Quick tips¶

Textevo tries to guess what you want from what you select. These tips save a lot of clicks.

Modifier keys¶

Shortcut	What it does
`Alt` + click Add	An exit: the keyframes go from 0 % to 100 %, with the easing mirrored.
`Alt` + click Paste	The first keyframe lands at the current time instead of the start of the layer.
`Alt` + click apply (or `Alt` + double click a preset)	Same for a preset: the first keyframe at the current time.
`Shift` + click Presets	Saves the Textevo of the selected layer as a preset, without opening the window.

Select a Textevo effect to work on it only, select the text layer to work on all its Textevo: Remove, Copy, Motion and Based on follow this rule.
Select several text layers to Add, Paste, apply a preset, switch 2D / 3D or change the Based on mode on all of them at once.
Select nothing and click Add, Motion or Paste, or apply a preset: Textevo creates a text layer for you.
Rename a Textevo without looking for its effect: select the text layer, it works if the layer has only one Textevo.

An arrival and an exit on the same text: click Add at the start, then Alt + click Add at the end. Set the Transform values of each one, done.
An elastic title in one click: select nothing, click Motion > Elastic. You get a text layer with a Textevo whose keyframes are already set for the elastic (12 frames apart, see the settings).
Add an elastic to a plain text layer: select it and choose Motion > Elastic: it gets a Textevo ready to play.
Your favorite defaults: set the duration, the easing, the delay and the direction of a new Textevo in the settings, once and for all.
A wave through the text: Motion > Oscillation, then increase Phase per character.
Sync the words with a voice over: Based on > Words, then Motion > Markers: one marker per word is added, move each marker under its word in the audio.
Another random order: with the Random direction, change the Random Seed.

The Delay is in frames between two letters, words or lines. Changing the Based on mode with "Auto adapt the delay" keeps about the same total duration.
Closer keyframes give a stronger elastic or bounce.
If an elastic or a bounce doesn't show, the keyframes are eased on arrival: let Textevo optimize them (see Eased keyframes). Check "Don't ask again" if you always want the same answer.

Presets keep your whole look: add a wiggly selector, a fill color or a stroke to the Textevo text animator, they are saved with the preset. Select the whole layer and choose Save all to also save its drop shadow, glow...
Apply a preset on many texts at once: select all the text layers, then double click the preset.
Dock your presets: install textevo presets.jsxbin and dock the presets manager next to your timeline, your presets are always one double click away (see Dockable presets panel).
Find a preset fast: type a part of its name in the search field, or filter the list by Based on (letters, words, lines) and Motion (elastic, bounce...).
Share a preset: it is a .json file in your presets folder (Settings > Open). Send it, the other person copies it in their presets folder and clicks refresh.
Old presets landing far after the text? Accept the update when the presets window opens, or apply them with Alt + click.

Always Remove and Rename a Textevo with the panel buttons: they handle the effect and its text animator together.
Switching 2D / 3D, renaming or changing the motion of a Textevo keeps everything you added to its text animator.