Fast and Easy Write-On Effect in After Effects
- Type in your text and enable ‘Stroke’ while disabling ‘Fill.’
- Also specify how thick your outlines will be — in this case, 5 pixels.”
- Select your text then go to Layer > Create Shapes from Text.
This creates a new Shape layer with all your letters separated, which will allow you to animate them as a group or individually.
Here’s the result of adding a Trim Paths animator to the Shape layer and animating its End property:
