Re: Lower third batch production - easier way?

I think I would just pre-comp the whole animation except for the name, then have the name on a separate layer. Then you can just duplicate that comp 60 times and change the name for each. It may sound like a bit of work, but you're going to have to type each name out separately anyway, so having all the copies doesn't really matter. And since you precomped the animation, if you do need to change something you can just adjust it once and they'll all update.

I think that's going to be easier than any alternative, I can't think of anything else you can cut down. It really wouldn't take long, just 10 mins of repetitive Open comp, change name, send to queue.