• Adobe After Effects Expressions

  switching between 2 characters

  Posted by Ryan Biercewicz on November 27, 2014 at 10:59 am

  Hi all,

  I’m trying to find an expression that I can add to source text, perhaps linked to a slider, that will enable me to switch between 2 alphabetical character values (so, between A & B, for example).

  My expression knowledge is fairly limited so I have given up trying to come up with the expression myself as I keep getting errors.

  Thanks in advance for any help…

  Ryan

  Graham Macfarlane replied 11 years, 5 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  Graham Macfarlane

  November 27, 2014 at 11:30 am

  Hi Ryan,

  Create the Slider on your text layer.

  Expand the “Source text” parameter of the text layer than Alt click the stop watch to enable the script field.

  Add this code and you’re ready to go:

  S = effect("Slider Control")("Slider");
if (S>50) "A" else "B"

  Graham Macfarlane – CGI specialist
  Elyarch Ltd – London UK

  3D Studio Max | Vray | Pflow | PhoenixFD | After effects | Mocha
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  Ryan Biercewicz

  November 27, 2014 at 12:03 pm

  Hi Graham,

  That’s absolutely perfect, thanks for your help!

  Cheers,
  Ryan
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  Graham Macfarlane

  November 27, 2014 at 12:07 pm

  Glad it helps!

  Graham Macfarlane – CGI specialist
  3D Studio Max | Vray | Pflow | PhoenixFD | After effects | Mocha

  Elyarch.com – London UK

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