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Autoscale Text Box for two lines of text
Hi
I am trying to build an auto scaling text box for two lines. In the image attached I have two different text boxes for each line, but now I am trying to do the same for both of them (red rectangle) but can’t get a result. For the expressions used please refer to the attached image aswell.
Would anyone have a solution? Thanks a lot in advance!
Martin
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11 Replies
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Update:
I found the following expressions which works fine for the text box to adapt to first line of text.
margin = 30;
t1=thisComp.layer(“textLayer”);
s1=t1.sourceRectAtTime();
t2=thisComp.layer(“textLayer 2”);
s2=t2.sourceRectAtTime();
l = t1.toComp([s1.left, s1.top])[0] – margin;
r = t2.toComp([s2.left+s2.width, s1.top])[0] + margin;
t = Math.min(t1.toComp([s1.left, s1.top])[1], t2.toComp([s2.left+s2.width, s2.top])[1]) – margin;
b = Math.max(t1.toComp([s1.left, s1.top+s1.height])[1], t2.toComp([s2.left+s2.width, s2.top+s2.height])[1]) + margin;
createPath( [fromComp([l,t]), fromComp([r,t]), fromComp([r,b]), fromComp([l,b])], [],[], true);So if I am assuming correctly I would have to replace the expression for r with an expression that looks at the width of both text layers? Would anyone know how to do that? THX
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yes, you would actually use the math expression to ask after efefcts to find the longer of the 2 and use that as the width, Ill post that expresssion shortly if someone doesnt beat me to it
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I think you just need a new variable,
Math.max(l,r)
this would take the longer of l and r
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Hi Adam
Thanks! I tried but I am not sure if I interpreted it right. I applied the Math.max to the variabale r in the last bit of the expression, which doesn’t give me a solution…
margin = 30;
t1=thisComp.layer(“textLayer”);
s1=t1.sourceRectAtTime();
t2=thisComp.layer(“textLayer 2”);
s2=t2.sourceRectAtTime();
l = t1.toComp([s1.left, s1.top])[0] – margin;
r = t2.toComp([s2.left+s2.width, s1.top])[0] + margin;
t = Math.min(t1.toComp([s1.left, s1.top])[1], t2.toComp([s2.left+s2.width, s2.top])[1]) – margin;
b = Math.max(t1.toComp([s1.left, s1.top+s1.height])[1], t2.toComp([s2.left+s2.width, s2.top+s2.height])[1]) + margin;
createPath( [fromComp([l,t]), fromComp([Math.max(l,r),t]), fromComp([Math.max(l,r),b]), fromComp([l,b])], [],[], true);Did I miss something?
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I have a few minutes to take a look. where is this expression posted, in fact, it may be easier if you just post a reduced version of your project in here with no source files and Ill see if i can edit it to work
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Much appreciated! Here is the AEP File.
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ok there you go, there might be a way to make this more efficient but i was not prepared to do all that work right now, lol. point is, it does what you want now.
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oops . we would need to add the gap back in there, sorry about that
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Awesome! Thank you very much for your time and effort!
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