i spent over 2 hours trying to figure out how to do this effect and watching other tutorials did not help me at all. I clicked on yours and omg all of my problems were solved. I wish I found your tutorial first, you saved my motion graphics final fr
Thank you, love the pace of all your tutorials. QQ: At the end of my sentence the blinking curosor dissapears. How do we get the cursor to stick around? If you or anyone can help here thank you so much!
🙏 Thank you and much appreciated! This is a newer effect and think that is a bug that happens when you manually add line breaks (Enter/Return) The fix/workaround for multiple lines: Click T for Text Tool Drag out a Paragraph Box Type out the text, but do not add line breaks. You can change the size of the Text Box to manipulate the position of the lines. Add the Effect to the layer and the cursor should blink at the end of the paragraph. 👍
Great tutorial! Is it possible to change only the thickness (and/or color) of the cursor, without changing the look of the whole font/text? My cursor is very thick, I would like it to be thinner and more elegant. I tried to add a new cursor-form in the dropdown menu, but couldn’t figure out how to do it… Thank you for your help!
There is not an 'easy' solution at this time and perhaps they update the preset in a future update to add some more customizations. My recommendation would be to play around with Text Animators in the Layers Panel. For example, if you add 'Fill Color...RGB' and change the Range Selector so that it only affects the last character, you will be able to change the color of the cursor. You can also try adding Scale in the same way as the Fill and unlink the Scale and make the cursor thinner. It may require some trickery and compromise to get it perfect, but could get you closer to what you want. Hope that helps. 👍
Thanks for this!! I found your tutorial trying to solve a problem. When I apply this preset to multiple lines the blinking cursor is static, doesn’t blink, has it happened to you? I’m probably doing something wrong.
If you provide more details on the exact steps you are taking to try and use the effect, I can try to replicate the issue you are having and help troubleshoot, but it's hard for me to diagnose as I'm not 100% sure what you are trying to do. Were you able to get the blinking cursor effect to work following the steps in the tutorial?
Same here. When text has more than one line, after revealing the text, the cursor stops blinking. I guess it's a bug as the expression it's still working (alternating between 0 and 100) but the cursor is not disappearing anymore when the value is 100. This only applies when the text layer has more than one line and only after the reveal, before revealing, the cursors always blinks. My workaround was to have multiple one line text layers, but that's a headache.
@@sergiubrega The cursor blinks at the beginning (before first keyframe), reveals all lines of text and then blinks at the end (after 2nd keyframe). Is this working for you?
hey mike. great video. big thanks. two very quick questions. is there a way to make blinker wider and fatter. and two is it possible that it types word by word rather then letter by letter?
👋 This effect is new and a little limited now, so I am not aware of a solution for what you are looking for at this time. There are a few bugs I noticed with this effect, so hoping it gets an update in a future version. 👍
Thanks for the tutorial, it works almost perfect, the only thing that is missing is that my text does not start writing from the center and for this reason the text does not move from right to left as in your video. :(
This seems to undo my formatting (ie, if some but not all of my text is bolded/italicized, this effect undoes that and unifies the text). Can I prevent this?
Unfortunately, I do believe that is a limitation of the Preset. It is likely you can find a workaround using Expressions, but I do not know of a good solution offhand.
On your text layer, if you twirl down to select "Text > Cursor Blink", then over to the right click "Add > Property > Fill Color", you can choose a separate color for just the cursor.
I have a similar question: I would like to type a sentence, then delete a word letter-by-letter, then retype a different word. Is this possible? @@MikeMurphyCo
When the whole animation has finished, I can’t see a way to make the text layer stay in place, but for the blinking cursor to disappear at the end. I have added a keyframe to uncheck the cursor when it has finished typing, but because my text is centred, then the text shifts position to account for the removed cursor. I also tried just making the cursor part transparent at the end, but that didn’t seem to work. Does anyone have any clues on how to do this? Thanks.
@@MikeMurphyCo Thanks. I did that already - and then also had to zoom right in and shift the duplicated effectless-layer (without blinker) to perfectly match the placement of the effect-layer (with blinker). Ideally though, it would be preferable to just be able to turn the cursor off without the text shifting.
@@brettarchibald3202 There may be a script or expression out there that related to Aligning Text To Center, but the cursor is just another Text Character, so when it is removed, After Effects is just making sure the text is center aligned as it would anytime you remove a letter from text.
@@MikeMurphyCo Indeed, I understand WHY it happens when it’s removed, but it’s still frustrating, considering it’s supposed to emulating an effect that wouldn’t shift in reality. Anyway. It’s also odd that trying to set the cursor to transparent didn’t work for me? The UI was there for me to adjust the Opacity for it, but it had no effect. Maybe I’m doing something wrong?
