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How To Find & Replace Source Text in After Effects

March 14, 2024 ·

This tutorial will show you how to use the Find & Replace Text Script in Adobe After Effects CC 2024 to search for Source Text and Replace with different text.

https://youtu.be/RkiGBqHoOy0

Adobe After Effects CC 2024: How To Find & Replace Source Text

**Description:
**This tutorial will show you how to use the Find & Replace Text Script in Adobe After Effects CC 2024 to search for Source Text and Replace with different text.

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Chapters:
00:00 Intro: About The Tutorial
00:22 What is Source Text?
00:57 How To Use Find & Replace Text Script
01:33 Find & Replace Text Dialogue Box
01:54 Find All Source Text
02:27 Find & Replace Text (Example 2)
02:52 Error Message Pop Up
03:33 Recap: Find & Replace Text

**Software Used:
**Adobe After Effects CC 2024 (Click To Try or Buy)

How To Use Find & Replace Text in Adobe After Effects CC 2024:

  1. Open a Composition
  2. Add Text Layers (Cmd/Ctrl + T)
  3. Select Text Layers to Find & Replace
  4. Go to the File Menu
  5. Click on ‘Scripts’
  6. Click on ‘Find & Replace Text.jsx’
  7. Enter text you want to search for in ‘Find Text’ field
  8. Click ‘Find All’ to Narrow Search To Only Source Text listed in ‘Find Text’
  9. Enter text in ‘Replacement Text’ field to replace the text in ‘Find Text’
  10. Click ‘Replace All’
  11. Click ‘?’ to learn more about the Find & Replace Text script

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