The Type Jazz Effect

The Type Jazz effect controls almost everything about Type Jazz; no need to dig through text animators or range selectors.

There are two sets of controls: one for the Animation In and one for the Animation Out. Both sets of controls are nearly identical and work in the same way. Collapse any unnecessary controls to simplify the effect's layout.

Transform Controls

These property values will oscillate, bounce, or move through your text layer, depending on how you set your animation controls — set values on these properties for Type Jazz to animate.

To use 3D properties, click the Toggle 3D button in the Type Jazz panel. This will enable Per-Character 3D for the selected layers. With Per-Character 3D disabled, the Z Rotation property will control 2D Rotation.

Grouping Alignment will set the anchor point for transforms to be based on and will not oscillate or bounce. The same goes for the Skew Axis value. Adjust the Anchor Point property if you would like the anchor point to animate.

Animation Controls

Precisely shape the animation of your text using these properties.

• Adjust the timing with the Animation Progress property
• Choose from an Oscillation, Bounce, or Linear movement
• Set the direction of the animation through your text
• Adjust the number of oscillations or bounces
• Reveal the text as it animates
• Modify the easing values of the motion
• Adjust the width of the animator
• Dial in the Frequency & Amplitude Decay

Animation Out

The Animation Out section of the Type Jazz Effect provides the same controls for animating text out as it does for animating text in. There are only a few minor differences:

• Anchor Grouping will follow the Animation In Grouping Alignment control
• Instead of Reveal Text, there is a Hide Text checkbox

Oscillations and Bounces will animate in reverse, and if the Hide Text checkbox is checked, text will disappear as the animation completes.

Presets

Type Jazz has 80 unique in and out animation presets to get you started quickly. These presets will update the transform and animation properties for the In Animation or Out Animation controls. You must select the Type Jazz effect before applying a preset. Otherwise, a duplicate Type Jazz effect will be applied, and the preset will not work.

All of the presets work with any Based On property. Some presets require Per-Character 3D to be enabled via the Type Jazz Panel.

To install the presets, copy the Type Jazz Presets folder from the Type Jazz zip file to your preferred preset location. The fastest way to open your preset directory is to select an existing preset in the Effects & Presets panel, open the hamburger menu, and choose "Reveal in Explorer" or "Reveal in Finder" on a Mac. After the presets have been placed in the correct directory, return to the Effects & Presets hamburger menu and choose "Refresh List."

You can easily save custom Type Jazz presets. Once you're happy with the animation, select the Type Jazz effect, navigate to the Animation menu of After Effects, and choose Save Animation Preset. If you want to limit a preset to just the in or out animation controls, expand the controls in the timeline panel, select the properties you want to be stored in the preset, and then navigate to Save Animation Preset. Your presets will immediately be available in the Effects & Presets panel.