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Add text to the canvas. Pick any font on your system, size it, colour it, and position it with the on-canvas handles.

Written By Massimo Albanese

Last updated About 3 hours ago

Add text to the canvas. Pick any font on your system, size it, colour it, and position it with the on-canvas handles.

In: Text

How it works

Choose text, font, size, color, spacing, and alignment. Use the canvas gizmo to place it. Animate Typewriter or Scroll for text reveals and looping tickers.

Location

Primitive / Text / Text

Controls

Edit text, font, typography, placement, and reveal controls in the Text panel.

Actions

Use the canvas gizmo to position the text. Keyframe reveal controls to animate it.

Parameters

ControlWhat it doesDefaultRangeNudgeAnimation
AnchorAnchor setting for this effect.centerPanel-definedContinuousPanel-dependent
Baseline ShiftBaseline Shift setting for this effect.0-200 to 2000.5Continuous keyframes
ColorChooses the color used by this effect.#FFFFFFPanel-definedContinuousPanel-dependent
Font FamilyFont Family setting for this effect.ArialPanel-definedContinuousPanel-dependent
Font Size PxFont Size Px setting for this effect.644 to 20481Continuous keyframes
Font Size UnitChooses whether font size is measured as a percentage or pixels.pxPanel-definedContinuousPanel-dependent
ItalicItalic setting for this effect.OffPanel-definedContinuousPanel-dependent
Letter CaseLetter Case setting for this effect.nonePanel-definedContinuousPanel-dependent
Line HeightLine Height setting for this effect.1.20.5 to 40.01Continuous keyframes
Lock AspectKeeps X and Y scale linked while resizing.OffPanel-definedContinuousPanel-dependent
Scroll AxisScroll Axis setting for this effect.nonePanel-definedContinuousPanel-dependent
Scroll PhaseScroll Phase setting for this effect.00 to 10.01Continuous, overflow allowed
StrikethroughStrikethrough setting for this effect.OffPanel-definedContinuousPanel-dependent
TextText rendered into the current text or 3D text layer.madphasePanel-definedContinuousPanel-dependent
Text AlignText Align setting for this effect.leftPanel-definedContinuousPanel-dependent
TrackingTracking setting for this effect.0-50 to 1000.1Continuous keyframes
Transform / Anchor / XSets the horizontal anchor used for scale and rotation.0.50 to 10.001Continuous keyframes
Transform / Anchor / YSets the vertical anchor used for scale and rotation.0.50 to 10.001Continuous keyframes
Transform / RotateRotates the layer around its anchor point.0-360 to 3600.1Continuous, overflow allowed
Transform / Scale / XScales the layer width around the anchor point.10.05 to 80.001Continuous keyframes
Transform / Scale / YScales the layer height around the anchor point.10.05 to 80.001Continuous keyframes
Transform / Translate / XMoves the layer horizontally in canvas space.0.5-2 to 30.001Continuous keyframes
Transform / Translate / YMoves the layer vertically in canvas space.0.5-2 to 30.001Continuous keyframes
TypewriterTypewriter setting for this effect.10 to 10.01Continuous keyframes
UnderlineUnderline setting for this effect.OffPanel-definedContinuousPanel-dependent
WeightWeight setting for this effect.400100 to 900100Continuous keyframes

madphase 1.4.0

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