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artur_b
artur_b
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March 12, 2021
Question

Contextual alternates in AE

  • March 12, 2021
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Hello,

 

I am trying to use the option of "contextual alternates" in AE.

I have the option here for Photoshop

 

But can't find a similar button to this in AE, tbh I wouldn't be surprised if it's not natively in AE, but maybe there are plugins or some trick to get that option working?

 

Atm, my only solution is to create the text in Photoshop and copy-paste it into AE, but that is deff not an optimal solution long term.

 

Any suggestions?

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Warren Heaton
Community Expert
Warren HeatonCommunity Expert
Community Expert
March 13, 2021

Yeah, while the OpenType options are in Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign, they haven't made their way into After Effects yet.  I imagine we'll see it eventually.

 

You can import PS Type Layers and convert them to editable text (Layer > Create > Convert to Editable Text), but I'm not sure if that's any better than copy and paste.

 

But if you get bored doing the copy-paste from PS, you can switch to Adobe Illustrator instead.  So, "yay" for that, I guess.

 

Vote for "Please bring all OpenType features to After Effects" here:
https://community.adobe.com/t5/after-effects-ideas/please-bring-all-opentype-features-to-after-effects/idc-p/13365881

Note:  This post used to link to the now out-of-date feature request from the now-discontinued Adobe UserVoice pages.

 

And anyone who reads this post, please follow that link and vote!  

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    Olexii35833625qfgb
    Participant
    March 16, 2024

    "This UserVoice instance is no longer available." ((

    Warren Heaton
    Community Expert
    Warren HeatonCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    March 17, 2024

    @Olexii35833625qfgb 

    Thank you for pointing this out, Olexii.

    The UserVoice was migrated to the "Ideas" category of the Adobe Community Forums.

    Users can still vote for this feature here:
    https://community.adobe.com/t5/after-effects-ideas/please-bring-all-opentype-features-to-after-effects/idc-p/13365881

    I've edited the outdated link in my post on March 12, 2021, to reflect this as well.

    Mylenium
    Mylenium
    Legend
    March 13, 2021

    there is no such thing and for better or worse you need to be glad AE doesn't even bust up your copy&paste stuff. Even to this day AE does not support full Unicode/ OpenType and hence there also cannot be any magic plug-ins or scripts. the workflow you're using already is as good as it gets.

     

    Mylenium

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