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- [Instructor] Well, hi there. Do you like movies? Of course you do. And what about movie posters? Oh, even a bigger yes for that. So how about this digital signage poster that promotes a fictional film festival that I got straight out of Adobe stock and then started to animate few of its components. I think it looks cool but the main title here, the word cinema needs a little bit more love. So let's try to dress it up with a nice gradient ramp and this way I can also show you few limitations and how to work around them. Right, so I'll pause the preview and I'll go to the beginning and then I'll select the first layer the word cinema over here. And then under effect, generate, I'll apply the gradient ramp effect. I'm going to change the start of the ramp and place it over here. And maybe also choose a different color. Let's go with this tint of blueish color. And then for the end of the ramp, I'm going to place it…

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