• Adobe After Effects Expressions

  object animation sart/stop position based on variable width

  Posted by Andrew Kowall on February 4, 2020 at 5:08 pm

  I’m building some lower third templates with editable text for use in Premiere, using the Essential Graphics panel.

  The width of the container box changes size depending on the length of the text. The text also animates in from the left from behind a mask. Is there a way to set the start/stop positions of the text items based on their width? If the text is too long, it appears halfway visible from behind the mask at the beginning of the animation.

  Thanks!

  -AK

  Tomas Bumbulevičius replied 6 years, 7 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Tomas Bumbulevičius

  February 5, 2020 at 2:29 pm

  Hey AK, screenshot or sample .aep would help to guide you better, with less guessing.

  Apart from that, few pin points:
  1. Does text need to be the same size, or downscaling is preferred?
  2. Do you prefer mask to increase the size as the length of text increases?
  3. Have you applied any expressions to anchor point by now, or position?

  Find out more:
  After Effects Tutorials: motion design, expressions, scripting.
  Boxer – Dynamic Text Boxes Template with a Live Preview

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