Text Chain

Text Chain links different text layers dynamically and constrains the full string in a given width.

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Description

When you have typography with different settings (font weight, font size, all caps or upper and lower etc..) instead of having 1 single text layer, you can create several layers with different settings and link them together in a given direction: the layers will always move according to the preceding text width. This is often the case with leaderboards or name supers, that combine upper and lower cases, or all caps and/or smaller font sizes.

Plus, when a line of text needs to be contained within a certain width, you can set a max width value and the text will be constrained to that width

Key features:

Script UI + Effects control panel

- Link Text layers together

- Global tracking and individual word tracking controls

- Max width switch

- Max width value slider

- Animate all properties in the Effect Controls panel

A useful example

Leaderboard example Name super example

Tutorial

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Version History

2.1 -

Nov 23, 2020

- Fixed issue with international versions

2.0 -

Nov 19, 2019

- Fixed Issue with missing Psuedo reference (error message: "missing effect reference")

- Fixed Licensing Issue

- Catalina Compatible

- Reduced compatibility to CC 2019 & 2020

1.01 -

Jul 9, 2019

Fixed issue (experienced on Mac only) that caused AE to crash when running the Trial.

Also added compatibility with CC2017 and CC2018

1.0 -

Jul 8, 2019

new release

Compatibility

After Effects

2020, CC 2019