Answers.Body: <p>There sadly does not appear to be a direct way to do it, however you can approximate it by using a Directional Blur on your shape layer with a 90 degree orientation and then applying a fade in.  If you mess with the keyframes a bit, you should be able to get it to look like a constant animation.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>What about cheating by using a font that has numbers in circles? This, for example: <a href="http://www.fontscape.com/explore?3O4" rel="nofollow">http://www.fontscape.com/explore?3O4</a></p>
  
  <p>Won't work for more than 9 bullet points though.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Those don't give you control of both colors. The only way to rig it up that way would be to use a large solid circle in text (oversize bullet in most typefaces) and then the number in a separate layer on top of it with the keyframes aligned.
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Body: <p>I have a few bullet points as so:</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/4fWj4.jpg" alt="Screenshot of Bullet Point"></p>
  
  <p>I would like to apply an <code>Animation Preset &gt; Text &gt; Blurs &gt; Bullet Train</code> to it... But I want the effect to include the blue circle. I've tried applying directly, parenting, and pre-composing. None had the desired result. Is there a way to get the <code>Text Effect</code> onto the shape layer?</p>
  
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Title: Is there a way to apply an Animation Preset - Text Effect onto a shape?
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ThreadText: # Is there a way to apply an Animation Preset - Text Effect onto a shape?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2014-01-28)
  
  I have a few bullet points as so:
  
  ![Screenshot of Bullet Point](https://i.sstatic.net/4fWj4.jpg)
  
  I would like to apply an `Animation Preset > Text > Blurs > Bullet Train` to it... But I want the effect to include the blue circle. I've tried applying directly, parenting, and pre-composing. None had the desired result. Is there a way to get the `Text Effect` onto the shape layer?
  
  **Tags:** after-effects, animation, presets
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2014-01-29. Score: 0 | Accepted answer
  
  There sadly does not appear to be a direct way to do it, however you can approximate it by using a Directional Blur on your shape layer with a 90 degree orientation and then applying a fade in. If you mess with the keyframes a bit, you should be able to get it to look like a constant animation.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2014-01-31. Score: 0
  
  What about cheating by using a font that has numbers in circles? This, for example: <http://www.fontscape.com/explore?3O4>
  
  Won't work for more than 9 bullet points though.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Those don't give you control of both colors. The only way to rig it up that way would be to use a large solid circle in text (oversize bullet in most typefaces) and then the number in a separate layer on top of it with the keyframes aligned.  
  
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