Letters should move randomly around until they find their place in the word?

[anjas69872178]

I wonder if After Effects has an effect for this so I don't have to use an expression (as I am rather a beginner, I guess this would take me a lot of time...)

I have a title in mind (one word), where all the letters move around themselves, randomly but just a little, until they get into place. Like the letters were searching for their place (a metaphor for the film).

Does anyone have a tip for a way to achieve this?

[Dave_LaRonde]

Look in AE's text animation presets.  There may be something useful under tha Animate In category.

[anjas69872178]

Unfortunately, there is nothing like that...

[Szalam · Accepted solution]

There are several text animation presets that should get you close to the look you want.

You will just need to tweak them a bit to do what you want.

Dust Devil

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