About TextDelay

TextDelay is a native After Effects plugin that delays text animation by character, word, or line and inherits the animation’s easing, allowing custom curves or easing expressions. It provides five order modifiers and can delay position, anchor, scale, opacity, hue, and blur. A range selector determines which characters, words, or lines receive the delay. Transformations cover X/Y position, anchor, scale, Z position, and rotation, and the plugin remains compatible with motion blur, parented transforms on CC 2018 and newer, and paragraph text. Styled type—including stroke outlines, bold, italic, faux styles, and multicoloured text—is supported, and it works alongside Ease & Wizz, animationPatterns, and iExpressions. Version 1.8.0 added fixes for self‑intersecting and variable fonts and updated the license framework.

Features

• Delays text animation by character, word or line
• Inherits your animation’s easing for custom curves or easing expressions
• Five order modifiers, with delay for position, anchor, scale, opacity, hue and blur
• Range selector to control which characters, words or lines receive the delay
• Compatible with motion blur, parented transforms (CC2018 and newer) and paragraph text
• Works with stroke outlines, bold, italic, faux bold, faux italics and multicoloured text
• Compatible with Ease & Wizz, animationPatterns and iExpressions

Best for

After Effects artists who need to stagger a single animation across characters, words, or lines while preserving existing easing and supporting styled text.