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  Trigger values by a formula?

  Posted by Oliver Szalab on March 4, 2010 at 3:58 pm

  I’m working a lot with drop zones representing footage I don’t know anything about (e.g. dimensions), which is kind of crucial when it comes to “Replicate” or similar effects. So here’s my question:
  is there a way to trigger certain inputs (like the rows/columns in the Replicator) by a formula based on the (yet unknown) dimensions of the footage which will be mounted in the replicated drop zone?

  Cheers
  Oliver

  Oliver Szalab replied 16 years, 6 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Mark Spencer

  March 4, 2010 at 5:28 pm

  Nope. You can use the Link parameter behavior to control the parameter of one layer with the parameter of another (e.g. the number of rows or columns could be controlled by the scale of another layer) but the dimensions of a layer is not a parameter.

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  Mark Spencer
  Freelance Producer/Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
  Apple-certified Master Trainer
  Author, Motion 4 from Peachpit Press
  https://www.applemotion.net
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  Oliver Szalab

  March 5, 2010 at 8:01 am

  ah, ok. thank you very much.
  let’s see, what i can do with linking

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