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Text tools (text+ and text3D) are very capable but overlooked tools.
Once you combine them with modifiers you gain access to a very robust and efficient motion graphic toolset.

Unfortunately their usage isn't very intuitive

1. Adding a modifier to a text tool is highly un-intuitive:
You actually need to right click on the - truncated - input field label named "styled text" to open the modifiers list. I'm sure there a better way to make this feature more discoverable to new users.

2. BUG: text3D (just like text+) has a character level styling modifier unfortunately it is totally useless as the modifier ignores the character level selection in the 3d view.
workaround: making all the chatracter level styling in a text+ tool then copy pasting to text3D tool does work.

Awsome - I was trying to work out how to access the text modifiers, which used to be available by rt clicking in the text input area with previous versions. Never thought to click on "styled text"!

Continuing on the topic of text modifiers - I've recently upgraded to V8.1 Bld36 and I'm still having problems with the text modifiers.

Currently, when I add a follower modifier and try to use the opacity (going from 0-100%) with a left to right change at 0.5 delay, the very last letter stays solid right from the start.

Weird thing is it worked on the first text+ tool in the comp, but copying to a new text+ tool, or even recreating all the text attributes manually, has the same problem.

Jules Clark wrote:Currently, when I add a follower modifier and try to use the opacity (going from 0-100%) with a left to right change at 0.5 delay, the very last letter stays solid right from the start.

hi have the same problem time to time (usually when copy/paste text nodes)... press the spacebar (blank character) at the end your text.