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Import the alien.psd we made in part 1 into After Effects as a composition.  Double click on the alien comp and it will open up a new timeline with all of the Photoshop layers visible.

Go to Composition>Composition Settings and make the duration of the comp 5 seconds. In the timeline select the two text layers and hit A on your keyboard to expose the anchor property. Adjust the values so the anchor point is at the bottom of the text, then you’ll have to re-position the text back to the middle and move it just below center. To prevent the text layer from jiggling all the way down, we’ll split the layer in two and add the expression at the split (time of impact when the text drops).  Move the timeline indicator to 0;00;00;08 , Lock Layer 1 and select the two text layers then to go edit>split layer.

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