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kritikar13970746
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Jul 13, 2018 12:06 PM UTC
Question

Language localisation plugin for After effects

Hi,

I am working on a project for one of my clients to create/ identify automated plugin/tool for Adobe After effect language localization ie. to convert the content in Adobe After effects to different languages.

Could someone point in the right direction as to where I find an automated plugin for the same?

If not,  just a sample plugin to get started with the project?

Any help would be massively appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Kritika!

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Brian Aldridge
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Nov 9, 2025 12:57 PM UTC

Hey! I had a similar issue not long ago and ended up using a tool called Cult Translator inside After Effects. It automatically translates the text layers for you, which helped me save a lot of time.

This quick guide explains the workflow step by step:
https://youtu.be/6UKt2QWfaws

 

 

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    Dataclay5FFB
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    Jan 3, 2024 8:46 PM UTC

    No matter what external translation solution you pick, Dataclay's Templater extension for AE can be integrated to perform dynamic text, image, audio, and video replacement along with batch rendering. It is extremely popular for localization use cases.

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    Anonymous
    Jul 13, 2018 12:10 PM UTC

    Mmmh, not really sure I understood what you wanted to do?

    Do you want to translate an already existing After Effects (binary) plugin or even parts of the AE UI itself?

    Or do you want to translate our own plugin for which you have the sources?

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    kritikar13970746Author
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    Jul 13, 2018 12:34 PM UTC

    What I meant is that a plugin which could translate the texts within the After effects canvas and not the UI of the AE.

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    Anonymous
    Jul 13, 2018 12:39 PM UTC

    Ah, ok, now I understand better.

    Well, you can get/set the content of a text layer using either the C++ SDK or scripting, as far as I know.

    Then it is simply a task of getting that string translated into your target language, which is a task independent on AE or the plugin architecture. A simple approach would be to do an internet request to an online translator like Google Translate, parse the result and write that back to the layer content.

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