In the next few steps, you'll create the text layer that forms the dancing figure in the logo. Before you begin these steps, make sure you've installed the DANCEMAN font from the Chapter 5 folder on the DVD onto your computer system. Each letter in the DANCEMAN font displays a stick figure in a different dance pose; the lowercase letters put the figure in a mirror image of the corresponding uppercase figure's position. Once the font is installed, you should see DANCEMAN listed in the Font Family menu in the After Effects Character palette. Now you're ready to go:
Adding more Source Text keyframes Adding the remaining Source Text keyframes Click the Ram Preview button in the Time Controls palette to see the stick figure groove. |