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Combining two expressions
Hi,
I feel like this is a really basic question, but for some reason I can’t quite get it to work. How do I combine these two separate expressions?
The top ones is for having the source text’s content generated by the name of the comp:
compName = thisComp.name;and this one draws the text’s style (primarily font) from a different layer:
var parentStyle = thisComp.layer(“TEXT 3”).text.sourceText.style;The intent is to have the style pulled from a composition that acts as a control panel for the whole project, so all fo the other compositions will change when I change the control comp. But, additionally, to have the comp names generate the text itself so when I export stills the file names will match what the text says with only having to type it out. (I have to do like 2 hundred of these per project).
I’m running CC 2020 on a Mac.
Thanks!
Tom
compName = thisComp.name;
var parentStyle = thisComp.layer("TEXT 3").text.sourceText.style; -
2 Replies
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Try it this way:
parentStyle = thisComp.layer(“TEXT 3”).text.sourceText.style;
parentStyle.setText(thisComp.name)Dan
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Thank you Dan! I appreciate the help!
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