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Letters. Words. Lines.
Split a selected type layer exactly where you need it, while preserving the character styling you already built.
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Free After Effects extension
The Type Chopper TC-450.
One type layer in. An entire animation setup out.
The legendary studio unit that allegedly kept 1990s motion designers employed. Now, faithfully reimagined as a very opinionated After Effects extension.
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The demo
Watch one type layer become an animation rig.
Pick letters, words, or lines. Set the stagger. Hold Option to preserve the original anchor point. Hold Shift to add a parent null. Then get back to animating.
Get Type Chopper freeA one-trick pony with very good posture
No 47-page settings menu. Just the moves you actually use.
Type Chopper is deliberately limited, like a great old piece of gear. It does one job really well, then gets out of your way.
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0, 1, 3, or 5 frames.
A few useful stagger choices, already waiting at the front of the panel. Need finer timing? Adjust the finished layers in After Effects.
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Two modifiers. Big payoff.
Hold Option to keep anchor points where the original layer needs them. Hold Shift to parent the new layers to a handy null.
A totally real legend
Built on decades of fake studio lore.
The original TC-450 was reportedly so beloved at MK12 that its tubes had to be replaced every two years. We painstakingly modeled none of that. We did, however, make a delightfully tactile interface—with sound effects—because After Effects deserves tools that are fun to touch.
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Free download
Put the TC-450 in your After Effects rack.
Drop in your email and we’ll send Type Chopper over. Install it with the free aescripts + aeplugins ZXP Installer, pick a layer, and start chopping.
It’s headed your way.Check your inbox for Type Chopper, then open After Effects and start chopping.
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