• Adobe After Effects

  Data entry text effect

  Posted by Carl Visagie on July 7, 2015 at 4:35 pm

  Im trying to get a data entry like effect in AFX. Something similar to the typewriter effect but the cursor stays still (iff there was a blinking cursor) and the text moves out to the left of the cursor as the numbers/leters are typed in.

  any help appreciated

  Carl Visagie replied 11 years, 1 month ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  Derek Boettcher

  July 7, 2015 at 6:42 pm

  Ask the guys on the expressions thread, I believe that has already been done by then.

  Best,
  Derek Boettcher
  Creative Management
  BTH Media Group
  https://bthmedia.com
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  Kevin Camp

  July 7, 2015 at 8:31 pm

  yep, it’s been done before.

  i’d probably set it up with a slider to control the completion (to make it more like the type-on preset).

  to set that up, create your text layer, make it right justified and then add a slider expression control effect.

  then copy/paste this expression to the source text property of the text layer:

  completion = effect(“Slider Control”)(“Slider”);
  txt = value;
  n = Math.round(linear(completion, 0, 100, 0, txt.length));
  (txt).substr(0,n)

  as you change the slider value, the text should type on, and if you have the justification set to right, it will type out to the left.

  Kevin Camp
  Art Director
  KCPQ, KZJO & KRCW
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  Carl Visagie

  July 8, 2015 at 2:04 pm

  Awesome!

  Thank you for that

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