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New Vertical Text Scripting hooks available in Beta
Hi everyone,
Starting in Beta build 24.2.0x29, we have added new support for managing the orientation (horizontal/vertical) of Text Layers via scripting. You'll have access to several new hooks in the latest Beta.
First up is new property on the TextDocument: TextDocument.lineOrientation. This read-write property uses the following enums:
- LineOrientation.HORIZONTAL
- LineOrientation.VERTICAL_RIGHT_TO_LEFT
- LineOrientation.VERTICAL_LEFT_TO_RIGHT
The existing LayerCollection functions for creating Text Layers will create them with LineOrientation.HORIZONTAL by default.
Next up is two new functions for creating vertical Text Layers.
- LayerCollection.addVerticalText(String or TextDocument)
- LayerCollection.addVerticalBoxText([w,h][, optional String])
The signature of these is exactly the same as their matching horizontal versions. When using these methods, the lineOrientation for the new Text layers will be LineOrientation.VERTICAL_RIGHT_TO_LEFT by default.
With this same update, we've also modified access to the composerEngine attribute for:
- TextDocument.composerEngine
- CharacterRange.composerEngine
- ParagraphRange.composerEngine
These properties were previously read-only, and are now read-write. Please note that it is only possible to set the value to ComposerEngine.UNIVERSAL_TYPE_ENGINE. This is to allow Text Layers that use the older ComposeEngine.LATIN_CJK_ENGINE to be updated to use the newer CompserEngine.UNIVERSAL_TYPE_ENGINE.
You can read the updated docs here: https://ae-scripting.docsforadobe.dev/introduction/changelog.html.
Remember, these scripting hooks are currently in Beta and are subject to change.
Douglas Waterfall, John Colombo & Sebastien Perier
Remember, these scripting hooks are currently in Beta and are subject to change.
Douglas Waterfall, John Colombo & Sebastien Perier
After Effects Engineering
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