
AE Shapes Blender
by Zohaib Malik
AE Shapes Blender is an After Effects script for blending shape paths, with control over the spine path and path offsets. It supports two blend methods and animated loops.
by BGRA Entertainment·Motion Graphics
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Listed in the aescripts library, L3tt3rM4pp3r2 stands out for its unusually broad After Effects version support, running from CS6 up to After Effects 2026, and for staying active with updates through early 2025.
L3tt3rM4pp3r2 by BGRA Entertainment is a textmode and ASCII art video mapping plugin for After Effects. This second version arrives with a reworked UI and a set of textmode presets, building on the original release.
Development through early 2025 added several controls. Version 2.2 introduced supersampling and a texture interpolation mode, while later updates brought letter interpolation named Cl34rTyp3, tweaked mapping, extra color and scale parameters, and a change so a custom texture's color affects the result. MFR support arrived in version 2.3. Getting-started material covers custom textures and a tutorial for converting fonts to textures.
The plugin runs across a wide span of After Effects releases, from CS6 through the CC line and up to After Effects 2026. It reached version 2.8 in February 2025 and is listed here as free, with a demo video available.
L3tt3rM4pp3r2 is best for after Effects artists creating textmode and ASCII art video mapping effects.
L3tt3rM4pp3r2 is completely free to download and use.
L3tt3rM4pp3r2 supports a broad range of After Effects versions, from CS6 through CC and every CC 20xx release up to After Effects 2026, including 2020 through 2025. Version 2.3 added MFR support and an AE2025 crash fix. Because the compatibility list spans older and current builds, artists on legacy setups and recent installs can both run it. Check the developer's page to confirm the current list for your specific After Effects version before installing.
L3tt3rM4pp3r2 is listed as free in this catalog. Licensing terms can change, so check the developer's page on aescripts for the current details before you download or use it in a project. That page also holds the version history and the getting-started resources for custom textures and converting fonts to textures. Confirming the latest terms and any account requirements there is the safest route before committing it to a workflow.
L3tt3rM4pp3r2 reached version 2.8 on February 24, 2025, with updated presets and a fix for an invisible last symbol. Earlier 2025 updates added letter interpolation called Cl34rTyp3, tweaked the mapping, and introduced extra color and scale parameters, along with a change so a custom texture's color affects the result. The 2.2 update had earlier added supersampling and a texture interpolation mode. Together these span the plugin's recent development toward the current build.
L3tt3rM4pp3r2 introduced a letter interpolation option called Cl34rTyp3 in version 2.7, released February 15, 2025, alongside tweaked mapping. It sits among the plugin's other rendering controls, such as the texture interpolation mode and the supersampling option added back in version 2.2. For the full behaviour and how to apply it, the developer's page and the getting-started tutorials on custom textures and converting fonts to textures are the best reference points.
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