The return of the Set Matte filter

Graymachine posted a tutorial movie, Text Effects with Set Matte, showing how to use the Set Matte filter with other effects like Fractal Noise, Glow, and TriTone to can create text effects. Harry is also selling variations on the theme in a $12 project with 14 comps; a preview movie of the renders were posted in Text Effects Compilation.

[update: for specifics on his slider control, see Slider Control for pop-up list in AE]

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