It doesn’t come by often, but there will be times when you are required to create an animation, and then output multiple versions of that comp with slight changes.
[pullquote]If you’ve ever had to create multiple versions of the same animation then you will know how boring and repetitive it can be.[/pullquote]Moving through a list of names for a lower third for example, can lead to some wash, rinse, and repeat mind numbing workflow.
When Chris Zwar was dealing with such a task, he chose to automate it using After Effects expressions. Check out how Chris Automates versioning in Ae.
We have seen this type of automation before. Zack Lovatt, also had a look at creating automated versioning in After Effects, with the post Create Easy Versioning in After Effects By Editing Names in Project Panel With this Expression.
