Santa's Little Credit Helper v1.3 for Adobe After Effects

Tools for creating & editing card style credits in After Effects. It can be used with the provided Google Docs template to import pre-typed credits or create them from scratch.

Key Features

• Google Doc Templates provided to share with your production team for entering text and timing information. Credits can then be loaded

directly into After Effects without re-typing errors.

• Layout, Scale, Spacing, Tracking, Shadows, Centering control from a single Null that updates all cards simultaneously and keeps everything in perfect alignment.

• Multiple Controls can be used to switch between larger full-screen cards and smaller banner cards within a single comp.

• Copy & Paste Fonts, Color, and Stroke to change the look of your credits easily.

• Changes update instantly, and playback with no delay.

• Set and adjust timing information for the entire credit sequence, or per card based on absolute or weighted lengths. One click automatically recalculates

and retimes your credits.

• Resize your credits quickly with Reformat Tools. Switch between HD 720, HD 1080, UHD and 4K instantly.

• Edit text, add or remove names, or move names between columns and cards - Layout stays in alignment automatically.

• Insert or Remove Cards easily. Credits retime automatically.

• Save & Load Presets to audition several styles quickly, or save approved looks for use again and again. Some Common Network Presets included. More to come soon!

• Export changes to credits back to tab delimited .txt file for error checking and archive.

• Final credit compositions are self-contained and can be passed off and rendered without Santa's Little Credit Helper needing to be installed.