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After Effects only shows the names of its text presets. Here are all 300 of them playing, sorted by the same folders you see in the Effects & Presets panel.
3D Text 30 presets
Animation Presets › Text › 3D Text
Open a page for one 3D Text preset
3D Basic Position Z Cascade In · 3D Basic Position Z Type In · 3D Basic Rotate X Cascade In · 3D Basic Rotate Y Cascade In · 3D Bouncing In Centered · 3D Fall Back Scale & Skew In · 3D Fall Back Scramble & Blur In · 3D Flip In Rotate X · 3D Flip Out Rotate X · 3D Flip Up Reflection · 3D Flutter In From Left · 3D Flutter In Random Order · 3D Flutter Out From Right · 3D Fly In & Unfold · 3D Fly In From Behind Camera · 3D Fly In Random & Rotate Y · 3D Rain In By Word · 3D Random Spike Tumble In · 3D Random Tumble In By Word · 3D Resolve Position In · 3D Rotate in by Character X · 3D Rotate in by Character · 3D Rotate out by Character X · 3D Rotate out by Word · 3D Scramble in Position Z · 3D Spiral Down & Unfold · 3D Spiral Rotate In by Line · 3D Spiral Rotate Out by Line · 3D Swing In On Path · 3D Twist & color characters
Animate In 40 presets
Animation Presets › Text › Animate In
Open a page for one Animate In preset
Alternating Characters In · Blinking Cursor Typewriter Console · Center Spiral In · Characters Shuffle In · Decode In By Random Character · Decoder Fade In · Drop In By Character · Espresso Eye Chart · Fade Up And Flip · Fade Up Characters · Fade Up Lines · Fade Up Words · Fly In From Bottom · Fly In With A Twist · Opacity Flicker In · Pop Buzz Words · Raining Characters In · Random Fade In · Random Shuffle In · Random Word Shuffle In · Slide Down By Character · Slide In By Line · Slide In From Comp Edge · Slide Up By Character · Slide Up By Word · Slide and Pop In · Slow Fade On · Smooth Move In · Spin In By Character · Spin In By Word · Straight In By Character · Straight In By Word · Straight In Multi-Line 2 · Straight In Multi-Line · Stretch In Each Line · Stretch In Each Word · Twirl On Each Line · Twirl On Each Word · Typewriter · Wipe In To Center
Animate Out 18 presets
Animation Presets › Text › Animate Out
Open a page for one Animate Out preset
Alternating Characters Out · Decode Out By Random Character · Encoder Fade Out · Fade Out By Character · Fade Out Slow · Opacity Flicker Out · Raining Characters Out · Random Fly Off · Random Word Fly Off · Slide Off Right By Character · Slide Off Right By Word · Slide Out By Line · Slide Out To Comp Edge · Slide and Pop Out · Stretch Out Each Line · Stretch Out Each Word · Twirl Off Each Line · Twirl Off Each Word
Blurs 10 presets
Animation Presets › Text › Blurs
Open a page for one Blurs preset
Blur Glitch · Blur In By Word · Blur and Fade In · Blur and Fade Out · Bullet Train In · Evaporate Out · Foggy In · Harsh Blur In By Character · Harsh Blur Out By Character · Transporter In
Curves and Spins 19 presets
Animation Presets › Text › Curves and Spins
Open a page for one Curves and Spins preset
Bloom Flower In · Clockwise Entry · Counter Rotate · Dust Devil Out · Lasso In · Lasso Tumble In · Musical Chairs · Newton · Radial Flare In · Retrograde · Rotate · Somersault In · Spin Fast In · Spiral In · Spiral Out · Swoop In · Tea Leaves In · Tire Rim In · Whirl In
Expressions 7 presets
Animation Presets › Text › Expressions
Open a page for one Expressions preset
2D Text Box (Mask & Effects) · Cycle Word List · Display Comp Time · Frame Number · Inch Worm · Text Bounce · Word List Highlight
Fill and Stroke 11 presets
Animation Presets › Text › Fill and Stroke
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Chasing Stroke · Chill Hue Shift · Color Wash Behavior · Cycle Fill Hue · Fill Color Wipe · Flicker Color · Pulse Orange · Pulsing Strokes · Sliding Color Flicker · Stroke Ease Down · Wiggly Stroke Width By Line
Graphical 8 presets
Animation Presets › Text › Graphical
Open a page for one Graphical preset
Blue Note · Cut Shapes · Exchange · Hazard · Red Circles · Scratchy Film · Snowflakes · Yellow Boxes
Lights and Optical 7 presets
Animation Presets › Text › Lights and Optical
Open a page for one Lights and Optical preset
Broadway · Bubble Pulse · Flash · Flicker Exposure · Fluorescent Light · Office Light · Overlay
Mechanical 20 presets
Animation Presets › Text › Mechanical
Open a page for one Mechanical preset
