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  Get text from a layer in another comp

  Posted by Michael Safety on February 21, 2024 at 2:13 pm

  Hello, I have the following problem.

  As you can see in the picture, I want to use a composition multiple times that takes its text from the name of the layer in which this composition is.

  Example:

  Text Comp contains text field

  Text_Source Comp contains “Text Comp” twice

  Text Comp -> New layer name: “TITLE NUMBER ONE”

  Text Comp -> New layer name: “TITLE NUMBER TWO”

  Is such an example possible to solve using expressions?

  Or would there be a way to write text from the “Text_Source Comp” composition to the “Text Comp” (TITLE NUMBER ONE)?

  Thanks in advance

  

  Michael Safety replied 2 years, 5 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Dan Ebberts

  February 21, 2024 at 5:28 pm

  This is not an area I’m very familiar with, but I think you can do what you want with Master Properties. You’d add the text from your nested precomp to the Essential Graphics panel, then, in each comp that has the nested precomp you will have an Essential Properties section where you can modify the text with an expression (I think).
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  Michael Safety

  February 22, 2024 at 7:41 am

  Dan, thank you very much for this tip. I learned something new again.

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