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Alter text layer name based on content
I’m in need a script that automatically changes the text layer names in my project based on the layer content.
Additionally it would need to add a prefix “^” and remove all spaces and symbols. Also it would only make use of the first 4 words. For example:
Ben recently voted no in the election
^benrecentlyvotedno
I’ve been trawling the net but can’t find any resources that might help. Any suggestions welcome!
Thanks.
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4 Replies
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I think that will look something like this:
var myComp, myLayer, myStr,mySplitStr,myName;
for (var i = 1; i <= app.project.numItems; i++){
myComp = app.project.item(i);
if (myComp instanceof CompItem){
for (var j = 1; j <= myComp.numLayers; j++){
myLayer = myComp.layer(i);
if (myLayer instanceof TextLayer){
myStr = "^" + myLayer.property("Text").property("Source Text").value.text;
mySplitStr = myStr.split(" ");
myName = "";
for (var k = 0; k < Math.min(mySplitStr.length,4); k++){
myName += mySplitStr[k];
}
myLayer.name = "^" + myName.replace(/\W+/g, "").toLowerCase();
}
}
}
}
Dan
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Thats brilliant Dan, thanks!
Only question, how can I get this to affect all text layers project wide? Currently it will only affect the first layer in an active comp.
Cheers,
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Ooops–type. Well that’s what I get for only testing with one comp / one layer. Try this:
var myComp, myLayer, myStr,mySplitStr,myName;
for (var i = 1; i <= app.project.numItems; i++){
myComp = app.project.item(i);
if (myComp instanceof CompItem){
for (var j = 1; j <= myComp.numLayers; j++){
myLayer = myComp.layer(j);
if (myLayer instanceof TextLayer){
myStr = "^" + myLayer.property("Text").property("Source Text").value.text;
mySplitStr = myStr.split(" ");
myName = "";
for (var k = 0; k < Math.min(mySplitStr.length,4); k++){
myName += mySplitStr[k];
}
myLayer.name = "^" + myName.replace(/\W+/g, "").toLowerCase();
}
}
}
}
Dan
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That worked perfectly, thanks for your help Dan!
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