After Effects Vintage Concluding Console Text Final Result Alongside Blinking Cursor

In this tutorial, I volition demonstrate y'all how to practise a typewriter consequence amongst blinking cursor using After Effects. This tin forcefulness out hold out role for one-time console or vintage in conclusion animations.

Important! This tutorial exclusively run amongst font which convey stimulate in addition to touchstone width. Typewriter effects are animate manually without the role of expression. So, it mightiness non hold out a proficient thought to role this for large trunk of texts.

1) Choosing The Correct Font

This tutorial exclusively run amongst font which convey stimulate in addition to touchstone width. I am using a in conclusion vogue DOS font which y'all tin forcefulness out download them from Perfect DOS VGA 437 past times Zeh Fernando or More in addition to Less Perfect DOS VGA past times Laemeur.

2) Creating The Text Layers

First, practise 2 text layers. One for the text messages, in addition to some other i for the blinking cursor which I am using an underscore. I am putting the 2 layers inwards dissimilar positions then nosotros could run across them clearer inwards this tutorial, but y'all could exit them inwards the same position.


Total characters for the cursor layer should hold out to a greater extent than than the total characters inwards message layer. For illustration "Hello World!" comprise 12 characters including blank space. So, the cursor layer volition consist of xiii underscores, "_____________".

3) Adding Typewriter Animation Presets

Under "Effects & Presets" panel, search for "typewriter". Drag the preset in addition to driblet it on both text layers.


Press "U" to stance the newly added keyframes. When nosotros scrub through the timeline now, nosotros volition run across both text layers are animate inwards a means that they were beingness type out. But the cursor layers are non animate inwards a means that nosotros want, which is staying the terminate of the text.

4) "Animating" The Cursor Position

Under the cursor layer, expand the properties panel for "Text > Animator 1 > Range Selector 1".

1. Remove keyframe for "Start" property.
2. Change "Start" value to merely about 5% in addition to "End" value to 0%.
3. Add keyframes for "Offset" property, fix the keyframe value from 0% to merely about 95% (value varries depend on length of text). It is of import that the duration for this keyframes is the same amongst the "Hello World" message layer.
4. Under "Advance", alter "Mode" to "Substract".

If nosotros scrub through the timeline now, nosotros tin forcefulness out run across that the cursor layer are masked in addition to exclusively underscore well-nigh the terminate of text is reveal. If it is revealing to a greater extent than than i underscore cursor, essay to play amongst "Start" in addition to "Offset" value.


After y'all had done, press "P" to demonstrate the seat properties in addition to motion both text layers into the same position. Parent the cursor layer to the text message layer, then nosotros tin forcefulness out motion them merely about easier adjacent time.

5) Cursor Blinking Loop

For cursor blinking animation, nosotros demand to animate its opacity value. Press "T" to stance "Opacity" property.

1. Add 3 keyframes for "Opacity" property, fix the keyframe value from 100% to 0% in addition to dorsum to 100%.
2. ALT-Click on the stopwatch icon, type loopOut(type="cycle") for the expression. This volition brand the blinking animation continuos/cyclic.

The basic console text animation is done, nosotros volition become inwards to a greater extent than aethestically like to a vintage in conclusion covert past times adding coloring shift, scanlines in addition to lens distortion.

6) Chromatic Aberration / Colour Shift Glitch

1. Select both text in addition to cursor layers, press CTRL-SHIFT-C to precomp both layers into a unmarried composition.
2. Select the novel comp, CTRL-D to duplicate them into 3 compositions. Name them R, G in addition to B.
3. Set the blend fashion for all 3 layers to "Screen". If y'all can't run across them inwards your panel, press "F4".
4. Move all the layers slightly into dissimilar seat (2 to 3 pixels).

1. Apply "Set Channels" effects for all the 3 composition layers.
2. In R comp, fix Red To Source to "Red", fix Green To Source to "Off", fix Blue To Source to "Off".
3. In G comp, fix Red To Source to "Off", fix Green To Source to "Green", fix Blue To Source to "Off".
4. In B comp, fix Red To Source to "Off", fix Green To Source to "Off", fix Blue To Source to "Blue".

If y'all can't run across chromatic aberration inwards your file, brand certain y'all convey role "screen" or "add" blend fashion for the layers. Also double banking concern gibe if y'all motion these layers to dissimilar positions.

6) Scanline / Lens Distortion / Glow

Add an "adjustment layer" to a higher house the 3 layers.

1. For scanline effects, use "Venetian Blinds" effects in addition to fix "Transition Completion" to merely about 25% in addition to "Direction" to 90.
2. For lens distortion effects, use "Bulge" effects in addition to fix a large value for both "Horizontal" in addition to "Vertical Radius".
3. For glow effects, use "Glow" effects.