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evenly distribute text layers? Different number of text lines?
I’m working on some text animation and I need to distribute these layers to be evenly spaced. I was assuming that AFX would distribute the layers based on the anchor point, but it appears that it is using the actual size of the text box (contents) as a reference when distributing…does anyone have any good information that would help when trying to distribute lets say…7 layers that are different numbers of text lines (some 1 some 2 and one of them is 3 lines).
I’ve tried just putting in a hard *return*…but it disregards anything that is not a *character*…so I could put a . in and just make the opacity – zero – but that seems like a workflow that shouldn’t be necessary.
-Jason
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You could also add an ANSCII code for space which is 22 – IIRC. Not sure if it’ll work though.
Another option is to create the text layers in their own precomps and to ensure that the precomps are all of the same size. Nest these and then use the ditribute feature. But that sounds like a lot of work.
Also, take a look at the Group Alignment property in the Text Layer. It may com ein handy.
HTH
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