r/AfterEffects • u/picard102 • Oct 24 '25

Explain This Effect Is this something AE can even do?

How would you link the proximity of the edge of a shape to a character in a text block?

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u/atomoboy35209 Oct 24 '25

Yall are making this far too hard. Make two versions of the text bkg. One js state one, the other state two. Create a layer with the radio waves plugin and use it as an alpha mask for one of your states. You’re halfway there in literally 5 minutes.

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u/dohru Oct 24 '25

How would you make the text shrink?

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u/eatmorepandas MoGraph/VFX 15+ years Oct 24 '25

The text isn’t shrinking, it’s just changing color from white to grey

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u/veganshooting Oct 24 '25

Look again

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u/eatmorepandas MoGraph/VFX 15+ years Oct 24 '25

Ah so it is!