How to use Typo Finder

From download to your first clean render, in about five minutes.

Version 1.0After Effects 2019 or laterMac and Windows

Download and install

  1. Buy Typo Finder on aescripts + aeplugins, or download the trial if one is offered.
  2. Open the aescripts + aeplugins manager app. Typo Finder appears in your list.
  3. Click Install, then restart After Effects.
Video coming soonThe manager app: find Typo Finder, click Install, the tick appears.

Check with aescripts: the exact install steps and licence screen come from their manager app. Swap in their wording once your product page is live.

Open the panel

In After Effects, choose Window then Extensions then Typo Finder. Dock it wherever you like.

Video coming soonThe Window menu opening, Extensions, Typo Finder, the panel docking beside the Project panel.

Your first scan

  1. Choose what to scan: Whole project, Selected comps, or the active comp and its precomps.
  2. Click Scan. Each row is one text layer, with its timecode, layer and comp.
  3. Turn on Flags only to see just the rows with problems.
Video coming soonA real client project: Scan, the rows fill, Flags only hides the clean ones.

Read the flags

typoNot in the dictionary, or a repeated word spaceDouble, leading or trailing spaces mid-capA capital in the middle of a word UK / USThe spelling you didn’t choose brandA Brand Kit term or banned word missing fontFont isn’t installed (AE 2024+) AIFound by AI Proofread

Use the Flags menu to hide any kind you don’t need right now. Tick a row to mark it as checked; it stays ticked after a rescan.

Fix, Fix all and Undo

  1. Click a chip. Suggestions appear above the table, best first.
  2. Click the right word and the layer updates in After Effects.
  3. For spacing, Fix all fixes every row at once.
  4. Changed your mind? Edit then Undo. Each fix is one step.

Double-click any row to open its comp and jump to the moment the text appears.

Video coming soonClick “typo: yaer”, pick “year”, then Cmd+Z to show Undo working.

US or UK-AU spelling

Pick US or UK-AU from the spelling menu. Words from the other side are flagged in blue and swap in one click. Choose Spelling off to skip this check.

Video coming soonSwitch the menu from UK-AU to US and watch “colour” light up.

Brand Kits

  1. Click Edit Kits, name the kit after the client.
  2. Add brand terms with their exact capitals, like TikTok.
  3. Add banned words the client never wants on screen.
  4. Save, then pick the kit from the Brand kit menu before you scan.

Use the ••• menu to export a kit as a .json file for your team, or import one they sent you.

Video coming soonBuild a kit in 10 seconds, scan, the brand flag appears and gets fixed.

Your dictionary

When a real name is flagged, click its chip and choose Add to Dictionary. It won’t be flagged again in any project. AI Proofread can suggest names it thinks are correct; review them in Save to Dictionary.

Video coming soonA client name flagged, Add to Dictionary, rescan, gone.

AI Proofread

Free, no key: click AI Proofread, Copy prompt, paste it into any AI chat, then paste the reply back and click Apply result.

With an API key: add a Claude, OpenAI or Gemini key in the settings menu, and AI Proofread runs in one click.

Video coming soonThe copy and paste route with a free chat, ending on the pink chips.

Privacy: scanned text goes only to the AI you choose. On Gemini’s free tier, Google may use the text to improve its products.

Troubleshooting

The panel isn’t in the Extensions menu. Restart After Effects after installing. Check the manager app shows Typo Finder as installed.

“Rescan first.” A layer changed after your scan. Click Scan again, then fix.

No missing font flags. That check needs After Effects 2024 or later.

Lots of flags on foreign text. Typo Finder checks English only for now. Use Flags to hide typos on those comps.

Updates and support

Updates arrive through the aescripts + aeplugins manager app. For help, use the support link on the Typo Finder product page.