Happy New Year Everyone!
I'm positing this message in an effort to recruit beta testers for a new AE plugin that allows users to convert text layers, footage layers, and solid layers into dynamic audio / visual elements driven by external data at render time.
With this plugin users connect comp layers to data within a Google Spreadsheet document (or tab-delimited file) that is “fed” into that layer during a batch render. The plugin automatically positions, scales, and fits dynamic sized text strings and images. If you produce any kind of video template, you can benefit from it because swapping out sources, texts, etc. is extremely easy simply by modifying spreadsheet data. Essentially, you can output batches of unique renders based on the same AEP file using this plugin: think lower-thirds, bumpers, slideshows, presentations, etc.
I made a screencast showing how the plugin works:
I would be grateful to any of you who would like participate in the product's beta phase, and will offer participants free upgrades after it is released to the general public.
If you have any interest, please reply here, or send me a private message via the forum.
Thank you for your time and consideration!
Best,
Arie