Dynamically insert names into video?

[Steven J.]

Can someone point me in the right direction? My company wants to send milestone/anniversary messages to employees automatically. Would like to pull names from a database to insert into a video message to personalize it for each person, delivered via link in email. I work with After Effects and Premiere, so can create a video message, but am lost when it comes to dynamically inserting the names or other information.

Thanks 

[Richard van den Boogaard]

Hope this will help you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoXAmsjJoc4

[Kevin-Monahan]

Steven,

Hi! In addition to BC's article, this link should help a lot. Jan Ozer knows his stuff: https://www.streamingmedia.com/Producer/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=130721&PageNum=1

Thank You,
Kevin

[jasontcox]

Depending on what workflow you are more comfortable with, I'd also recommend taking a look at Dataclay's After Effects Templater. It takes a bit of time to learn the first time, but it is an AWESOME piece of software.

[Steven J.]

This is really cool stuff, thanks!  Now I realize that this method means creating a new video file for every person, in our case would be about 60,000 files. May need to rethink this plan!

[Richard van den Boogaard · Accepted solution]

Obviously you are not looking for a way to create 60.000 videos, but for a way to have a name tag dynamically appearing in a predefined area of a single video... this is not a video related task, but a dynamic scripting task. You would have to start looking for answers in programs such as Adobe Animate or Dreamweaver, is my best guess.

Hope this helps.

[Steven J.]

Yes, thanks!