnag](https://forum.logik.tv/u/johnag)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2023, 1:27am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/animating-text/9097/1 "2023-09-09T01:27:14Z")
Hello friends. I’m on an animating text adventure. I want to animate character by character a line of text. I found a preset that comes very close but I can’t work out how to tweak it to the reference supplied to me from client. Here’s the ref [https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/thedepartmentofexternalservices/original/2X/5/50ea00e0df469ed8ea340bba7fde1047ba78df1d.mp4](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/thedepartmentofexternalservices/original/2X/5/50ea00e0df469ed8ea340bba7fde1047ba78df1d.mp4) So in simple terms I want each letter to zoom and fade in on its’ spot character by character. I can do the blur and reveal with y\_lensblur and masking The closest presets I found to modify were the “behind camera 3d” and “fade in” With the “3d behind camera” preset I managed to get this far but cannot work out how to put the centre point on each character. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/thedepartmentofexternalservices/original/2X/a/a76ce1a31f1c0bb8baf6591069a7a3fd759daa71.jpeg) Any help appreciated. Many thanks ---
**Author:** ![randy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/randy/32/6122_2.png) [@randy](https://forum.logik.tv/u/randy)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2023, 1:40am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/animating-text/9097/2 "2023-09-09T01:40:17Z")
Less than 3 minutes in After Effects. [https://www.google.com/search?q=after+effects+lettwrs+fade+on+and+scale+on&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari#kpvalbx=\_Lsz7ZKOcCb3GkPIPjveOwAM\_73](https://www.google.com/search?q=after+effects+lettwrs+fade+on+and+scale+on&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari#kpvalbx=_Lsz7ZKOcCb3GkPIPjveOwAM_73) ---
**Author:** ![johnag](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/johnag/32/573_2.png) [@johnag](https://forum.logik.tv/u/johnag)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2023, 1:42am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/animating-text/9097/3 "2023-09-09T01:42:58Z")
Thanks Randy but I want a Flame solution ---
**Author:** ![julioleon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/julioleon/32/14482_2.png) [@julioleon](https://forum.logik.tv/u/julioleon)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2023, 3:49am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/animating-text/9097/4 "2023-09-09T03:49:28Z")
Here you go John [Archive.zip](https://forum.logik.tv/uploads/short-url/gW4rjFL1UgDXX7pBk8iKwMcYado.zip) (15.7 KB) ---
**Author:** ![johnag](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/johnag/32/573_2.png) [@johnag](https://forum.logik.tv/u/johnag)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2023, 5:12am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/animating-text/9097/5 "2023-09-09T05:12:51Z")
Thats perfect! I owe you a beer! Thank you so much. Now to understand how that works. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![julioleon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/julioleon/32/14482_2.png) [@julioleon](https://forum.logik.tv/u/julioleon)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2023, 5:44am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/animating-text/9097/6 "2023-09-09T05:44:53Z")
Open the two animated channels: scale and transparency and play with the length, position, reverse, etc of those 2 channels. And the time offset. ![Screenshot 2023-09-08 at 23.42.54](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/thedepartmentofexternalservices/original/2X/2/2567cdcace926fe77a468e676060c8fb30667001.jpeg) ![Screenshot 2023-09-08 at 23.43.09](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/thedepartmentofexternalservices/original/2X/d/d31ba4901c282f5df8e140628ee2a6dc6b59d7fa.png) ---
**Author:** ![johnag](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/johnag/32/573_2.png) [@johnag](https://forum.logik.tv/u/johnag)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2023, 1:41pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/animating-text/9097/7 "2023-09-09T13:41:05Z")
Thanks. Did you make it from scratch or pick a preset and modify it? ---
**Author:** ![julioleon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/julioleon/32/14482_2.png) [@julioleon](https://forum.logik.tv/u/julioleon)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2023, 2:46pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/animating-text/9097/8 "2023-09-09T14:46:11Z")
From scratch, I have a hard time understanding how to customise the presets. ---
**Author:** ![julioleon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/julioleon/32/14482_2.png) [@julioleon](https://forum.logik.tv/u/julioleon)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2023, 2:47pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/animating-text/9097/9 "2023-09-09T14:47:33Z")
If you need help getting a closer result give me a shout. I have some time to tweak it! ---
**Author:** ![johnag](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/johnag/32/573_2.png) [@johnag](https://forum.logik.tv/u/johnag)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2023, 9:47pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/animating-text/9097/10 "2023-09-09T21:47:05Z")
Thanks for the offer. I’ve got it where it needs to be for now. It’s a shame that you can’t blur 3d text in action. I’m using y\_lenseblur post animation to do that and it’s working well.