• Adobe After Effects Expressions

  Tote Board Effect

  Posted by Scott Moore on August 28, 2009 at 12:28 am

  I need to make a Tote Board for the MDA Telethon.

  I have everything I need but I am trying to simplify my work a little.

  Ok So I have a starting number say $15,875.
  And a ending number say $17,874.

  I like the numbers, and just the numbers randomize and slowly reveal the numbers by starting with the lowest digit.

  The numbers can range from $1 to $999,999. I like the $ dollar sign and the comma to stay the same.

  Any suggestions?

  Dan Ebberts replied 16 years, 8 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Scott Moore

  August 28, 2009 at 8:42 am

  Update:

  I got the numbers to do what I want.

  I created a slider controller and using an expression to have the text change the same time I’m doing a animation with the Character Offset and Range Selector. This works great and does what I want to do.

  I have one little issue I like to clean up and make easier.

  I am using this expression on my main text layer;

  s = “158 990,255 789”;
  j = (thisComp.layer(“Text Controller”).effect(“Tote Control”)(“Slider”)*1);
  s.split (“,”) [j];

  on the 1st line I like to point the text to another source. For example:

  s = thisComp.layer(“158 238”).text.sourceText,thisComp.layer(“255 789”).text.sourceText;

  When I do this line 3 does not work.

  Any suggestions on how to fix this expression?

  Thanks.
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  Dan Ebberts

  August 28, 2009 at 1:56 pm

  I would guess it’s going to look like this:

  s = [thisComp.layer(“158 238”).text.sourceText,thisComp.layer(“255 789”).text.sourceText];
  j = (thisComp.layer(“Text Controller”).effect(“Tote Control”)(“Slider”)*1);
  s[j];

  (not tested though)

  Dan

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