diff --git a/crates/render/src/text.rs b/crates/render/src/text.rs
index 19c17d53f..683da82ee 100644
--- a/crates/render/src/text.rs
+++ b/crates/render/src/text.rs
@@ -343,7 +343,10 @@ pub fn char_transforms(ctx: &EvalCtx, layer: &Layer, text: &PropGroup, lay: &Tex
             }
             angles.apply(c, k);
             if let Some(o) = op {
-                c.opacity *= 1.0 + (o / 100.0 - 1.0) * k;
+                // Blend toward this animator's value, so a later animator can show characters an
+                // earlier one hid (Lottie files rely on it: Opacity 0 % on every character, then
+                // animators at 100 % that sweep in). With one animator this is the same as before.
+                c.opacity += (o - c.opacity) * k;
             }
             if let Some(f) = fill {
                 c.fill = Some(f);
diff --git a/crates/render/src/text/tests.rs b/crates/render/src/text/tests.rs
index 503ea097c..0280115a5 100644
--- a/crates/render/src/text/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/render/src/text/tests.rs
@@ -548,6 +548,22 @@ fn keyframed_selector_animates() {
     assert_eq!(selection(&p, cid, 1.0, 1), vec![0.0; 4]);
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn a_later_animator_opacity_shows_characters_an_earlier_one_hid() {
+    let (mut p, cid, comp) = setup(400, 200);
+    let mut l = text_layer(&mut p, &comp, doc("ABCD", 40.0));
+    animator(&mut p, &mut l, &["opacity"], &["range"]);
+    set(&mut l, "text/animators/#1/properties/opacity", Value::Scalar(0.0));
+    animator(&mut p, &mut l, &["opacity"], &["range"]);
+    set(&mut l, "text/animators/#2/properties/opacity", Value::Scalar(60.0));
+    set(&mut l, "text/animators/#2/selectors/#1/end", Value::Scalar(50.0));
+    p.comp_mut(cid).unwrap().layers.push(l);
+    let glyphs = glyph_paths(&ctx(&p, cid, 0.0), &p.comp(cid).unwrap().layers[0]);
+    let opacity: Vec<f64> = glyphs.iter().map(|g| (g.1.opacity * 1000.0).round() / 1000.0).collect();
+    // The second animator selects "AB" only: they come back at 60 %, "CD" stay hidden.
+    assert_eq!(opacity, [60.0, 60.0, 0.0, 0.0]);
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn caret_follows_animators_and_path_text() {
     let (mut p, cid, comp) = setup(400, 400);