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Animating percentage bars in a chart
Hello I have an animated chart project that I need automated for regular editing. Basically my chart consists of a bar depicting 100% of certain stat that it’s divided by 4 segments.
What I want is a script that enables me to type the correct value of each segment and it calculates the size of them, assigns those values to their relative text representations with the % symbol attached after the number.
Would it be an absurd amount of work?
I tried having a slider control on each segment layer controlling its width and linking that value to the text layer but still I’d need to manually place each segment so they start at the end of the previous one. Additionally this process generates some problems: The numeric value depicted by the text will not show rounded which I don’t want. It will kill the “%” symbol which is needed in the graph.
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I would set the anchor point of the bars to the right edge and add a Slider Control to each bar layer. Then I’d use a scale expression like this:
w = effect(“Slider Control”)(“Slider”);
[w,100]For the corresponding text layer, I’d use a position expression like this (assumes the layer is positioned properly in y):
margin = 10;
L = thisComp.layer(“bar 1”);
x = L.transform.position[0] – L.width*L.transform.scale[0]/100;
[x+margin,value[1]]And a Source Text expression like this:
s = thisComp.layer(“bar 1”).effect(“Slider Control”)(“Slider”);
Math.round(s) + “%”Dan
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Oh yeah, I forgot–assuming that the right-most bar is layer “bar 1”, bar 2 would have this position expression:
L = thisComp.layer(“bar 1”);
x = L.transform.position[0] – L.width*L.transform.scale[0]/100;
[x,value[1]]bar 3 would refer to bar 2, etc.
Dan
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Wow I wouldn’t reach this in a million years with my almost non-existing knowledge on the subject. Thank you very much Dan. I’m going to try it right away and come back here to report how it went.
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Hi Dan, your script is superb!! I had to do minor tweaking since the bars come from left but it was nothing in relation to the work behind your code. I have only one more request. How could I specify a determine size for the “%” symbol? Thanks!!!
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You could add a scale Animator to the text, then add an Expression Selector, delete the Range Selector, adjust the Animator’s Scale amount down to where you’re happy with the size of the last character (%), and finally, replace the default expression in the Expression Selector’s Amount property with this:
if (textIndex == textTotal)100 else 0
Dan
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Made it!! You’re amazing Dan (I had to delete many bad words describing how amazing I think you are), is there anything you can’t do in AE? Thanks so much!!
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Is there a way of reducing the space between the number and the “%”? I’m a little uncomfortable with it. Sorry for bothering you this much.
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from the text ‘animator’ add menu (the same menu that you selected the expression selector from) add a tracking property and set the tracking amount as needed.
since the same animator already has an expression selector on it that is effecting only the last character in the string, the tracking property on the same animator will effect only the last character too.
Kevin Camp
Senior Designer
KCPQ, KMYQ & KRCW -
Thank you Kevin
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