Simple tool for Youtubers to create subtitles using AfterEffect, Open AI Whisper to Transcript

A simple tool for Youtubers who want to create subtitles for faceless video and videos which are ready for upload to YouTube. This tool is not full automation since you will need to check the transcripted script files for transcripted text corrections, if needed. Helps in saving time to manually create a text layer on the timeline.

Automatically transcribe audio from videos and generate After Effects .jsx marker scripts for both sentences and words. Perfect for users who want to sync audio with text effects in After Effects using Monkey Scripts (available on AEscripts.com).

Features

• Batch process videos from the Videos/ folder.
• Generates transcripts and After Effects .jsx files with markers for sentences and words.
• Output organized by video in the Output/ directory.

Project Structure

aftereffect-transcriber/
│
├── process_videos.py
├── requirements.txt
├── README.md
├── .gitignore
├── Videos/ # Input videos
└── Output/ # Output folder

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/vinodvv2023/YouTubeAfterEffectsScripts.git
   cd aftereffect-transcriber

2. Install dependencies:

• The generated jsx scripts work on Adobe After Effect 2019 onwards, you will need to install AdobeExtendScriptToolkit3.5.0-mul

  pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

1. Place your video files in the Videos/ folder.

2. Run the script:

   python process_videos.py

3. Find the output in the Output/ folder, organized by video name. Each folder contains:

   • The processed video (if applicable)
   • Sentence-level .jsx marker file
   • Word-level .jsx marker file

4. To run JSX files in Adobe After Effects, you can use the following methods:

• Using the File Menu:

• Open Adobe After Effects.

• Go to File > Scripts > Run Script File...

• Navigate to your .jsx file and select it.

• The script will execute in the current After Effects project.

• DO NOT Place Scripts in the Script Folder: Since the generated .jsx files are transcripted for each video.

Requirements

See requirements.txt for Python dependencies.

Notes

• This script is designed for users who want to use Monkey Scripts in After Effects for advanced text/audio syncing.
• For more on Monkey Scripts, visit AEscripts.com.

Suggestions

• Your script uses word_timestamps=True in Whisper, which is only supported in some models. If you get errors, try MODEL_SIZE = "medium" or "large".

License

MIT License