• Adobe After Effects Expressions

  Dynamic text with divider

  Posted by Alek Ivanov on September 17, 2018 at 4:38 pm

  Hello,
  Few years ago Dan Ebberts helped with a dynamic text problem I had and it worked perfectly. You type the text and it moves with the divider the the second text.
  I cannot figure a way to solve the same issue but being left justified for the two line option.

  It works only with center justified.

  If Anyone can point me to a solution, I’ll be very grateful.

  /Divider
margin = 50;
w1 = thisComp.layer("text 1").sourceRectAtTime(time,false).width;
xb = thisComp.layer("bar").position[0];
x = xb + margin*2 + w1 + width/2;
[x, value[1]]

  //Text1
  margin = 50;
  w1 = sourceRectAtTime(time,false).width;
  xb = thisComp.layer("bar").position[0];
  x = xb + margin + w1/2;
  [x,value[1]]

  //Text2
margin = 50;
w1 = thisComp.layer("text 1").sourceRectAtTime(time,false).width;
w2 = sourceRectAtTime(time,false).width;
d = thisComp.layer("divider").width;
xb = thisComp.layer("bar").position[0];
x = xb + margin*3 + d + w1 + w2/2;
[x,value[1]]

  Alek Ivanov replied 7 years, 11 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
• 3 Replies

• 

  Alek Ivanov

  September 17, 2018 at 4:39 pm

  

  
• 

  Dan Ebberts

  September 17, 2018 at 5:22 pm

  I think you’d need to update the expression for text 1 like this:

  margin = 50;
  r = sourceRectAtTime(time,false);
  xb = thisComp.layer(“bar”).position[0];
  x = xb + margin + r.left;
  [x,value[1]]

  and like this for text 2:

  margin = 50;
  w1 = thisComp.layer(“text 1”).sourceRectAtTime(time,true).width;
  r = sourceRectAtTime(time,false);
  d = thisComp.layer(“divider”).width;
  xb = thisComp.layer(“bar”).position[0];
  x = xb + margin*3 + d + w1 + r.left;
  [x,value[1]]

  The expression for the divider should be OK.

  Dan
• 

  Alek Ivanov

  September 17, 2018 at 8:43 pm

  Perfect! Thank you yet again.

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