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  creating a mony calculator from numerical data in text layers

  Posted by Christy Lindsay on August 25, 2010 at 10:19 am

  I need to create a text layer that gets its value from adding the amounts of other text layers together. Like in a exl spread sheet.

  Is this possible. Working out percentages would also be a help.

  Cheers,

  Christy

  John Cuevas replied 16 years ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  John Cuevas

  August 25, 2010 at 2:02 pm

  If this is possible(not sure if it is, numbers are really just ASCII text)the person to ask is Dan Ebberts in the Expressions forum.

  Johnny Cuevas, Editor
  http://www.thinkck.com
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  John Cuevas

  August 25, 2010 at 7:13 pm

  Actually came up with a way that sort of works, adding sliders to the text layer.

  Create a blank text layer(cntl+alt+shift+t) and add a slider. Add this expression to source text “Math.round(effect(“Slider Control”)(“Slider”))”
  Duplicate text layer.

  Make your sum text layer, and add the following expression to source text:
  a = thisComp.layer(” 3″).effect(“Slider Control”)(“Slider”);
  b = thisComp.layer(” 2″).effect(“Slider Control”)(“Slider”);
  a + b

  Basically instead of trying to convert the ASCII text, I’m getting my numbers from the slider. I just used the pick whip for the entire operation.

  Johnny Cuevas, Editor
  http://www.thinkck.com

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