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How to explode text into characters, then convert each generated layer to shape using script
Hello,
I am not very good when it comes to scripting, so I came here to ask for help.
What I try to achieve is exactly what the title says: to explode text into characters (on separate layers), then create a shape from each generated text layer using a script – basically, select the text layer and run a script that does this.I know that this command creates shapes from a text layer:
app.executeCommand(app.findMenuCommandId("Create Shapes from Text"));
but I can’t make it work with multiple selected layers… it only works if I select each layer separately.Also, I don’t know how to explode the text into characters.
Maybe someone could help me.
Thank you in advance!
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4 Replies
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Quick question: why not the other way around? Converting single text layer to shapes will get you a shape layer with neat sub-layers for each character which you can transfer to separate layers, if you wish.
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Because I need each letter of the text on a separate layer in order to animate it… and it will be a lot of text
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And I also don’t know an automated way to separate the shape sublayers from the single shape layer that will be generated
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Perhaps your wishing to script your own, but have you check out this from Mamoworld?
https://aescripts.com/textexploder/
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