• Adobe After Effects

  Text Tracking effect but for solid layers.

  Posted by Moog Gravett on November 16, 2016 at 1:16 pm

  Hi folks,

  hope you can help.

  I’m trying to create an effect like tracking in text, but for a number of solid layers.

  Imagine a number of small squares (say 8) all in a line. I want to be able to move a master control (slider or some some such) and have each tile move a set distance away from the tile to its left.

  I’m not great with expressions, but tried…

  transform.position+thisComp.layer(“Width Slider”).effect(“Slider Control”)(“Slider”)

  but that, of course, moves all tiles by the same amount and pushes them all along.

  Anyone have any ideas?

  Cheers,

  Moog

  Michael Szalapski replied 9 years, 6 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  Moog Gravett

  November 16, 2016 at 2:30 pm

  Wow,
  what a simple and perfect solution.

  Thanks Dave!
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  Michael Szalapski

  November 16, 2016 at 3:56 pm

  I was going to suggest using the layer’s index as a way to multiply the offset, but your idea is much easier!

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  Michael Szalapski

  November 16, 2016 at 4:11 pm

  You can do some neat stuff with AE’s text animators. This helix-ish shape is just AE text animators on a text layer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqIRrn7EtyQ

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