Mailing List AE-List@media-motion.tv — Message #65730
From: Timothy Sassoon <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
Subject: Obsolete? I think not.
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 12:43:57 -0800
To: After Effects Mail List <ae-list@media-motion.tv>
I wish the “obsolete” effect Simple Text would be updated to 32-bit and reinstated as a standard effect. There isn’t anything wrong with the standard text tool, but sometimes one might be faced with the task of applying individual text notes (nothing fancy) to a large number of layers in sequence. The text tool is cumbersome in that situation because it doubles the clutter problem. But Simple Text is 8-bit limited, so can’t really be used on modern footage.

There sometimes are good reasons to have a couple of different ways available to carry out a task. Though one method may be objectively better than the other, there may be times when the simpler method is far more convenient.

Tim Sassoon
SFD
Venice, CA
 
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