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Control x position with text width when source text is linked to another layer.
Hi guys!
I have a Main Text Layer, controlling the text from another Text Layer (with different text styles from the main text layer).
I do have a 3rd Layer that needs to be affected by the position of the Text Layer width.In my head that would be something very straight forward to do. I should just use something like
thisComp.layer("Text Layer").transform.xPosition + thisComp.layer("Text Layer").sourceRectAtTime().width;Unfortunately, the expression is reading the width of the Main Text Layer instead of the Text Layer .
I’m also having the text-align to the Right, so the 3rd Layer should be moving to the left direction but I guess that’s just using a – instead a +.Thanks in advance!
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2 Replies
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Hm, this sounds about right to me. Can you post a screenshot of your setup, like how you have linked the different layers?
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Yup, it was right… just me being a potato.
I just realized that the text layer had a scale.Just multiplied the scale value to the .sourceRectAtTime().width and it works just fine.
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