• Adobe After Effects Expressions

  Source text issue with new AE javascript

  Posted by Bryan Woods on April 19, 2019 at 4:31 pm

  Ok, in the past I’ve been able to add a dynamic number plus a string in the same line of a source text attribute. Something like this:
  effect("Slider Control")("Slider")+" seconds"

  And I’ll get the number and the word “seconds” together as one output.

  But now, with the latest AE update and their adjustments to javascript, this doesn’t seem to work anymore. If I try this, I get a syntax error stating that it’s expecting a semicolon after …(“Slider”). The output produces “NaN”. What am I doing wrong here now?

  Bryan Woods replied 7 years, 3 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Dan Ebberts

  April 19, 2019 at 5:26 pm

  Just add .value to the slider:

  effect(“Slider Control”)(“Slider”).value+” seconds”

  Dan
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  Bryan Woods

  April 20, 2019 at 12:44 am

  Ah, I see. have to be more specific now I guess. Thanks!

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