How To: Fade-in words in a sentence, then fade-out trailing words as the fade-in progresses.

[wgullo]

I want to fade-in words from left to right, like the effects pre-set, Slow Fade On, does. But, before the sentence ends, I want those first words to begin fading-out as the later words appear… and then they finally fade-out.

I can do this by creating three identical layers, and varying the opacity levels… but that seems clunky. Ideas?

“his life past him like a dream, and memory faded like smoke in air”

[Mylenium]

You can simply add another text animator and selector. Just figuring out the exact values and settings may take a bit of experimenting. i suggest you read the online help on these things instead of solely relying on canned presets.

https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/using/animating-text.html

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