Simple Text
  • Rigel EprimeRigel Eprime
    Great work!!!
  • Jackson Morgan MoserJackson Morgan Moser
    Thank you Rigel!
  • John ErdmanJohn Erdman
    This script is incredible. AE's text-animator system is so incredibly un-intuitive and ugly. This script makes animating text smooth and simple– this type of interface should be native in After Effects. Thanks! The only thing I'd ask for future updates would be speed, as it seemed to slow down once I started creating a few different animations. But still worked very well overall– this is really an awesome tool.

    Question– if I need to hand-off a project, will my text animation be editable for someone else who doesn't have the script (or still work)?
    Thanks!
  • Jackson Morgan MoserJackson Morgan Moser

    Thank you for the feedback!
    It can be a little slow depending on the number of element (letters, words or lines) and number of simultaneously text layers. It's due the number of expressions going on, every element have a very long expression for every property (position, scale, etc).

    I'm working in ways to optimize it, and the After Effects is modernizing the expression engine, so I'm optimistic that it will be faster in the future.

    The project will always work, but if you need to change the text, and it's longer than before, you should reapply Simple Text.

    You can increase manually duplicating the animators, just unfold the text property and hit Ctrl+D in the last 'letter' animator.

    Thank you again.

  • mike jacksonmike jackson
    Ugh, yeah I discovered the slowdown issue the hard way. May have to redo part of my project because it's taxing my system so much. I even bought a brand new MBP hoping it would solve the lag issues, nope! Gonna try rendering in place for now.

    What about adding a "bake to keyframes" feature? Might that improve performance?
  • Jackson Morgan MoserJackson Morgan Moser

    Hi Mike, can you give more details? How many layers with how many characters?

    I'm working in a optimized version where only applies expressions in the parameters used. I really think It will increase performance a lot.

    When you don't use 3D animations, make the text in a pre comp and enable proxies can help for now

    The bake Idea looks great! I will study this option, Thank you.

    mike jackson said:
    Ugh, yeah I discovered the slowdown issue the hard way. May have to redo part of my project because it's taxing my system so much. I even bought a brand new MBP hoping it would solve the lag issues, nope! Gonna try rendering in place for now.

    What about adding a "bake to keyframes" feature? Might that improve performance?

  • brien hopkinsbrien hopkins
    Great looking tool. Is there a way to trigger the animation delay with layer markers, similar to how your Subtitles tool works? Or is there a way to combine the two tools? That would be amazing!
  • Jackson Morgan MoserJackson Morgan Moser
    Hi! Thank you. Actually there is no way to combine these tools. But I'm working in a new version of the Subtitle tool, and some transitions will be added between texts. Thank you again!
    brien hopkins said:
    Great looking tool. Is there a way to trigger the animation delay with layer markers, similar to how your Subtitles tool works? Or is there a way to combine the two tools? That would be amazing!

  • George RobertsGeorge Roberts
    Hi, does this not support macOS Monterey with the latest version of After Effects? It crashes AE when I try to open the plugin. Thanks.
  • Jackson Morgan MoserJackson Morgan Moser
    Hi! Can you please share a screen shot or a video to I better understand?
  • Royce RemixRoyce Remix
    Hi there!  Looking at text tools to help improve my workflow and this looks really cool!  I assume the animators are just applied to the text later in-point?  Is there a way to attach it to an out-point for out animations that don't rely on an exact layer length (in to out)?

    Also were you able to make any of the updates that you mentioned in other comments here? (baking animations into text keyframes, or optimizing it to only apply expressions in the parameters used?)  Just wondering, thanks!
  • Jackson Morgan MoserJackson Morgan Moser
    Royce Remix said:
    Hi there!  Looking at text tools to help improve my workflow and this looks really cool!  I assume the animators are just applied to the text later in-point?  Is there a way to attach it to an out-point for out animations that don't rely on an exact layer length (in to out)?

    Also were you able to make any of the updates that you mentioned in other comments here? (baking animations into text keyframes, or optimizing it to only apply expressions in the parameters used?)  Just wondering, thanks!
    Hi! You are right. It's synced to the in-point. I like to create one animator to in point and another to out point. So I split the layer at where the Out point should start.

    Or I create the entire in and out point animation in one animator. Then I duplicate the animator to create different animation lenghts.

    I'm looking forward to be able to make these updates that you mentionaded, but right now I can't say exacly when it will be possible.

  • John B.John B.
    Hello, for some reason the animator control is on the top left corner, not in the centre
    please advise...thank you
    im using ae 22.5.0
    mac os big sur 3.8gh

    ....

    i opened the project in ae 18.4.6, the animator control is in the centre and working good...i guess it's just in ae22.5 that the control jumps to the top left corner...im not sure

  • Jackson Morgan MoserJackson Morgan Moser
    John B. said:
    Hello, for some reason the animator control is on the top left corner, not in the centre
    please advise...thank you
    im using ae 22.5.0
    mac os big sur 3.8gh

    ....

    i opened the project in ae 18.4.6, the animator control is in the centre and working good...i guess it's just in ae22.5 that the control jumps to the top left corner...im not sure


    Hi!! Can you please share a screen recording or a screenshot so I can investigate it better?
  • omaxechandni chowkomaxechandni chowk
    Hii i understand simple text how to use to for website. omaxe chandni chowk
  • Jackson Morgan MoserJackson Morgan Moser
    omaxechandni chowk said:
    Hii i understand simple text how to use to for website. omaxe chandni chowk

    Hi! You can export your animation as a GIF. Thank you!
  • John WaneJohn Wane
    Good job!
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