• Adobe After Effects

  automated Text editing

  Posted by Loris Grifa on November 2, 2017 at 4:27 pm

  Hello to everyone,

  Here is the situation:

  i have project with several precomposed text layers to edit .

  Than i use them in another composition.

  Now i would like to edit all the text layer directly from the main composition using a dialogue box or at least using a simple formatted text file.

  At the beginning i was looking for a kind of “text control” as the slider control or similar, but i realized that does not exist.

  Another solution would be to write an expression that fill the text referring to a .txt file, but i’m not able to.

  Please help me!

  Thank’s

  Loris Grifa replied 8 years, 9 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  Loris Grifa

  November 2, 2017 at 6:44 pm

  Dear Dave,

  i according with u on the line, but this is not that situation.

  I’m just trying to let people editing all the data on the main composition without access to all the secondary elements .

  This would prevent all the probable mistakes and allow people that are has not experience on AE to works independently.

  Moreover is a way for me to improve my scripting skills.

  Regards
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  Kevin Camp

  November 2, 2017 at 10:47 pm

  assuming you are using cc2017 or later version of after effects, the ‘essential graphics’ panel might be what you are looking for. you can add all the text fields that need to be edited to the essential graphics panel.

  Kevin Camp
  Art Director
  KCPQ, KZJO & KRCW
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  Loris Grifa

  November 3, 2017 at 12:33 am

  thank’s a lot.

  this solution is exactly what i was looking for.

  Never use it, and not even know about is existence.

  however i will check the code behind this tool to be able to do it by myself.

  thank you again

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