Well known by C4D users, Mograph still remains one of the most powerful and robust procedural cloning and animation module.
AfterEffects users can taste a little bit of its power for free, thanks to the "Fracture" and 2 "Effectors" (Plain and Random) that come with the Cinema 4D Lite version, packed with every AfterEffects CC version. But it is definitely limited and frustrating, since the most interesting tool is still missing : the CLONER !

How many times a motion designer has to duplicate and animate sequentially a bunch, sometimes dozen, of similar graphic shapes in their projects ?

Of course you can animate your designs with keyframes, then duplicate them, sort them with a time offset... but it is time consuming and what if you are asked to change the whole animation later ? Well, you'll have to redo the entire process, again and again, until your client is really satisfied !

Some existing tools aim at making this process way more efficient and less tedious, but you'll still end up with a lot of duplicated layers in your timeline, and, who wouldn't prefer to keep a well organized timeline, just like in Cinema4D, where you can just deploy or close objects hierarchies to keep things tidy up.

Introducing... Moglyph FX, a Mograph like toolset that allows you to clone predefined glyph shapes and animate them proceduraly, within one single text layer !

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Moglyph FX comes with a neat UI panel divided in 2 tabs, that let's you concentrate on how you'll generate and manage your glyph clones first, then on how you'll want to animate them thanks to the 6 different effectors available.

Here are the two tabs and their tools shown side by side :

Moglyph FX allows you to use all the 5 Cloner setups from Cinema4D (drag your mouse over for animation)

Moglyph FX comes with 6 C4D Mograph like effectors :

The MoglyphFX cloner's properties, generated glyph shapes and effectors are all handled by a single text layer, which allows you to  :

• Keep your After Effects timeline light and clean (and you can add as many cloner setups as you want in a same comp)
• Extrude the generated glyph shapes within Element 3D (just choose your Moglyph Cloner layer as a custom Text & Mask layer in E3D)
• Use "3D per character" to animate the glyph clones in 3D (you can customize it and add any animator or property like any text layer)
• Use 3rd party text scripts and presets on top of the cloners (animate clones with cool tools like Animation composer or Text Evo)
• Save your setups as reusable presets (drag and drop all the Cloner's text groups, mask and effects in the preset library to re-use them later)
• Use the thematic Moglyph fonts in Illustrator’s glyph panel (perfect for the design and storyboarding process)

Tutorials

Please click on the VIDEOS tab above for a full series of in-depth video tutorials.

Important Disclaimer :

Some of you may have noticed that another tool, called Cloners+Effectors available here on aescripts.com, aims at animating clones in same Cloners setups procedurally, like Mograph as well. It is true, and this tool is really cool and efficient for this purpose, so... What are the differences between both products ?

In order to help you make your choice, here are a few arguments and comparisons :

• Moglyph FX relies entirely on Afters Effects Text layers, which means that you will always be bound to use the one-color symbols, called "glyphs", provided in the different thematic Moglyph Fonts. This is the main limitation of Moglyph FX and where it really differs from its contender Cloner+Effectors, since this one lets you use any layer (that can be precomposed with animated graphics in it) as clones. And this is mainly why, Moglyph FX costs almost half the price of Cloners+Effectors.
  I will do my best to provide as many useful and nice glyph shapes as I can, in a continuously growing font library, but this is definitely something to keep in mind while purchase one of these products.
• Another major difference between both products is how the "Falloff" options for the Effectors affect the clones. In Cloners+Effectors, you'll find the 2 most used Falloff shapes that Cinema4D (and other procedural modules like Mash for Maya) offers : "Linear" and "Radial", which allows you to animate your clones just by dragging the Effectors accross them, just like in Cinema4D. Moglyph FX is an entirely different beast while dealing with Effectors falloff ; since the effectors are in fact some complex "text animators", you'll never be able to separate their position from the cloner and, then, to animate your clones in this way. Moglyph FX Effectors' falloff rather consists of a bunch of "completion" sliders (with a "Start", a "End", an "Offset"...) than will help you animate your clones one by one, depending of their index order, from the first to the last by default, or row by row if you check the corresponding option in the "Animate" tab. Note that you can randomize these clones indexes with another cool Effector's option from this tab, if you do not want to animate clones in a sequential way.
• Moglyph FX offers ALL the 5 Cloner types that Cinema 4D has, including the really awesome "Spline cloner" (which I use a lot in real productions) and the "Honeycomb" that appeared for the first time in Cinema 4D R18 versions, while Cloners+Effectors has only the Linear, Radial and Grid types. Note that Cloners+Effectors offers another great feature that mimics the "Fracture" object from C4D (called "Cluster"), that MoglyphFX will never be able to reproduce due to After Effects Text layers limitations.
• Since Moglyph FX is based on presets with all the proerties linked to some effects, it is faster (almost in realtime, just by playing with "Count" slider) to generate a large amount of clones in your comp, while Cloners+Effectors is a bit slower on this point because of the way the script duplicates each layer. But keep in mind that both products, whichever it is, will become to slow down your composition's preview and render, as soon as you try to animate a large amount of clones with the help of effectors. This is totally normal, and this is mainly due to After Effects own limitations. If you feel that you have reached the limits and it slows you down in your workflow, just consider learning and buying a real 3D software like Cinema4D (but even there, large amounts of clones can become very slow !).
• Moglyph FX is based on Text layers, so you'll benefit from all the arguments already written above

Installation

• First install all the Moglyph fonts (like you would install install any other font on you OS) contained in the folder called Fonts > MoGlyph-StarterPack 
• Allow Scripts To Write Files and Access Network by turning on the corresponding option in your AE Preferences > General tab.
• Either use the aescripts + aeplugins manager app (easiest) or manually copy both the "MoglyphFX.jsxbin" file and the whole "MoglyphAssets" folder, then paste them at the same level inside your Application > After Effects' current version > Scripts > ScriptUI Panels folder. 
• Restart After Effects
• Launch the toolset called "MoglyphFX.jsxbin" from the Window menu, then enter your license code.
• Depending of your OS and permissions, a few more steps may be needed ; just follow the instructions that appear on the screen and restart AfterEffects again when the message asks you to do it.
• Once AfterEffects has re-opened, dock the panel wherever you want in your AE's layout and you are ready to go !

An animated typeface with a straight forward design and explosive motion. Each character has a unique in- and out-animation that is driven by a tiny dot.

Designer: Pat Finn

Includes JSX typeface

JSX typefaces are a fantastic new light-weight format for animated typefaces the seamlessly integrate with Font Manager
The Animography JSX typefaces are built with compCode
Click on the green TRY button above to try a free trial version of the JSX typeface (Requires Font Manager to use which also has a free trial available).

Customizable Features

• 2 color
• startframe for out-animation
• Optimized to work with Font Manager

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Create an ANIMATED 3D FLIP FLAP BOARD with One Click!

Features

• Fully animated 3D Flip Flap Board
• Great from text or transitions
• Keyframes or Marker driven animation
• One-click solution
• Pseudo Effect controls
• 4 Auto flip modes: Bi-direction, Forward, Backward, One Flip

Very easy to use

• Open Samples Project
• Select the Folder containing the Frames
• Activate a Composition for new Flip Board
• Press Make Button

Sample project is included in the download.

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Requirements & limitations:

• Effect Matte is compatible with layers that have parents, but only on CC2018.
• Effect Matte requires layers to have continuous rasterization enabled.
• Effect Matte is not compatible with shape layers, even if precomposed.

Effect Matte is compatible with AE CS6 and up, 32bpc color, with text and video layers.

Show Me Everything

This week on "Show Me Everything" we pull back the curtains on our latest plugin release "Effect Matte" plus a sneak peek at the upcoming "Set Matte Plus" plugin

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TUTORIALS

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Sometimes animations must feel professional but go rather unnoticed. Lower thirds or explainers with a more serious style don't need a firework of effects. This bundle contains in/out behaviors moves and transitions for Squash & Stretch Pro that support you in these kinds of projects. Subtle, elegant, serious.

130 behaviors & 208 sound effects

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Can the sound effects be used with other applications?

When applying a behavior to a layer, Squash & Stretch can add sound effects automatically that are tailored for this animation. But you can also access the sound effects as normal wav files (as described in this tutorial) such that you can use them with any other application.

Compatibility

Like all extra bundles, this bundle requires Squash & Stretch Pro and does not work with Squash and Stretch Free.

See all Squash & Stretch Products

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LayerGenerators is a collection of 3 tools for After Effects to automate the creation of layers.

These tools are particularly useful when a large number of layers is required, and when these layers cannot be obtained by just duplicating an existing layer.

They have been designed during the development of our plug-in Pastiche, when we realized that it would be great to have a tool to quickly generate a bunch of elements to start playing. They can be used to create text layers, solids (possibly with masks and effects) and vector shapes.

MAIN FEATURES:

Intuitive and easy to use: click and go! Avoid tedious and repetitive work

Fast and robust: create hundreds of layers in a matter of seconds

Each tool does one thing, but it does it right

Perfect companion for tools like PASTICHE and NEWTON2

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Use pt_TextEdit to search for and edit text layers in your AE project. You can create your own text style presets and apply them to multiple layers at the click of a button.

Upgrade notice: If you purchased v1 after Feb 16, 2013 the upgrade is FREE, otherwise the upgrade is $15. Make sure you login (or create a new account) with the same email address that was used for the original purchase. Please contact support if you have any questions.

HOW TO USE:

SEARCH: Click Search to show all text layers, or use the options to find specific layers. For example, search for layers containing Bold in the font name. Or put tags in the layer comments and search for them.

TEXT STYLE SETTINGS: The panel on the left contains the preset options and a list of text properties that can be edited. Check the properties you want to change, or click the box beside the Preset pulldown to toggle between the checked settings.

TEXT LIST: The text list at the bottom shows any text layers found in the search, along with their text property values. Select the layer or layers that you want to edit.

FETCH: When the box to the left of the Fetch button is checked, selecting a layer from the list will automatically copy its values into the checked settings in the top panel. When the checkbox is off, use the Fetch button to copy the values from the selection. Select a text layer in your comp instead of the list to fetch values directly from that layer.

APPLY: When the box to the left of the Apply button is checked, any change you make is applied instantly to the selected text layers. Alternatively, use the Apply button to apply all checked text settings to all selected layers on one go.

ADD TO TIMELINE: This is like the Apply button except it applies the currently checked settings to any text layers selected in the active composition. If no text layers are selected it adds a new text layer to the active comp instead.

PRESETS: You can save your text styles as presets to be reused later. Click the Save button and choose a name for the preset to add it to the Action/Preset pulldown. Select a preset and click the Delete button to remove that preset.

ACTIONS: The Action/Preset pulldown contains a few other options. Choose "Refresh List" to update the values in the text list after doing an undo or manually editing the text layers. You can also choose to turn on or off any layers selected in the list.

OpenSesame Server provides a fully automated API based solution for project customization, versioning and rendering to generate content on demand, using either the JSON API for web apps or regular text files that can be edited in a spreadsheet.

Set up any number of project templates and change many things including text, footage, property values, layer switches and render queue items. Changes are made by submitting a text file to a watch folder, whether that's across a network, from a mobile device, database or web app.

OpenSesame Server creates detailed log files, has built-in error handling, can automatically restart and continue rendering or send alerts in case of any failures. You can abort renders remotely and easily prioritize tasks.

You can have multiple computers running OpenSesame Server to process and render submissions simultaneously, or have one computer modify the projects and save them for processing on a render farm. It's compatible with the After Effects Render Engine, so you can easily set up a render farm to generate high volumes of content on demand.

IMPORTANT NOTE:  OpenSesame (v1.5 or higher) is required for setting up your project templates for use with OpenSesame Server.

OpenSesame Server Demo

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Basic Workflow

1. Use OpenSesame to set up a project template, selecting the parts you want to be editable.
2. Export from OpenSesame as either a JSON, or tab (TSV) or comma (CSV) separated text file.
3. Read the JSON file into a web app, generate a web form or link to a database, or open the tab or comma separated text file into a spreadsheet app like Excel.
4. Launch OpenSesame Server and set it to monitor a watch folder.
5. Submit text files containing any changes to the watch folder to be processed and either rendered or sent to a render farm.

Helper Script Support

New in version 1.6: Use helper scripts to extend OpenSesame's functionality in all kinds of ways, or to make changes that would otherwise be difficult to accomplish just by altering the text values file. You can run as many helper scripts as you like, and choose whether they run before or after any renders are completed.

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Service Level Agreement (SLA)

OpenSesame Server comes with an extensive pdf guide explaining all its features, and we provide free installation support. If you require additional support for help with your specific workflow set up, advice on creating project templates and priority feature requests you will need to purchase a service-level agreement (SLA). It is sold in months and can be purchased above with volume discounts.

Trial Version

To request a trial version please open a support ticket.

Named after the city district located where the old Western Gate of Copenhagen used to be, Vesterbro is an attractive serif face from Black[Foundry]. It is the brainchild of Jérémie Hornus, who developed the type family in collaboration with Alisa Nowak and Ilya Naumoff. Jeroen Krielaars animated two of the twelve weights.

The core design of the Vesterbro family is the Poster weight. The imaginative high-contrast typeface combines characteristics from Scottish and Garalde models. Vesterbro Poster is warmer than most Didot-inspired display faces. It has friendly, organic shapes, with a generous x-height and short serifs. Its tilted axis and supple curves lend Vesterbro Poster an inviting, jovial personality; just look at that radiant smile on the lowercase ‘e,’ or how the ampersand licks the next word.

Pleasantly readable in text sizes and attention-grabbing when used big, Vesterbro is a versatile type family for global communication that can be applied to any design project, from editorial design and graphic identities to advertising, branding and packaging.

Designers: Black[Foundry] & Jeroen Krielaars

Includes JSX typeface

JSX typefaces are a fantastic new light-weight format for animated typefaces the seamlessly integrate with Font Manager
The Animography JSX typefaces are built with compCode
Click on the green TRY button above to try a free trial version of the JSX typeface (Requires Font Manager to use which also has a free trial available).

Customizable Features

• completion (0-100% slider)
• color
• Optimized to work with Font Manager

Static Version

The family static type family consists of 6 weights + italics and is available at Black[Foundry].

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Razor is an eighties inspired typeface that comes in animated and static versions. The typeface features characters A to Z, and numerals 0 to 9. There is no punctuation but as an extra bonus feature, we've added a sunglass and a flamingo icon to the animated version. No eighties typeface would be complete without it!

Designers: Jeffrey Schreiber (typeface design) and Calango (animation)

Now includes JSX typeface

JSX typefaces are a fantastic new light-weight format for animated typefaces the seamlessly integrate with Font Manager
The Animography JSX typefaces are built with compCode
Click on the green TRY button above to try a free trial version of the JSX typeface (Requires Font Manager to use which also has a free trial available).

Razor Customizable Features

• Color
• Line thickness
• Completion
• Optimized to work with Font Manager

Static version

Includes static OpenType font (.otf)

Bundle Offer

Order 4 or more Animography Animated Typefaces and save 25%
Discount automatically applied in shopping cart.

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Create an Animated Word Cloud!

Word Clouds are graphical representations of Word frequency that give greater prominence to Words that appear more frequently in a Source Text. The larger the Word in the visual the more common the Word was in the document.

The Algorithm creates a State by filling the Shape with Words without overlapping using Weight of Words, Font and Color Theme. By adding a State to the Text layer, you can create an Animation between the States using a Marker with a State number.

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Features

• Text and HTML Parser
• 44 Stop Words languages
• 124 Wiki search languages
• 3 filling Algorithm
• 4 filling Direction Algorithm
• export to SVG and PNG
• Drag & Drop
• Pseudo Effect controls

Examples

Known Issues

• Fonts List includes all installed fonts that are correctly displayed by the HTML engine.
• The Font Name in the Font List and in the After Effect can be different, so sometimes you need to manually change the Font of the Text Layer to correctly display the Word Cloud.
• In CC2014 it is additionally important to manually set the Text Layer Leading to 0.
• Trial version is limited to only 3 states per layer

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EditMonkey is the latest release from Ebberts + Zucker that harnesses the power of After Effects to generate and sequence complex multi-page animations quickly and easily. Our latest tool is capable of creating dozens of animations with a single click, perfect for a wide range of projects that require transitions from one graphic to the next....but is flexible enough to create simple animations as well. This Monkey is our most versatile product to date, making it an invaluable part of your everyday toolkit. 

 Key Features

- Keyframeless and dynamically linked to markers

- Built-in Text Generator that operates on lines, words or letters

- Groundbreaking Color Label Aware feature to facilitate multi-layered page builds

- Transition in and out endless builds with one click.

- Marker-based Retime feature to make time-remapping adjustments easy

- Marker Sync to automatically retime based on an existing marker layer

- Dozens of ways to add variations between multiple animations

- Automatic Animation option for great results quickly.

- Custom Animation settings for more control

-Thousands of motion combinations

- Flexible workflow to allow for easy post-build changes

- Makes quick text animations a breeze

- Bonus Marker Ramper (included with purchase) 

- Each EditMonkey page can contain hundreds of animated layers. 

About Monkey Scripts:

The Monkey Scripts are designed with both the novice and professional in mind. They can save hours, or even days of work by helping to automate the creation of motion graphics. In a world of shrinking budgets and tight deadlines, Monkey Scripts are an indispensable part of any designers toolkit.

 Whats the difference between the Monkeys?

 

CircusMonkey creates and animates type. It specializes in 3D text layouts using 7 different algorithms that can be adjusted via effects controls after the build.

 

MonkeyCam Pro Is a more powerful version of the camera thats included in most of the others Monkeys. Its a standalone product but can also be used in conjuntion with any of the other monkeys.

MonkeyBars specializes in creating text box animations, the kind used in viral videos, info graphics, lower third supers, and subtitles. Great if you do high volume work.

 

Hypernova is a high-octane display typeface. Each glyph has two colors that can be set from a two color palette, or with the flick of a switch, can be randomly chosen from a six color palette.

Designer: Giacomo Ribaudo

Includes JSX typeface

JSX typefaces are a fantastic new light-weight format for animated typefaces the seamlessly integrate with Font Manager
The Animography JSX typefaces are built with compCode
Click on the green TRY button above to try a free trial version of the JSX typeface (Requires Font Manager to use which also has a free trial available).

Customizable Features

• 2 absolute colors
• 6 random colors
• random colors (checkbox)
• random seed
• Optimized to work with Font Manager

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Imports karaoke subtitles from the Substation Alpha (.ssa/.ass) or KaraFun (.kfn) file formats, creating new text layers with user designed text animation.

You can choose from two animation systems, a new faster system for creating basic animation styles such as wipes, fades and color changes, or use AE's built-in animation presets system to create more complex custom animations. Use the Preview option to quickly try out different presets and settings before importing your karaoke subtitles file. There are also options for adding a bouncing ball, or converting the subtitles into a text crawl.

New features in version 3.0:

• Now imports Karafun Studio (.kfn) files.
• New basic presets which import and render much faster.
• Animated text crawl option.
• Highlight, timing and non-english language bug fixes.

Upgrade notice: If you purchased this item in the last year (when it was a "Name Your Own Price" item) you will get a discount equal to 100% of what you paid. If you purchased it over a year ago you will get a discount equal to 50% of what you paid. Login to see the discounted price if you qualify.

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"MotionMonkey is a thing of beauty. I am in awe." - Brian Maffitt

"It should be built in to the next version of AE" - Gary Bird / Motion Designer

"MotionMonkey...really blew me away" -  Carey Dissmore

"It's a really easy way to...come up with some really engaging animation" - Alicia van Heulen / Toolfarm

Digital Production Buzz Podcast: NAB 2014 (Excerpts)

Key features

• Creates a wide range of animations of your layered design based on parameters entered into the control panel.
• Random or custom settings create animated variations from mild to wild. 
• Works with most layers including text, stills, video, pre-comps, solids, shapes, .ai, .psd, nulls and parented layers.
• Motion Mixer option adds additional variation and complexity to animations.
• Multiple interpolations, speeds and intensities allow for a wide range of moods, from subtle to energetic.
• Kuler color palettes are easily imported.
• Free: Includes MonkeyTools - an ongoing collection of utilities specifically written to enhance the functionality of the Monkey Suite. Includes: UnShy Selected Layers, UnShy Text/Image Layers, UnShy Control Layers, Reset View, Invert Locks, Unlock All, Lock All, Scene Maker, Remove Duplicate Markers (to clean up Premiere-generated marker layers, Lock Childern & Lock Parents  (You find MonkeyTools in the same place as your main Monkey download)

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About Monkey Scripts:

 The Monkey Scripts are designed with both the novice and professional in mind. They can save hours, or even days of work by helping to automate the creation of motion graphics. In a world of shrinking budgets and tight deadlines, Monkey Scripts are an indispensable part of any designers toolkit.

Whats the difference between the Monkeys? 

ShapeMonkey is a procedural shape layer animator.  Designed for easy experimentation and quick iterations.

 

CircusMonkey creates and animates type. It specializes in complex 3D text layouts using 7 different algorithms that can be adjusted via effects controls after the build.

TypeMonkey also specializes in animated type. It has a unique algorithm that simulates a “2D staircase” design that is popular in kinetic typography.

LayerMonkey uses the same layout algorithm as TypeMonkey, but it works with any type of layer - video, pre-comps, graphics, whatever. However, it won't generate text like CircusMonkey or TypeMonkey. Text has to be prepared manually in Illustrator, Photoshop. 

MotionMonkey is a whole other animal. It has a much more complex and versatile animation system then the others, but it doesn't create a layout, text or generate an animated camera like the others. It's ideal for layered artwork where the layout has already been designed.

MonkeyCam Pro Is a more powerful version of the camera thats included in most of the others. Its a standalone product but can also be used in conjuntion with any of the other monkeys.

 

MonkeyBars specializes in creating text box animations, the kind used in viral videos, info graphics, lower third supers, and subtitles. Great if you do high volume work.

 

EditMonkey is a Swiss Army Knife - it can create and sequence dozens of tcomplex ext, video ro graphic animations with a single click.

 

 

Monkey Training on Lynda.com

 

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"I love the ability to have more control over the animation after running the script with the effect controls.. brilliant!" Ian Robinson 

"CircusMonkey is another well-thought-out tool that promises to be really useful. I can't wait to put it into production." Brian Maffitt

"...a very efficient way to create complex title sequences and promo graphics inside After Effects"  Eran Stern

"...this opens up a lot of 3D doors, not only for text, but even using this as a placeholder for other elements! " - Charles Marshall

Welcome to the Circus!

CircusMonkey is a follow up to the original TypeMonkey, our first kinetic type generator. While both generate kinetic typography, they go about it differently and the results are completely unique. 

CircusMonkey's Text Rigs are at the core of a system that allows you to create a series of basic 3D shapes with your text. It has multiple animation options, an automatically generated camera that moves from one word to the next and marker-based timing controls that make adjustments a breeze.

An additional set of live, effects-based controls allows you adjust the layout, animation, camera angle and visibility of the kinetic rig after the initial build.

As with all our Monkey scripts, it's designed for a wide range of users, from beginners to experts.

Includes:

-7 Flexible Text Rigs

-Multiple Alignments

-Kuler Palette Import

-Multiple Transition In and Out options

-Markers dynamically linked to text and camera with no keyframes

-Marker sync feature helps make automatic VO and music sync a breeze

-Timing changes as simple as sliding a marker

-New camera algorithm allows for breakthrough dynamics

-Effects controls for additional post-build adjustments

-Visibility Controls to help separate words in Z space

-Free MonkeyTools to help build and manage project

Check out the CircusMonkey Tips & Tricks

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About Monkey Scripts:

The Monkey Scripts are designed with both the novice and professional in mind. They can save hours, or even days of work by helping to automate the creation of motion graphics. In a world of shrinking budgets and tight deadlines, Monkey Scripts are an indispensable part of any designers toolkit.

Whats the difference between Monkeys?

TypeMonkey also specializes in animated type. It has a unique algorithm that simulates a “2D staircase” design that is popular in kinetic typography.

LayerMonkey uses the same layout algorithm as TypeMonkey, but it works with any type of layer - video, pre-comps, graphics, whatever. However, it won't generate text like CircusMonkey or TypeMonkey. Text has to be prepared manually in Illustrator, Photoshop. 

MotionMonkey is a whole other animal. It has a much more complex and versatile animation system then the others, but it doesn't create a layout, text or generate an animated camera like the others. It's ideal for layered artwork where the layout has already been designed.

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*See MonkeyBars FAQ 

* Important Note for CS6 Users

                   Settings:  / Transition: In & Out / Speed: Fast / Ease: Out / Movement: Inertia / Text & Box Direction: Random / Delay: Medium

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About Monkey Scripts:

 The Monkey Scripts are designed with both the novice and professional in mind. They can save hours, or even days of work by helping to automate the creation of motion graphics. In a world of shrinking budgets and tight deadlines, Monkey Scripts are an indispensable part of any designers toolkit.

Whats the difference between the Monkeys? 

TypeMonkey creates animated type in 3D space using a unique algorithm that simulates a “2D staircase” design that is popular in kinetic typography.

CircusMonkey creates and animates type. It specializes in complex 3D text layouts using 7 different algorithms that can be manipulated in 3D space after the build. It also has additional camera controls that help spearate overlapping text to aid legibiltiy.

MonkeyCam Pro Is a more powerful version of the camera thats included in most of the others. Its a standalone product but can also be used in conjuntion with any of the other monkeys.

MonkeyBars specializes in creating text box animations, the kind used in viral videos, info graphics, lower third supers, and subtitles. Great if you do high volume work.

EditMonkey is a Swiss Army Knife - it can create and sequence dozens of tcomplex ext, video ro graphic animations with a single click.

 

Which is best? Well, that depends on your project. All the Monkeys are designed for everyone from a beginner to an experienced professional in mind. They're powerful, dependable and intuitive with a very small learning curve. The easiest way to tell which is right for your project is to download the trial versions and play with them.