Text & Shapes

Add a new text layer with specified content, font, size, and color.

Replace or update the text content of an existing text layer.

Get the full text document of a layer: content, font, size, color, tracking, leading.

Set text style properties (font, size, color, tracking, leading) on the whole text layer.

Apply style changes to a character range within a text layer.

Set text justification: left, center, right, or justified variants.

Convert a point-text layer to a box-text layer with specified width and height.

Add a new text animator to a text layer.

Set properties on a text animator (position, scale, opacity, color, etc.).

Configure the range or expression selector on a text animator.

List all text animators on a text layer.

Remove a text animator from a text layer.

Add an empty shape layer to a composition.

Add a named shape group inside a shape layer.

Remove a shape group from a shape layer.

List all shape groups in a shape layer with their names and contents.

Add a shape operator to a group: Rectangle, Ellipse, Star, Path, Merge Paths, etc.

Set the fill color and opacity of a shape group.

Set stroke color, width, opacity, line cap, and join on a shape group.

Apply a gradient fill (linear or radial) to a shape group with color stops.

Set the vertex points of a path shape.

Get the vertex points of a path shape at a given time.

Configure a Repeater operator: copies, offset, transform.

Configure a Trim Paths operator: start, end, offset, and trim mode.

Set the mode of a Merge Paths operator: Add, Subtract, Intersect, Exclude, etc.