by Froggy Team·Motion Graphics
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Animated TextBlock earns its spot in the toolfarm library by tackling one specific chore, aligning everything in complex text compositions, with fixed-width layouts and animated tracking, alignment and anchor-point controls. Just note that its text transformations can't be baked, a limitation the developer states plainly.
Animated TextBlock is an After Effects plugin for creating animated text with fixed-width text layouts. It removes the tedious and time-consuming work of aligning everything in complex text compositions.
Its controls scale text to fit the block width and animate tracking, alignment and the vertical anchor point. It supports formatted text and includes a setting that makes color dependent on size, all handled through pseudo effect controls.
One thing to keep in mind: the text transformations cannot be baked. The TextDocument object, reached through a text layer's source text property, only reports the first character of the text, and per-character properties are not available through the ExtendScript API. The plugin runs across a wide span of After Effects versions, from CS6 through the 2025 release, and this entry was last updated on January 10, 2025. A demo video is available.
Animated TextBlock is best for building animated text with fixed-width layouts and keeping complex text compositions aligned in After Effects.
Animated TextBlock is completely free to download and use.
Animated TextBlock supports a broad range of After Effects releases, running on versions from CS6 up through 2025, including CC, CC 2014, CC 2015, CC 2015.3, CC 2017, CC 2018, CC 2019, and the yearly 2020 through 2025 builds. The same list covers both its stated compatibility and requirements, so if your install falls anywhere in that range the plugin is intended to run. The most recent update to this entry is dated January 10, 2025.
Animated TextBlock cannot bake its text transformations. The TextDocument object, available through the source text property of a text layer, only exposes information about the first character of the text, and there is no access to per-character properties through the ExtendScript API. That limitation is noted directly by the developer, so the animated tracking, alignment and anchor point behaviour stays tied to the plugin's own controls rather than being flattened out.
Animated TextBlock is listed as free in this catalog, so you can add it to your After Effects setup without a purchase noted here. Licensing terms can change over time, so for the current details it is worth checking the developer's page from Froggy Team before you rely on it for a project. The entry was last updated on January 10, 2025, and a demo video is available if you want to see more first.
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