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AE Spell Checker · v—

Catch the typo before your client does.

A practical spell checker built for Adobe After Effects.

Scan text, review issues, and fix mistakes without digging through layers one by one.

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Windows + macOS 17 languages · 22 variants Adobe After Effects
AE Spell Checker panel showing five spelling issues and a correction suggestion selected.
See it in action
A simpler proofreading pass

Scan. Review. Replace.

Three steps. No hunting through text layers.

01
AE Spell Checker Scan Active Comp button highlighted with the mouse cursor over it.

Scan

Check the active comp or scan selected comps when you want a broader pass.

02
AE Spell Checker misspellings list with one issue selected for review.

Review

Jump directly to flagged text, review the issue, and see it in context.

03
AE Spell Checker suggestion field and Replace button ready to correct the selected misspelling.

Replace

Choose the right suggestion, replace the word, and keep moving.

Scan what matters

One comp or a whole batch.

Use Scan Active Comp while you're working, or Scan Selected Comps for a larger proofreading pass.

SCAN ACTIVE COMP
AE Spell Checker scanning the active comp with misspellings shown in the panel and the composition visible in After Effects.
SCAN SELECTED COMPS
AE Spell Checker scanning selected comps with grouped results shown in the panel and multiple comps selected in the Project panel.
Your words, your rules

Custom Dictionary and Brand Dictionary do different jobs.

CUSTOM

Custom Dictionary

Add names, terminology, abbreviations, or specialty words you don't want flagged again. Custom entries are case-insensitive and can include numbers, hyphens, and apostrophes.

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BRAND

Brand Dictionary

Protect the spelling that matters. Brand Dictionary catches incorrect capitalization, missing accents, trademark symbols, hyphen variations, and common typos, then suggests the exact approved form.

APPROVED BRAND
✓ CaféNova®
× CafeNova
× CAFÉNOVA®
× CafeNvoa®
English, four ways

One language. Four versions.

Choose the English dictionary that fits your audience.

United States

English (US)

  1. color
  2. analyze
  3. center
  4. aluminum
  5. veranda
United Kingdom

English (UK)

  1. colour
  2. analyse
  3. centre
  4. aluminium
  5. veranda
Canada

English (CA)

  1. colour
  2. analyze
  3. centre
  4. aluminum
  5. veranda
Australia

English (AU)

  1. colour
  2. analyse
  3. centre
  4. aluminium
  5. verandah

Five examples from each regional dictionary included with AE Spell Checker.

Language support

EnglishUS · UK · Canada · Australia
Español
Français
Nederlands
Русский
PortuguêsBrasil · Portugal
Polski
Srpski / СрпскиĆirilica · Latinica
Hrvatski
Svenska
Română
Dansk
Slovenščina
Slovenčina
Lietuvių
Magyar
Türkçe

Built for production

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Visual highlighting

See flagged words directly in the comp while reviewing results.

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Fast navigation

Move directly to the layer and issue instead of searching manually.

✓

Suggestions + replace

Review spelling suggestions and correct text quickly.

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Undo

Back out of the last replacement when you need to reconsider it.

Custom highlight colors

Customize the colors used to flag issues and show the selected result.

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Project-friendly controls

Filtering, highlight settings, and workflow options for real AE projects.

Mixed-style replacement

Correct whole words in mixed-style text layers while preserving surrounding fonts, sizes, and formatting. Words with conflicting styles or custom kerning may need manual edits.

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Keyframed text

Scan across Source Text keyframes, jump to flagged words, and correct text at the relevant keyframe.

Expression-aware checking

Check the underlying Source Text in layers with expressions. Supported expressions allow replacement; expression-generated text isn’t checked, and some expressions may hide highlights.

One last pass.

Check your work with
AE Spell Checker.

Scan. Review. Replace.

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