Ever wanted that classic typing effect, like in old-school terminals or hacker movies, but thought animating each character one by one was a total drag?

No more, create a text file and then let this addon generate the text on the screen while you just change some values and click some buttons. It's a Christmas miracle!

FAQ

How do I change or add the text?

You use a text document which the addon crawls and updates inside Blender. So it’s as easy as that!

How do I get the flashing effect at the end of a character?

Set the text as Flash Object, but remember to use a monospace font for this to work reliably.

The .zip doesn’t install in Blender

Please un-zip the archive and install the .py script. Please enable file extensions if you can’t see it.

How do I activate an addon?

Use this 20 sec guide – https://youtu.be/wOv4oHO5Kqg

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Location
Panel
Asset Browser ‣ Sidepanel

Actions
Generate

Renders and sets a thumbnail image for the selected Asset Browser item. It uses the scenes render settings, however the asset browser expects images of an aspect ratio of 1:1. This is not essential. A resolution of around 256px or higher is preferable.

It renders based off the 3D viewport’s view. An active camera is not necessary but may be useful for lining things up as it will show you the precise bounds of what will be rendered.

Settings
Save Path

This is the location the rendered thumbnail will be saved to. This is a temporary file and will be overwritten by any future ‘Generations’, so do not treat this method of rendering as a reliable way of creating images.

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