How to reveal text line by line, with text sliding in

Question

I have 4 lines of bullet point text, and want each line to be revealed consecutively one after the other, with each line sliding in off-screen from left to right. How would I go about this, effectively?

Currently, each bullet point is an individual text layer with position keyframes, but it feels very "bodged" and the animations/timings aren't consistent. I would like a more streamlined and organised approach, can this be achieve with expressions? Thank you!

Ro Hackett · Answer

I would start with one of the animation presets and adjust it. You need your text all on one layer. So a text layer with 4 lines in it.

- Then go into Effects and Presets and you see Animation Presets - scroll down to Text - Animate In - Fly in from Bottom...

that is the one I started with.... drag that effect onto your text layer.

- It will add 2 keyframes on the timeline of the text moving from one position up to another position.

In the Text layer go into Animator 1 - Range Selector - Based On ... change this from characters to lines (so it will move line by line).

- Bring your timeline on the second keyframe (holding shift to snap to the keyframe), then drag and place the text box in the preview screen where you need it to end up

- now bring the timer back to the first key frame and back in the advanced options scroll the Position values (this position is the starting point) left and up off the screen to where you want the text to start from. Now the text will fly in from the left line by line. This is also a good way to see how the text animation presets work.

also check out this video from school of motion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1_p2qQf_Ts&t=63s

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