TipTut’s Matthew Fryer Shows an Easy Way to Create a Magnifying Effect, Using the Magnify Effect.

After Effects has a lot of obscure effects that feel like they were with the app since the beginning. It doesn’t help that they mostly have clever nonsequiturs as names. One effect that breaks that premise and does what it says on the tin is the Magnify effect.

It’s pretty easy to use but if you want to see how it can create a magnifying animation over some type, check out this short tutorial by TipTut’s Matthew Fryer. It’s a great way to apply some focus to some otherwise dull section of text.