• Adobe After Effects Expressions

  if / else expressions to define and control individual text characters

  Posted by Tyler Jack on November 5, 2020 at 11:12 am

  Hi!

  I’m interested in building an animation which involves a single text layer, that could be formatted in a way that is repeatable, no matter how long my text layer is. For example:

  Let’s say my text reads ‘HELLO’ which is 5 characters. Could I (and how do I) write the following

  if text = 5 characters, position of character 1 =, position of character 2 = etc…

  I would then animate positions A and B using a slider, A is the position I set above, and B would always be 960,540, animating in place.

  The expression would be long, each character would have a new x,y for each text length, which I would set up manually, probably up to 15 characters.

  The hope is to have a single text layer, that formats and positions itself without needing to manually decompose text, randomise position, animate in place etc.

  Any thoughts are hugely appreciated – may not be doable but I know some of you have a wealth of knowledge on niche expressions.

  Thanks,

  TJ

  Tyler Jack replied 5 years, 10 months ago 1 Member · 0 Replies
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