THanks guys, I will check out Creative Cow forums.

For some reason you can't in AE have a Ramp (gradient) applied to the text AND utilise the Stroke effect, the moment you apply the stroke effect it removes the ramp.

@Graphicnovel:
What/where do I find that Dynamic Link thingy?

Cheers guys.
EW

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