Center and Animate text position

[Scott Mcgee]

If you don’t want to follow the solid this is how you do it.

x = thisComp.width/2;
ya = 0 – thisLayer.sourceRectAtTime().height – 50;
yb = thisComp.height/2;

ease (time, inPoint + 0, inPoint + 1.5,[x, ya], [x, yb]);

if you want to follow the solid. Just pick whip the position to the solids position and it will copy the movement.

But for both you need to centralise the anchor.

r = sourceRectAtTime();
[r.left + r.height/2, r.top + r.height/2];

[Magno Alves]

Dear Scott McGee thank you very much for the tip, for some time I was looking for a solution to this animation.

But I forgot to mention something important the solid is linked to the text by the expression:
parent.sourceRectAtTime (). top -1098

So when I implement your suggestion does not work because the solid moves along with the text as in the example below:

https://giphy.com/gifs/6qq0BQAQBklFTPDMVC/html5

What I want from this animation is for the solid to align to the top of the text when typing any number of lines and then it is fixed so that I can animate position of the text as I did in the example below using keyframes and without any expression.

https://giphy.com/gifs/XJzx1kWwJkoddJXQKJ/html5

Thanks for all the effort and help!

[Scott Mcgee]

I’ve just recreated what you’ve done in your second video example by doing this.

anchorPoint
r = sourceRectAtTime();
[r.left + r.width/2, r.top + r.height/2];

Position
x = thisComp.width/2;
ya = 0 – thisLayer.sourceRectAtTime().height – 50;
yb = 0 + thisComp.layer(“Shape Layer 1”).sourceRectAtTime().height + thisLayer.sourceRectAtTime().height/2 + 30;

ease (time, inPoint + 0, inPoint + 1.5,[x, ya], [x, yb]);

The position looks at the height of the shape layer + the height of your text/2 + a little padding. This proportions itself accordingly.

It might need tweaking, but it looks the same as your 2nd video example.

[Magno Alves]

Thank you all for your help! I am very happy to always come in the forum and find answer to all my doubts of expressions in the after effects.