@@brettarchibald3202 You can share feedback for the Blinking Cursor Effect with the AE team and maybe discover a workaround in the After Effects Community Forum: community.adobe.com/t5/after-effects/ct-p/ct-after-effects?page=1&sort=latest_replies&filter=all&lang=all&tabid=discussions
You can update all Adobe apps using the Adobe Creative Cloud app which should be installed on your computer 👍 creativecloud.adobe.com/apps/download/creative-cloud
@@MightyVideosCinema Ah yes, that is a known bug that happens when you manually add line breaks (Enter/Return) The fix/workaround for multiple lines: Click T for Text Tool Drag out a Paragraph Box Type out the text, but do not add line breaks. You can change the size of the Text Box to manipulate the position of the lines. Add the Effect to the layer and the cursor should blink at the end of the paragraph. 👍
i spent over 2 hours trying to figure out how to do this effect and watching other tutorials did not help me at all. I clicked on yours and omg all of my problems were solved. I wish I found your tutorial first, you saved my motion graphics final fr
That makes my day! Glad it helped! 👍
this is one of my first after effects tutorial and while very simple, it makes me feel good to recreate this effect with success.
That is awesome! Keep going….you’ll love After Effects Happy Holidays! 👍
OMG you're a lifesaver!!
Awesome! Glad it helped! 👍
Well explained Mike! Thank you so much! Saved me a headache!
Thank you and so glad it helped you! 👊
Awesome job Mike
This has saved me a lot of time figuring out how to create this effect, so thank you! Immediately subscribed to your channel ;-)
Love to hear that!! Thanks.! 👍👍
thanks a lot mike
You are welcome! 👍
Hi I have used three of your videos today thank you
I love hearing that! Thanks!👍
Thank you so much
You are very welcome! 👍
Awesome tip, thank you to explain this new effect. Love it
So glad it helped! 👍
Thank you again for very useful information.
I appreciate all the positive support! ✌️
Thank you, love the pace of all your tutorials. QQ: At the end of my sentence the blinking curosor dissapears. How do we get the cursor to stick around? If you or anyone can help here thank you so much!
🙏 Thank you and much appreciated! This is a newer effect and think that is a bug that happens when you manually add line breaks (Enter/Return)
The fix/workaround for multiple lines:
Click T for Text Tool
Drag out a Paragraph Box
Type out the text, but do not add line breaks.
You can change the size of the Text Box to manipulate the position of the lines.
Add the Effect to the layer and the cursor should blink at the end of the paragraph. 👍
If you want the cursor to be its own color, twirl down to select "Text > Cursor Blink", then over to the right click "Add > Property > Fill Color".
Thanks for sharing the update for this Effect. 👍
Great tutorial! Is it possible to change only the thickness (and/or color) of the cursor, without changing the look of the whole font/text? My cursor is very thick, I would like it to be thinner and more elegant. I tried to add a new cursor-form in the dropdown menu, but couldn’t figure out how to do it… Thank you for your help!
There is not an 'easy' solution at this time and perhaps they update the preset in a future update to add some more customizations.
My recommendation would be to play around with Text Animators in the Layers Panel. For example, if you add 'Fill Color...RGB' and change the Range Selector so that it only affects the last character, you will be able to change the color of the cursor.
You can also try adding Scale in the same way as the Fill and unlink the Scale and make the cursor thinner.
It may require some trickery and compromise to get it perfect, but could get you closer to what you want.
Hope that helps. 👍
@@MikeMurphyCo Wow, thanks for your fast reply. I will definitely try this!
Is there a way to keep the cursor blinking at the end?
Nevermind, found it, just toggling the Cursor On/Off Checkbox would do the trick
@@Harakeeri Awesome! Glad you were able to sort it out! 👍
How do we change the Width of the cursor only?
is there a way I can change the color of a word? I have 2 lines of text and I needed to change 1 word color. Thank you!
Did you try changing the color by selecting and using the Properties or Character Panel?
Thanks for this!! I found your tutorial trying to solve a problem. When I apply this preset to multiple lines the blinking cursor is static, doesn’t blink, has it happened to you? I’m probably doing something wrong.
If you provide more details on the exact steps you are taking to try and use the effect, I can try to replicate the issue you are having and help troubleshoot, but it's hard for me to diagnose as I'm not 100% sure what you are trying to do.
Were you able to get the blinking cursor effect to work following the steps in the tutorial?
Me too🤔
@@kaksoset25 if you provide some details I will help troubleshoot.
Same here. When text has more than one line, after revealing the text, the cursor stops blinking. I guess it's a bug as the expression it's still working (alternating between 0 and 100) but the cursor is not disappearing anymore when the value is 100. This only applies when the text layer has more than one line and only after the reveal, before revealing, the cursors always blinks. My workaround was to have multiple one line text layers, but that's a headache.
@@sergiubrega The cursor blinks at the beginning (before first keyframe), reveals all lines of text and then blinks at the end (after 2nd keyframe).
