Hi Chris,
I’m just wondering if you found a solution to automating your templates?
I’m in the process of developing a solution which would possibly do what you need.
At a high level, it allows you to generate multiple videos from a single template.
The process would be:
1) Create the template
2) Upload the template to the system
3) Through our web interface, for each team, you simply upload image(s), fill in text/captions/etc, change settings, and press [render]. The system then takes care of opening AE, opening the template, replacing the images/texts with the custom items, rendering in AE, encoding again (2 pass) with handbrake, and then making the final video available.
I also supports producing a draft/preview video, SD, and HD, all selectable.
At this stage the system is in beta, so I am looking for users/testers. Let me know if this is of interest to you.