Welcome to the advanced class! We will be working on more practical uses of tweening.
Create a new document and type something in white, then put a layer of black behind it. Add these settings to the text layer:
Duplicate the frame twice, and on the middle frame, uncheck the outer glow setting:
Now tween the middle frame to 10 frames. Then, select the last layer and tween it to 10 frames. Press play and I hope you got something similar to this:
Let's move on to color changing text. Clear your text's layer style and duplicate the frame. Then, add a color overlay and keep the default settings. Tween it to 4 frames. Duplicate the last frame and change the color to a bright green, like #00FF00. Tween it to 4 frames. Now, duplicate the last frame and change the color to a blue, such as #0000FF. Tween it to 4 frames. Duplicate the last frame and change the color to a yellow #EEFF00 and tween that to 4 frames. Duplicate your first frame and move it to the end. Tween to 4 frames and press play. Here's mine:
Mow how about some really cool stuff? Make a new document of any size. Make a black rectangle in it:
Duplicate the frame and apply a bevel and emboss to it with these settings:
Tween to 5 frames. Duplicate the last frame and change the settings to:
And tween to 5 frames. Duplicate the last frame and change the settings to:
Tween to 8 frames. Duplicate the last frame and change the settings back to:
Then, tween to 8 frames and duplicate the last frame. Change the settings back to:
And tween to 5 frames. Then, duplicate the frame and clear the layer style. Then, tween to 5 frames and you should have this:
Cool, huh? Now, delete all the frames and clear the layer style. Reset your colors and duplicate the frame. Apply a gradient overlay to your rectangle, keeping the default settings. Tween to 8 frames and duplicate the last frame. Then switch the colors around but do not check reverse. Tween to 8 frames. Repeat this process four more times, then duplicate the last frame and clear the layer style. Tween to 8 frames and you should get:
I never really understood why I liked that effect- maybe because it has an unlimited amount of potential- you could make it never have the same color combo to make it look like colors are draining from it or one color is bouncing up and down and mess with the angles, or whatever you want. Nice.
Now let's move on to shadowing. Return to your text animation project and change the color of the background layer to white and your text to black. Now apply a drop shadow on it with the default settings. Duplicate the frame and use these shadow settings:
Tween to 5 frames and then duplicate the last frame. Use these settings:
And tween to 5 frames. Now duplicate the last layer and change the angle to -125 degrees. Then, tween to five frames, duplicate the last frame, and change the angle to -44 degrees. Tween to 5 frames, then duplicate the frame, change the angle to 135 degrees, and tween to 5 frames. Then duplicate the first frame, move it to the end, and tween to 5 frames. Here's what you should have:
Now, delete all but the very first frame. Change its shadow size to 4 and duplicate it. Then, change the settings to:
And tween to 5 frames. Then, duplicate the first frame and move it to the end. Tween to 5 frames. Then, duplicate it and change the settings to:
And tween to 5 frames. Again, duplicate the first frame, move it to the end, and tween to 5 frames. You should get:
Now let's go for some pattern overlay animation. Change your font to something thick- I used Impact on size 36. Put a pattern overlay on your text and choose "Bubbles" as the pattern for the tutorial's sake.
Duplicate your first frame and enter these settings while still using the "Bubbles" pattern:
And tween to 10 frames. Then, duplicate the last frame and enter these settings:
And tween to 10 frames. Then, duplicate the first frame, move it to the end, and tween to 10 frames. Here's what I've got:
Have fun with your newfound tweening abilities!
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