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MANUAL / SCRIPT

UltraBarabara

A panel that converts text to shapes and separates it by line, word, character, part or stroke.

01

Installation

  1. 01

    Copy UltraBarabara_1.0.1.jsxbin to Scripts/ScriptUI Panels.

  2. 02

    Restart After Effects and open UltraBarabara from Window.

UltraBarabara does not use a licence key.

02

Separation modes

UltraBarabara — Separation modes 1
Separation modes / UI REFERENCE 01
As is
Converts to shapes without separating.
Lines
Separates each line.
Words
Separates words.
Characters
Separates individual characters.
Parts
Separates the shape parts composing each character.
Strokes
Analyses outlines and approximates individual strokes.
03

Basic operation

  1. 01

    Select the target text layers.

  2. 02

    Choose a separation mode and the required options.

  3. 03

    Run the conversion. Enable Pre-compose to collect the result in a composition.

04

Stroke-separation tuning

UltraBarabara — Stroke-separation tuning 1
Stroke-separation tuning / UI REFERENCE 01
Corner recovery strength
Controls how strongly separated endpoints are considered a recoverable corner.
Curve emphasis
Adjusts the sensitivity used to distinguish curved and straight fragments.
Decoration bounds limit
Sets the bounding-box limit for parts treated as decoration.
Decoration fill-area limit
Sets the filled-area limit for small decorative parts.