• Adobe After Effects Expressions

  Change Y position of Shape Layer from Scale of Text Layer

  Posted by Ambrose Salmini on March 22, 2015 at 5:29 pm

  So inside two text layers, first name and last name, each on top of each other… and a scale expression that adjusts the scale of them depending on how many characters are in the sourceText of each. That works fine. The only problem is that there is a bar (Shape Layer) that is underneath the text layers, so when they are scaled down, there is space between the last name and the bar. I want to be able to adjust the Y position of the bar layer depending on how much the text layers are scaled down.

  Thanks for the help.

  tempCounter = thisComp.layer("First Name").text.sourceText;
s = tempCounter.length;

  var newScaleX;

  if (s<8)
  newScaleX = 100;
  else if (s>=8&&s<=10)
  newScaleX = 60;

  else if (s>=10&&s<=15)
  newScaleX = 40;
  else if (s>=16&&s<=20)
  newScaleX = 30;

  newScaleY=newScaleX;

  [newScaleX,newScaleY];


  Ambrose Salmini replied 11 years, 5 months ago 1 Member · 0 Replies
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