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TextLayer object

app.project.item(index).layer(index)

Description

The TextLayer object represents a text layer within a composition. Create it using the LayerCollection object's addText method. It can be accessed in an item's layer collection either by index number or by a name string.

Info

TextLayer is a subclass of AVLayer, which is a subclass of Layer. All methods and attributes of AVLayer and Layer are available when working with TextLayer.

AE Properties

TextLayer defines no additional attributes, but has the following AE properties and property groups, in addition to those inherited from AVLayer:

  • Text
  • SourceText
  • PathOptions
  • Path
  • ReversePath
  • PerpendicularToPath
  • ForceAlignment
  • FirstMargin
  • LastMargin
  • MoreOptions
  • AnchorPointGrouping
  • GroupingAlignment
  • Fill&Stroke
  • InterCharacterBlending
  • Animators

Unused Properties and Attributes

The TimeRemapandMotionTrackers properties, inherited from AVLayer, are not applicable to text layers, and their related AVLayer attributes are not used:

  • canSetTimeRemapEnabled
  • timeRemapEnabled
  • trackMatteType
  • isTrackMatte
  • hasTrackMatte