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USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4

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Last updated 12/21/2009

Michael Cardeiro provides a script on the After Effects Scripts website that makes multiple versions of your

compositions using information from a spreadsheet or database. The script goes through your spreadsheet line by line,

making a new version of your composition with text layers in the composition receiving text from the spreadsheet

automatically.

The After Effects Scripts website provides many scripts for working with text.

Paul Tuersley provides a script on the AE Enhancers forum for importing Substation Alpha (SSA) karaoke files and

automatically creating animated text layers from them.

Jeff Almasol provides a script on his redefinery website for editing the source text of text layers.

Jeff Almasol provides a script on his redefinery website that converts various plain text punctuation into their “smart”

Jeff Almasol provides a script on his redefinery website that sets keyframes for the Source Text property of a text layer

and sets the values to text from a text file; the keyframes are placed at times specified by layer markers on the text layer.

For examples of expressions for the Source Text property, see “Writing expressions for source text” on page 651 and

“MarkerKey attributes (expression reference)” on page 681.

Enter point text

When you enter point text, each line of text is independent—the length of a line increases or decreases as you edit the

text, but it doesn’t wrap to the next line.

The small line through the type tool pointer marks the position of the text baseline. For horizontal text, the baseline

marks the line on which the text rests; for vertical text, the baseline marks the center axis of the characters.

When you enter point text, it is created using the properties currently set in the Character panel. You can change these

properties later by selecting the text and modifying settings in the Character panel.

1 Do one of the following to create a text layer:

• Choose Layer > New > Text. A new text layer is created and an insertion point for the Horizontal Type tool appears

in the center of the Composition panel.

• Select the Horizontal Type tool or the Vertical Type tool , and then click in the Composition panel to set

an insertion point for the text.

Note: The pointer for a type tool changes depending on whether it is over a text layer in the Composition panel. When the

pointer is not directly over a text layer, it appears as a new text pointer

; click to create a new text layer. Shift-click

always creates a new text layer.

Enter text characters by typing. Press Enter on the main keyboard (Windows) or Return (Mac OS) to begin a new line.

Note: You can also choose Edit > Paste to paste text that you have copied from any application that uses Unicode

characters. Text receives the formatting of the first character in the text layer into which it is pasted.

3 To end text-editing mode, press Enter on the numeric keypad, select another tool, or press Ctrl+Enter (Windows)

or Command+Return (Mac OS).

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