Expression driven shape layers

[Declan Zimmermann]

Hi Mike,

It would take some doing to link all the bricks but it is perfectly possible.

In a simplified example with Brick1 and Brick2, you will need to first set Brick2’s X position by the sum of half the widths of each Brick.

Here is a simple project file:

7165_expressionbricks.aep.zip

You may still need to manually keyframe the master position, since different bricks take precedence in driving the overall position at different points in the animation.

But hopefully this will get you started.

Declan

Xpos1 = content("Brick1").content("Rectangle Path 1").position[0];
width1 =content("Brick1").content("Rectangle Path 1").size[0];
width2 = content("Brick2").content("Rectangle Path 1").size[0];

Xpos2 = Xpos1+ width1/2+width2/2;

y= 0;

[Xpos2,y]

Declan Zimmermann
Design & Motion
motiongraphicsnyc.com
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