Adobe After Effects Tutorial: Typewriter Text Effect with Blinking Cursor

X = text.sourceText;
F = Math.round(time * BlinkingSpeed % 1);
L = X.length;
T = time * Speed - StartAt * Speed;

Cursor = " ";
if (F==1 | T>0) Cursor = "|";
if (T>=L) Cursor = " ";
if (T>0) X.substr(0,T) + Cursor
else Cursor

this didn't work for me? not sure what I did wrong but I copied it exactly

I followed the exact same way in After Effects 2020 but with no result

thank you again

good job

Excellent

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this is applicable when you only want to do the type writing effect and when its at the start of the comp, what should we do when we want this effect later in the comp. because it starts from the 0 second only i don't know how to change it

hi! great tutorial :) I'm only wondering -- is there a way to change the cursor's colour, without changing the colour of the text?

I create this script so you just need to add these two sliders to the text layer "Typing Speed" and "Stop Point", the stop point goes from 0% to 100% of the length of the text:

X = text.sourceText;
L = X.length;
T = time * effect("Typing Speed")("Slider") * 10 - 0 * 10;

StopPercent = effect("Stop Point")("Slider") / 100;
StopPoint = Math.round(L * StopPercent);

Cursor = "|";
if (Math.round(time * 2) % 2 === 0) {
if (T >= StopPoint) {
Cursor = " ";
}
}

if (T > 0 && T <= StopPoint) {
X.substr(0, T) + Cursor;
} else {
X.substr(0, StopPoint) + Cursor;
}

thank you man!

great tutorial. Can you please tell me if there is any way to change the size of the cursor only? I want to make it a little bigger.

Hello now the text is written in the middle, is there a way to start from the left?

Hello! I can't find how to copy the expression.. You said 'in comment section', but where is it?

Merci!

Cool

This tutorial is simple and amazing help. Thank you!

Amazing. Thank you.

I made some small changes so it looks and works the way I need it but I'm stuck with one question:
Is it possible to keep the cursor blinking after the text has appeared?

Can you add text Rewrite text option

Thank you. Can I adjust so it reveals a word at a time rather than each letter? Is this even possible using this method?

God bless your soul. Absolute genius

How to change to typewriter to start typing from left allign not from center align.

It's not working after I applied all scripts and techniques

Thanks man, any way I can do an erase (backspace) effect at the end after writing my text?
Ex: Hello World , (erase or backspace the letter o with the cursor) so I'm just left with Hell World.

Basicly reverse the effect in this tutorial.

Wow, so easy !!!
THANK YOU MAN !

Is there a way when finishing the animation to still make the blinking cursor to continue blinking without it disappearing?

it says for me "missing ) after argument list"

Hi! Thanks for the tutorial, very useful. Is there a way to keep the cursor blinking the whole time, not just at the beginning?

Press ALT on the Source text of the text. Just paste this no need for adjustment layer. If you want it to be faster just change the 7's

X = text.sourceText;
F = Math.round(time * 2 % 0);
L = X.length;
T = time * 7 - 0 * 7;

Cursor = " ";
if (F==1 | T>0) Cursor = "|";
if (T>=L) Cursor = " ";
if (T>0) X.substr(0,T) + Cursor
else Cursor

how can I change the thickness or width of the blinker?

tysm :)

for some reason instead of the “I” it’s “kk” how do i go about fixing this?

It was really amazing. It helped me to do a paid project and earn some money. Thanks a lot for sharing :-)

Hello, somehow, having italicised text doesn't work with this effect.

Hi
Thank you for the tutorial
But I have a question:
How to make the blinking cursor start from right to left? for (Arabic)
Ty ♥