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| Make a new composition with your desired settings. These are mine. |
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| create a new solid as a background for good measure. |
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| Create a new text on top of your background. You may do this by clicking on the "T" at the top or pressing ctrl (command) + T |
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| With your text layer selected (very important) create a path or shape. |
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in the text layer, twirl down the options, then go to text-> path options-> and in path select your mask 1
(the properties below "path" are to animate your text, in order to animate them click on the stopwatch) |
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| and there you have it! |
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| here's an example with a rectangle shape. |
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| circle |
Here's a video tutorial and it includes animating the text:
