How it works?

Instructions

TYPE-O-MATIC is an After Effects CS5 type animation tool for designers and motiongraphers developed by Hamo Studio.
Animate any font in a few steps.

1. - Download project files.
2. - Import the controller.aep, masked.aep or unfold.aep to the library.
3. - Open change_font_HERE! composition, select all layers and choose font.
4. - Open alphabet composition, select and copy the letters you need to form a word.
5. - Create a new composition, paste and composite the letters.
6. - Render scene

The Controller

By animating the solid Controller_xx in the "Controller_xx" composition, all solid's transformations properties are applied to all characters in "alphabet" composition.

Masked

Creating an animation in the composition "modify_this_Mask" you'll be creating a mask animation applied to all characters in the "alphabet" composition.

Unfold

Moving the keyframe in the "alphabet" composition you'll be modifying the unfold type velocity.