Box It! is a versatile After Effects tool that creates self-resizing, customizable textual content containers. It offers a variety of effective alignment, sizing, and animation options, making it suitable for a wide range of design elements such as lower thirds, labels, chat bubbles, and more. Its features, including customizable corners, alignment to composition or determine layers, and support for advanced textual content animations, make it a versatile tool for professional motion graphics.

Aescripts – Box It! Features

• Dynamic Resizing: The text box automatically resizes to the flow of the text.
• Align Yourself: Alignment makes composing parent layers or exact locations easy.
• Corners: Select convex, concave, flat, or steep corners with finite curvature.
• Third-Party and Advanced Animations: Text animates outside the box at percentage offsets.
• Minimum Dimensions: Define a minimum width/height or conform to a specific layer’s dimensions.
• Multi-Box Control: Modify individual or global settings of multiple boxes.
• 3D Compatibility: Fully compatible with 3D text and layers.
• Scheduled Rounding: Form perfect squares or circles no matter the length of the text.
• Time Sizing: Change box sizing dynamically based on animations created on text over time.

Box It! Documentation

Image 1: Minimum Width/Height

Image 2: Core Features