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# Custom Animations

## Custom Animation Preset

If the built-in animations aren't enough for you, don't worry! You can easily create your own animations by creating a *Custom Animation Preset*. Press the *Create custom animation* button in your [Text Animation Settings](/text-animations/text-animation-settings.md) or [Typewriter Animation Settings](/text-animations/typewriting/typewriter-animation-settings.md), or right-click in your project view, then `Create > Stix Games > Text Animations for UI Toolkit > Custom Animation Preset`.

<figure><img src="https://101455922-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FsXRHzPpSiweEUfocjZwl%2Fuploads%2FcDDD9JxLAu2JhlNnlxO0%2Fimage.png?alt=media&amp;token=f6897312-b64a-4793-8294-ca2561a3a0b6" alt=""><figcaption><p>A custom animation that wiggles the letters vertically.</p></figcaption></figure>

Set up your custom animation in the preset object. Read the tooltips for more information on some of the settings.

### Usage Example

You use the animation by adding your tag to the text like this:

```
This is how to use the <vertical-wiggle>animation</vertical-wiggle> shown above.
```

## Text Appearance and Vanishing

You can convert a custom animation into a appearance and/or vanishing animation by setting the `Is Text Appearance Effect` and `Is Text Vanishing Effect` properties to true. You can also them to your [Typewriter Animation Settings](/text-animations/typewriting/typewriter-animation-settings.md) or trigger it with a tag as usual.