What It Does
TikTokText replicates the text styles commonly seen on TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, and CapCut directly within After Effects. Built by Dot Nook Ltd, this GPU-accelerated plugin creates social media text using only a single text layer and a single shape layer, no complex setups required.
Key Features
The plugin covers most social media text treatments you see in short-form content:
Smooth stroked text. Clean outlines around your text, matching the popular social media aesthetic.
Line-wrapping text boxes. Multi-line text boxes with justification controls and transparency options. The plugin handles left, right, or center alignment automatically, even when adjacent lines are similar lengths.
Word accent animations. Apply emphasis effects to individual words within your text.
Neon glow effects. Soft or harsh glowing text styles common on Reels and Shorts.
Drop depth. Faux 3D drop shadows that give text dimensional depth.
Colour and box accents. Highlight text with background color fills or boxed backgrounds.
The interface includes a preview window where you can see rough approximations of your text styles before applying them to your comp. Version 3.2 (March 2025) brought a full UI redesign focused on Reels, Shorts, and CapCut styles, plus fixes for layer-splitting issues that previously broke expressions.
Who It’s For
This plugin targets editors creating social media content, particularly those producing high volumes of short-form video for TikTok, Instagram, or YouTube. If you’re adapting desktop content for vertical video platforms or mimicking trending text styles, TikTokText removes the manual layer setup.
The plugin also includes an Essential Graphics template for Premiere Pro (added in version 2.1), letting you apply these text styles in Premiere without switching to After Effects.
Pricing
TikTokText uses a pay-what-you-want model. Individual users can pay any amount (suggested minimum is $29.99). Businesses and teams must pay the suggested price to receive a valid license. This is a one-time purchase, not a subscription.