Type Array

SPECIAL NOTE:

I've recently transitioned to freelance work! My presets like this one have been extremely well received by the motion community and it's tempting to monetize them, but I feel strongly that these existing presets should continue to be offered on a Name Your Price basis. If you're willing and able to donate the suggested amount of $10, it would directly benefit the new adventure I'm on! Thank you for your support!

About Type Array:

Text animation in After Effects is bizarrely difficult. Existing tools offer good options for introducing bodies of text over a period of time, but applying detailed animations to each index (character, word, or line) usually requires splitting onto multiple layers. I combined techniques from around the web to create a simple, versatile solution that applies your custom interpolation to each index with delay or markers. The result is a tool that does however much or little you need it to, then gets out of the way.

Dynamic Referencing:

Version 2.0 includes a new feature I call Dynamic Referencing. This lets you add multiple Type Array instances to one layer. Just duplicate both the Type Array effect and text animator, and rename the text selector(s) to match the effects.

I'd honestly be hard-pressed to find a text layer in my work that doesn't use some variant of this preset. I hope it becomes equally useful to you.