Algorithm In · Algorithm Loop · Automation · Bad Reception · Doppler · Electro Magnet In · Helicopter In · Insert Text In · Kinematic In · Mechanical In · Pistons · Rack & Pinion · Roadtrip 2 · Roadtrip · Scale Bounce · Screen Roll · Stairstep · Submarine · Underscore In · Warp 9.8
Miscellaneous 24 presets
Animation Presets › Text › Miscellaneous
Open a page for one Miscellaneous preset
Angle Fly-In · Back Flip · Blow Away Out · Bounce In · Bungee · Chaotic In · Clay Pigeons Out · Explode Out · Glitchy Text Decoder · Hop Skip And A Jump · Pendulum In · Question · Rattle · Roll Bounce In · Sequential Jump · Six-Shooter in · Slide Bounce In · Slip In · Smokey · Squeeze · Superhero In · Vanishing Point In · Wiggly Lines In · Yo-Yo
Multi-Line 14 presets
Animation Presets › Text › Multi-Line
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Alphabet Soup · Alternating Stack In · Currents In · Data Packet · Data Stream In · Deal In · Encryption In · Fly In By Characters · Fly In By Words · Ideas · Jetstream In · Pneumatic In · Word Processor In · Zippy In
Number Counters 4 presets
Animation Presets › Text › Number Counters
Open a page for one Number Counters preset
Counter Countdown Monospaced · Currency Counter Monospaced · Percentage Counter Monospaced · Timer Countdown Monospaced
Organic 31 presets
Animation Presets › Text › Organic
Open a page for one Organic preset
Autumn · Boiling · Boomerang In · Chewing Gum In · Climb In · Diagonal Bounce In · Dip-Bounce · Double-Helix · Fish Bait · Flying Formation · Horsefly In · Hummingbird In · Insect Wipe · Insects In · Labrador In · Leapfrog · Loose Line · Ocean Tide · Quiver · Ripple In · Rubber Floor · Rubber · Sea-Sick · Shuffle · Simmer · Slice and Dice In · Sprouts In · Tag Team · Wheatfield · Wind Current · Wobble In
Paths 27 presets
Animation Presets › Text › Paths
Open a page for one Paths preset
360 Loop · Antelope · Ants · Balance · Balloon · Bouncing · Bubble Pop Out · Bump And Slide On · Circuit Board Out · Conveyor Belt · Double Spiral · Down And Out · Downhill Slide Off · Hurdles · Karate Chop · Long Spiral Out · Loop In and Out · Pipes · Rat Nest · Reel To Reel · Reel-To-Reel 2 · Rope Bridge · Serpent · Springy · Symmetry · Tchotchke · Zig-Zag
Rotation 10 presets
Animation Presets › Text › Rotation
Open a page for one Rotation preset
Drip Down · Flip Up · Full Rotation · Loopy Loop · Random Rotation · Rotate Per Character · Rotate Per Word · Spin In · Swirly Rotation · Whirlwind
Scale 11 presets
Animation Presets › Text › Scale
Open a page for one Scale preset
Lets Dance · Random Scale In · Scale In By Word · Scale In From Point · Scale In · Scale Out By Word · Scale Out From Point · Scale Out · Wiggly Scale Wipe · Zoom Away · Zoom Forward
Tracking 9 presets
Animation Presets › Text › Tracking
Open a page for one Tracking preset
Contract · Decrease Tracking · Extend · Increase Tracking · Magnify · Shift In By Tracking · Shift Out By Tracking · Spasm · Stretchy
How to use these text animation presets
- Find the preset you like above and click it. Its name is copied.
- In After Effects open Window › Effects & Presets and paste the name in the search box.
- Select your layer, put the playhead where the animation should start, and double-click the preset.
Nothing to download: every preset here is already installed with After Effects. Also see the transition presets, background presets, shape presets, behavior presets, image effect presets, legacy and sound effect presets, effects.
How do I apply a text animation preset in After Effects?
Select your text layer, move the playhead to where the animation should start, then double-click the preset in the Effects & Presets panel (Animation Presets › Text). The keyframes are added from the playhead position.
How do I make a text preset faster or slower?
Select the text layer and press U to show its keyframes. Select all of them, hold Alt (Option on Mac) and drag the last keyframe left to speed it up or right to slow it down.
Do these text presets work with any font?
Yes. A preset only adds animators to the text layer, so you can change the font, size, colour and the words after applying it.
How many text presets come with After Effects?
After Effects 2026 ships with 300 text animation presets in 18 folders, including the newer Number Counters folder. All of them are shown on this page.