user37998: I'm a beginner in AE I'd like to create a similar effect to this example but I'm not quite sure how to achieve the smooth transition from 'FU' to a full title. Do you have any suggestions?


user4426: This is a transition between a few layers of text and some shapes, probably with an Invert effect placed over all of it as an Adjustment Layer.
The smoothness comes from the animating of the motion as curves.
This is a great free beginner's course to After Effects (even though it's quite old):
https://www.videocopilot.net/basic/

37998: <p>I'm a beginner in AE I'd like to create a similar effect to this example but I'm not quite sure how to achieve the smooth transition from 'FU' to a full title. Do you have any suggestions?</p>
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 4426: <p>This is a transition between a few layers of text and some shapes, probably with an Invert effect placed over all of it as an Adjustment Layer.</p>
<p>The smoothness comes from the <a href="https://vimeo.com/68022971?embedded=true&amp;source=video_title&amp;owner=16970690" rel="nofollow noreferrer">animating of the motion as curves</a>.</p>
<p>This is a great free beginner's course to After Effects (even though it's quite old):
<a href="https://www.videocopilot.net/basic/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.videocopilot.net/basic/</a></p>
