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James Whiffin
Legend
August 18, 2025

AEGP_GetNumTextOutlines doesn't return all paths if text is set as right to left in paragraph option

  • August 18, 2025
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Hello AE team

 

In the c++ SDK, if there are two characters and text is set as default left to right, we receive all text paths as expected. But if the paragraph options is set to right to left (as customers working in Arabic or Hebrew are) the first (right most) path is ignored. 

 

This affects the very popular VC Saber and a bunch of my text based plugins. Attached is a visual example; the left column is LTR, and the right column is RTL. The first image is the plain text layers, and the second image is with saber and textbox 2 applied. Note how the first column is missing the first (rightmost) character.

 

As a temporary workaround, a dummy character can be placed as the first character but it's a hassle. 

 

Tested on AE 2023 to 2025. Since there's only one version of AEGP_TEXTLAYERSUITE1, I suspect it goes back to whenever RTL text was introduced.

 

Any feedback is appreciated. 

1 reply

JohnColombo17100380
Community Manager
Community Manager
August 22, 2025

Hi @James Whiffin,

Thank you for reporting this issue and the detail you've provided. I've created a bug ticket for us to investiate this issue and will update this thread if a fix becomes available in Beta.

 

Cheers,

- John, After Effects Engineering Team