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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.

• 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. See Layer object” and “AVLayer object”.
AE Properties

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

Text
Source Text
Path Options

Path
Reverse Path
Perpendicular To Path
Force Alignment
First Margin
Last Margin

More Options
Anchor Point Grouping
Grouping Alignment
Fill & Stroke
Inter-Character Blending

Animators

Unused Properties and Attributes

The Time Remap and Motion Trackers properties, inherited from AVLayer, are not applicable to text layers, and their related AVLayer attributes are not used:

canSetTimeRemapEnabled
timeRemapEnabled
trackMatteType
isTrackMatte
hasTrackMatte