TextBG

After you created the Text Background you can change the main settings via the "textbg" effect on that layer.

Shape layer

Since this layer is technically a shape layer, you can add effects or animations like rounded corners via the shape layer menu ▶️ .

Mask with Alt-Click

By holding down the ALT key on your keyboard while pressing the TextBG button you automatically mask your selected layer to the new background box layer (which is quite helpful if you want to animate the box' scale).

Options

Padding

Defines the outer space between the source layer and the background box.

Scaling

You can scale the width and the height of the background box independently.

Scaling Anchor

By default the box scales around the middle point. To relocate this scaling anchor point simply change the x and y slider.

You can also easely reposition the background box by adapting these settings.

Time Anchor

The size of the TextBG is determined by the parent layers bounding box. If you animate the text, the bounding box changes dynamicly.

To fix the size to a certain point in time of the parent layer, simply disable the Live checkbox and modify the Static slider to your needs (0% = parents inPoint. 100% = parents outPoint).