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title: "Type Cast"
url: "https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/html/Text-type-cast.html"
section_path: "Text > Type Cast"
description: "Type Cast animates text properties like color, opacity, size, position, and rotation either by word or by character."
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# TYPE CAST

![Image: Type-Cast-Action_universe.jpg](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/Type-Cast-Action_universe.jpg)

Type Cast animates text properties like color, opacity, size, position, and rotation either by word or by character.

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## Getting Started

- Drag the **uni.Type Cast** effect onto your clip.
  - When applying a text effect directly to footage, be sure to head into the *Blend Mode* section toward the bottom of the parameters to switch it from its default *None* to *Normal.*

## Presets

- Click the **Choose a Preset** button to see an animated preview of all available presets. Double-click any preset to apply it.
- After modifying the effect, select **Save a Preset...** to save the modifications as a custom preset.

## Modify the Effect

- **Edit Text** launches a modular window with options to customize the text input for the effect, including an array of customization options for the font, size, color, emphasis (bold, italic, both, none), character, and line spacing.
- **Position** controls the coordinates that define where within the frame your text will appear.
- **Grouping** sets whether text animates by *Characters* or by *Words.*
- **Effect Start** determines where within the provided text the effect begins its animation.
- **Effect Width** adjusts how wide of an area within the text input the animation effect spans.
- **Effect Ramp** sets the position of the animation's ramp within the text.
- **Crop** determines if the effect crops out any text not within the animation *(To Effect)* or not *(None).*
- **Use Effect Color** toggles whether the effect generates its own color or just uses what was inherent within the original source text.
- **Color** sets the color used if *Use Effect Color* is toggled.
- **Offset X** and **Offset Y** adjust any text offsetting done by the animation.
- **Link Scale** toggles whether any scaling adjustments are linked to both x and y axes.
- **Scale X** and **Scale Y** sets the resizing created along the x or y axis by the animation.
- **Opacity** adjusts the animation transparency.
- **Rotation** controls any rotation done to the text by the animation.
- **Animation Curve** provides multiple choices of interpolation styles for the animation of your transition. The default is *Ease In Out Quad*.
- **Text Settings** contains an array of parameters that control the **Font Size, Font Color, Justification, Line Spacing,**and**Horizontal Tracking.**
- **Foreground Opacity** and **Background Opacity** control the opacity of the text *(Foreground Opacity)*or the layer the text has been applied to *(Background Opacity),* complete with standard **Blend Mode** options that adjust how the effect interacts with the background. *None* is the default, with *Normal* overlaying the text on top of whatever background to which it's been applied.