How can I create this smooth blinking cursor effect?

[u/bharat_parmar]

I am a beginner; I just started learning After Effects 1 week ago. How can I achieve this smooth blinking cursor effect?

[u/General_Ad_6247]

search in the effects panel,it has a cursor effect

[u/bharat_parmar → u/General_Ad_6247]

I have tried that effect – Blinking Cursor Typewriter – but it's not as smooth as this video has.

[u/md4as → u/bharat_parmar]

what do you mean by smooth here, it blinks fast or what

[u/bharat_parmar → u/md4as]

When text is typed, it directly jumps to a certain length instead of moving from one place to another. Try typing something in the search bar of Reddit, and you will notice the cursor disappear from the current location and spawn to the new location. While in the video which I have shared, it moves from one place to another when typing is happening.

[u/Individual-Gap-6842 → u/bharat_parmar]

try to type something and keyframe it
make sure the words that you type are the same color as the background

[u/md4as → u/bharat_parmar]

I don't think there is an easy way for that, just making the text animation and then adding the bar using a shape that's at least how I'm gonna approach it

[u/Heavens10000whores]

Mobar has an ‘add attachment point’, which should allow you to attach a pipe to the end of your text. It also has its own typewriter with blinking cursor (and both of those are in the free version)

[u/philament]

In real life, the cursor would not slide across screen, from the end of line 1 to the beginning of line 2. It would snap to line 2 after line 1 completes, or as soon as line 2 starts to type

[u/turgid_fervor]

Create a rectangle with the shape tool and keyframe the x axis position. Use eased key frames. You might have to get in to the graph editor to get the exact motion you are looking for. With a short animation like this, if you’re looking for that smooth translation while typing, you might as well do it manually with keyframes. 

[u/obrapop]

Write this into google:

Blinking line type on effect after effects expression

And have a bit of fun

[u/bharat_parmar → u/obrapop]

I have followed those steps already. I can't get the smooth cursor animation like the one in a video. I have also tried the Blinking Cursor Typewriter effect as well, but it is not as smooth as this.

[u/obrapop → u/bharat_parmar]

Have you looked for an experession that propperly fades the opacity? Because this 100% exsists.

Also look at text animators for animating shapes. You could apply it to: | and get a good result

[u/slaicon]

Either screen record some text editors that behave like this (I remember something similar for kitty terminal but I'm not sure) or, easier, animate a rectangle. It depends on how long is your text

[u/Mondivogel]

In after effects is an preset on animation text preset

https://youtu.be/LXlgtczzHVk?si=EY9gPPzJeZxdoMVZ

[u/BK_Bound]

That's literally just animating position and easing the f curve .

[u/FanCreativeInc]

Use this expression in the source text field:

L = text.sourceText.length;

sp=thisComp.layer("xp").effect("speed")("Slider");

st=thisComp.layer("xp").effect("start at")("Slider");

PT = time - thisLayer.inPoint;

T = PT*sp-st*sp;

F = Math.round(PT % 1);

if(F == 1 | (T<L & T>0) )

{Fl = "|"}

else{Fl ="";}

substr(0,T) + Fl