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Change layer color using text
Hi, so I need to change a layer’s color using the fill effect, but I need to get the color data as a text from a spreadsheet.
I have Layer1 which is a text layer
and Layer2 which I want it’s source text (for example: 1E29FF) to be used by Layer1’s fill effect to determine Layer1’s color
is that possible?
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4 Replies
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If Layer2 has the text for a hex number, I think something like this would work:
txt = thisComp.layer(“Layer2”).text.sourceText;
hex = parseInt(txt,16);
r = hex >> 16;
g = (hex & 0x00ff00) >> 8;
b = hex & 0xff;
[r/255,g/255,b/255,1]Dan
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works perfectly, thanks so much Dan
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Hello, I am trying to do this exact same thing but I cannot get it to work. I am pasting this code into the effects > fill > color property and my text layer is called “Layer2” – the error is “invalid or unexpected token” – Any advice greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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This should be all you need:
c = thisComp.layer("Layer2").text.sourceText.value;
hexToRgb(c)
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