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The Comp Name sets the styled text to become the current Composition Name. This is quite useful to automate burn-ins for daily renderings. See also the TimeCode modifier. It can be applied by right- clicking in the Styled Text field of a Text+ node and selecting Comp Name.
Controls
This modifier has no controls.
Follower
The Follower modifier allows sequencing text animations. The modifier is applied by right-clicking in the Styled Text field of a Text+ node and selecting Follower. In the Modifiers tab, you start by animating the parameters of the text (note that changing any parameter in the Modifiers tab will not be visible unless a keyframe is added.) Then, in the Timing tab you set the animation’s delay between characters.
Inspector
Follower Timing tab
Timing Tab
Once the text is animated using the controls in the Modifiers tab, the Timing tab is used to choose the direction and offset of the animation.
The Range menu is used to select whether all characters should be influenced or only a selected range. To set the range, you can drag-select over the characters directly in the viewer.
The Order menu determines in which direction the characters are influenced. Notice that empty spaces are counted as characters as well. Available options include:
— Left to right: The animation ripples from left to right through all characters.
— Right to left: The animation ripples from right to left through all characters.
— Inside out: The animation ripples symmetrically from the center point of the characters toward the margin.
— Outside in: The animation ripples symmetrically from the margin toward the center point of the characters.