Animated Wipe Text

Yeah, I know it's a bit cheesy, but it's still fun!

This is a simple example of "typewriter" or "wipe" text animation and it goes like this:

Open a new canvas and select the "Text" tool. Click in the canvas to open the Text Editor and type in your required text. Click O.K. when done to close the Editor.

Next, open the Frames panel and click the arrow at top right to open the options menu, as shown here:

Select the "Duplicate Frames" option. In the dialogue box which now opens, set the required number of duplicate frames (One for each letter of your word! Don't forget to count "spaces" if you've used more than one word!), like so:

Once you have clicked O.K., your Frames panel should now look like this:

As you can see, I have SEVEN frames, because I'm using a SIX-letter word. Click to select Frame 1, then double-click the text box on your canvas. When the Text Editor has opened, all text will be highlighted automatically. Hit the delete key to remove all text from this frame, then click O.K.

Next, click Frame 2 in the Frame panel, and repeat the above step to open the Text Editor. This time, though, you need to click in the Text Editor to place the cursor at the end of your word, then hit the Backspace key until you leave only the FIRST letter of your word, like so:

Click O.K. when done and move on to Frame 3 in the Frame panel. Repeat the above steps, leaving the first TWO letters of your word, like so:

Repeat this step for all remaining frames, adding a letter each time, until you have reached the last frame. Obviously, the last frame needs no changes, because it contains the whole word!!!

Open the "Optimize" panel and set the file option to "Animated Gif", like so:

Save and Export your file!

Wasn't that easy???