Text Layer Maker with Automation Blocks ?

Question

Hi again, I'm using automation blocks a lot lately and I was wondering if it's possible to do something like this: the idea is to insert a text in the dialog box with those characteristics (see photo), and for each empty line create a new layer with the corresponding text.

design the interface of the photo as to catch the idea.

also one of the main functions should be to be able to shifts and sets the in point and out point of selected layers to markers set on a marker layer. similar to the function of the script automate to sequence from Lloyd Alvarez.

As a lyric video designer I am always looking for ways to automate as much of my work as possible and I was wondering if it is possible to do this with automation blocks.

Maybe they can be separate actions, an action to create the text layers and another action to sync them with the markers layer. In fact, this last action would be interesting to have separately, something like selecting the layers and the marker layer and running the action to set the in point and out point of the layers and if there are slight changes in the position of the markers, when selecting the layers again and running the action, the layers would be updated. it would be fantastic.
I hope I haven't been too confusing.
Thanks a lot.

Mathias Moehl · Accepted Answer

Now that I think about it, I have an alternative idea similar to the one you mentioned. It would be text to text layers tool by paragraphs, cool. then a tool in which for each text layer adds a marker for each word with the word itself inside the comments (SHOT NEW 1). that way let's say with another tool, you can apply the expression similar to this:

anim = thisProperty;
delayDur = framesToTime(effect("Delay Duration")("Slider").value);
numMarkers = marker.numKeys;
delay = (textIndex - 1)*delayDur;

if (numMarkers > 0) {
delay = textIndex <= numMarkers ? marker.key(textIndex).time : marker.key(numMarkers).time;
}

anim.valueAtTime(time - delay)
the one I took from Ukramedia "Link Text Animation to Markers in After Effects" video (very good by the way).
that way the texts would be separated by paragraph(layer) and also each paragraph(layer) would have markers for each word, to later be able to synchronize them with the audio.
what do you think ?

Hi Carlmad,

I created two new Automation Blocks tools which offer you a very efficient workflow for your task:

After you created the text layers for each individual paragraph, you can run the Change Text At Markers on each of those layers again, too, to make the words there appear marker by marker.

Cheers,

Mathias

Mathias Moehl · Answer

[edited: I removed this reply - I accidentally posted it here, but it was an answer to a different post...]

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