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Converting Photoshop text to After Effects text
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When you import text from Adobe® Photoshop® into Adobe After Effects® 6.0, the text imports as a rasterized, non-editable image. However, if you want to edit or animate the text, you can quickly convert it to text layers in After Effects by using the Convert to Editable Text command. Once converted, you can use the sophisticated text animation features of After Effects to achieve the look you desire.
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Create a Photoshop file and an After Effects project.

Create and save a Photoshop file containing one or more text layers. Create an After Effects project to import the Photoshop file into.
Import the Photoshop file into After Effects.

In After Effects, choose File > Import > File, select the Photoshop file, and then choose Composition - Cropped Layers from the Import As menu. After Effects imports the file as a composition, placing the new composition, along with a folder containing the separate layers, in the Project window. Double-click the newly imported composition to open it.
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Scale a layer and view the quality.

At this time, the newly imported layers are rasterized layers—they do not contain editable text. (Raster layers are denoted in the Timeline window by a thumbnail of the image instead of the uppercase T that denotes text layers.) Scale a layer by roughly 200%, and then view the layer in the Composition window. You’ll notice that the quality of the raster image is pixelated. (Make sure the Quality switch in the layer’s Switches/Modes column is set to Best.)
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