• Adobe After Effects

  Alphabet Script

  Posted by rodolfo lofredo on April 8, 2021 at 3:55 pm

  I made in AE an animated alphabet each letter in comp and with different animation. I would like to know if it is possible to use a script that makes these words editable in text, where I would type the word and it would sort the letters automatically. In the current process, I have to drag each letter into the main comp and position them manually.

  thanks!!!

  Graham Quince replied 5 years, 5 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  rodolfo lofredo

  April 8, 2021 at 9:06 pm

  here’s a screenshot of a script I saw:

  
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  Graham Quince

  April 10, 2021 at 1:27 pm

  I’d probably start witha precomp, with each letter being on a different frame. Then in the main comp, have a text layer with the word on it, and on each precomp’s time remapping property have an expression with a javascript object, something like:

  myTextLetters = { 'A': 0, 'B': : 1, .... };

  Where the number corresponds to a frame in a precomp.

  Then take my text layer and split it into individual letters:

  myString = text.sourceText.split('');

  Depending on layer position, use the determine which letter each precomp is denoting and set the time value to the be:

  myTextLetters[myString[index]);

  I’ve not tried this, and there’s probably something you can do with Essential Graphics to make this smoother and you probably also want a separate expression on the opacity to turn off layers you don’t need. But this might get you started.

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