I was wondering how is possible prepare some professional grade titles and graphics for broadcasts media (like the ones that you see in actual tv shows).
For example when a person is presented with an animated text like:
James 43
Lawyer of This Corp LTD.
A rich graphic text with alpha transparency that animates and disappear after some seconds.
I'm pretty sure that After Effects is a software to build them. Doing it manually however will be difficult to handle on the long period and lead to errors and discrepancies so I wonder also if it's possible to create sequences with scripts, functions and configurable variables.
Example:
function show_my_custom_animation_text() { ... }
And trigger it at a specific timecode:
00:02:21 - show_my_custom_animation_text("James", "43", "Lawyer");
00:03:16 - show_my_custom_animation_text("Bob", "35", "Barman");
00:04:51 - show_my_custom_animation_text2("Eric", "Bob", "Martin", "Philip");
...
Adobe Flash with it's frames and actionscript functions can allow something similar.
In short:
AE: It is possible to achieve professional grade titles with AE and maybe it's plugins ? Scripting and functions do exists? It's definitively AE raccomended to do this repetitive job?
Software/Tools: What software do professionals use aside AE? Given that this results will be reviewed and sent to actual big tv broadcasting to be actually aired on tv I can also consider learning other programs.
Workflow: Can you suggest a workflow for titling a show?
Resources: If you have some articles or links useful to learn more on the topic it will be a nice bonus!