expression help – scale based on proximity

[Colin James]

Hey guys, I’ve got a rather simple expression i need written that’s giving me a hell of a time :p I

I basically have 11 text objects on screen. I need them to scale up individually based on the proximity of another layer ( a layer that is a small image of an arrow mouse curosor )…i need it to be fluid like the mac os x dock scale/genie effect.

does anyone have any suggestions?

thanks 🙂

[Colin James]

Hey all, it always happens that all i need to do is post to the cow, and 5 minutes later I’ll figure it out 😉

Thanks to this site: https://www.jjgifford.com/expressions/geometry/length.html

I found this script:

// Point1 is current layer, point2 is control layer
point1=this_layer.position;
point2=thisComp.layer(“ARROW”).position

// Find the vector between the 2 points
delta=sub(point1, point2);

// Now find the length
distance=length(delta);

//Use linear() to remap distance to range of 40 to 0
linear(distance, 0, 80, [250,250], [75,75]);