Is this working for you?
this is amazing, im just wondering why one of the shape options wasn't a square. that seems like an obvious choice ! still love that they added this
Yeah, it's a great addition. FYI, you can leave your feedback here and request a square cursor:👍
adobe-video.uservoice.com/forums/911311-after-effects
@@MikeMurphyCo I will !! i didnt know that. thank you!
hey mike. great video. big thanks. two very quick questions. is there a way to make blinker wider and fatter. and two is it possible that it types word by word rather then letter by letter?
👋 This effect is new and a little limited now, so I am not aware of a solution for what you are looking for at this time. There are a few bugs I noticed with this effect, so hoping it gets an update in a future version. 👍
@@MikeMurphyCo thanks mike appreciated. I guess I will have to go the old school way of doing this. its heavy lifting though
Thanks for the tutorial, it works almost perfect, the only thing that is missing is that my text does not start writing from the center and for this reason the text does not move from right to left as in your video. :(
Try changing the paragraph alignment in the Paragraph Panel.
@@MikeMurphyCo that was the solution I found, thank you very much. Greetings from Colombia
@@Ebluezummers Hola Colombia! 👍
This seems to undo my formatting (ie, if some but not all of my text is bolded/italicized, this effect undoes that and unifies the text). Can I prevent this?
Unfortunately, I do believe that is a limitation of the Preset. It is likely you can find a workaround using Expressions, but I do not know of a good solution offhand.
Is it possible to have the cursor and text as different colours?
I am not aware of a solution to change the color of the cursor for this effect. It is a new effect so maybe it will get added in a future update. 👍
On your text layer, if you twirl down to select "Text > Cursor Blink", then over to the right click "Add > Property > Fill Color", you can choose a separate color for just the cursor.
does it also animate backspaceing characters?
The effect does not backspace but you might try selecting the keyframes and right clicking and selecting Time…Time Reverse Keyframes. 👍
I have a similar question: I would like to type a sentence, then delete a word letter-by-letter, then retype a different word. Is this possible? @@MikeMurphyCo
I have a problem, the cursor doesn't show on the 1st letter, it shows after my 4th letter. Do you have any solutions on this? Thanks a lot!
I’m not sure I understand what you are experiencing. Does it look different from what I show in the tutorial?
When the whole animation has finished, I can’t see a way to make the text layer stay in place, but for the blinking cursor to disappear at the end.
I have added a keyframe to uncheck the cursor when it has finished typing, but because my text is centred, then the text shifts position to account for the removed cursor.
I also tried just making the cursor part transparent at the end, but that didn’t seem to work.
Does anyone have any clues on how to do this? Thanks.
One workaround is that you could just duplicate the layer and remove the effect one of the layers and place it just after the layer with animation.
@@MikeMurphyCo Thanks. I did that already - and then also had to zoom right in and shift the duplicated effectless-layer (without blinker) to perfectly match the placement of the effect-layer (with blinker). Ideally though, it would be preferable to just be able to turn the cursor off without the text shifting.
@@brettarchibald3202 There may be a script or expression out there that related to Aligning Text To Center, but the cursor is just another Text Character, so when it is removed, After Effects is just making sure the text is center aligned as it would anytime you remove a letter from text.
@@MikeMurphyCo Indeed, I understand WHY it happens when it’s removed, but it’s still frustrating, considering it’s supposed to emulating an effect that wouldn’t shift in reality. Anyway.
It’s also odd that trying to set the cursor to transparent didn’t work for me? The UI was there for me to adjust the Opacity for it, but it had no effect. Maybe I’m doing something wrong?
@@brettarchibald3202 You can share feedback for the Blinking Cursor Effect with the AE team and maybe discover a workaround in the After Effects Community Forum:
community.adobe.com/t5/after-effects/ct-p/ct-after-effects?page=1&sort=latest_replies&filter=all&lang=all&tabid=discussions
Sir i am using After effect 2022 , Some effect is not in 2022 version , Where should i download 2023 version
You can update all Adobe apps using the Adobe Creative Cloud app which should be installed on your computer 👍
creativecloud.adobe.com/apps/download/creative-cloud
My cursor stops blinking when its done writing. Any idea why?
Try ticking the checkbox for 'Cursor On/Off' and that should do the trick. 👍
@@MikeMurphyCo thanks, it seems to be because I was using multiple paragraphs
@@MightyVideosCinema Ah yes, that is a known bug that happens when you manually add line breaks (Enter/Return)
The fix/workaround for multiple lines:
Click T for Text Tool
Drag out a Paragraph Box
Type out the text, but do not add line breaks.
You can change the size of the Text Box to manipulate the position of the lines.
Add the Effect to the layer and the cursor should blink at the end of the paragraph. 👍
@@MikeMurphyCo Oh my god, thanks sir. Your video was help me so much!
@@bagusfachrudi2060 Awesome! Glad it helped! 👍