Titler Live gives you the ability to link data to your After Effects Designs with the same process as your Title Designer graphics. If you would like more specific detail on each data controller please see the Connect data to graphic layers section. See below for a general workflow to connect a data source. This feature is only available in Titler Live Broadcast.
Linking an external data source
You may link any of Titler Live’s data controllers to your After Effects designs. For a list of the types of variables that are supported in .aep and .mogrt layers, please refer to the Preparing Your After Effects Designs for Import article, here.
- Import your After Effects design into Titler Live.
- Select a Data Source under the Data Controller Column in your Graphic Layers panel.
- When data controllers are added to a layer, the data controller will open in its own tab in the Layer Properties panel and data fields become available for linking. You now have the option to view data in a single column
or a single row.
4. Select Link Data in the Preview Panel to display the various data fields from the data controller.
5. Select a data field from the list and drag it to a design element in the preview area
OR: right-click the data field from the list and select a named design variable.
Note: If your graphic has nested comps, the bounding boxes for the various properties in the graphic may not be drawn correctly. In this event, we recommend using the right-click workflow.
6. After changes are rendered and the Preview Button is available, test to ensure the graphics are
connected correctly.
Note: Learn more about connecting a custom clock to a graphic layer here.
Your graphic will automatically render and display the newly connected data. You may wish to utilize our new pre-cache workflow to limit on-air rendering. For more information, please refer to Utilizing the Pre-cache Function article, here.
Quick Tip: Double-clicking an object in the Preview panel will reset all scale and position values to their defaults.