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Expression Request or Fix: Turning layer’s opacity based on other layers location.
Essentially I want a layer”s opacity to be at 100% but when it reaches a certain position it turns off. I want it to turn off when it meets another layer’s position exactly. It would also need to work if the layers are parented to other layers or nulls. So it would probably need a toWorld position location or toComp.
check the images. I think its a “if else” expression. i tried this:pos= thisComp.layer(“BloackB”).transform.position;
if (position == pos){
100
}else{
0
}images:
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Position uses sub-pixel values, so doing an equality comparison isn’t going to work very well. You could use a tolerance, depending on how close you want to be. For a tolerance of 2 pixels, try this:
p1 = thisComp.layer(“BloackB”).transform.position;
p2 = position;
tolerance = 2;
if (length(p1, p2) < 2) 100
else 0As for layers that are parented to nulls or other layers, I can never work it out of the top of my head, so I’ll let others work it out.
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(Sorry I just realized what your last sentence was about parenting.)
Great, But….
Works Perfect, Actually.The But,
How can this work if the Block A & Block B are parented to different Nulls. In this case, this is why i mentioned the toComp, toWorld Position recognition. I just tried and it dosent work anymore once they are parented. Hmmmm.Image reference:
https://tinyurl.com/cwd7w8lThanks again.
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Thanks So Much. With your help I was able to figure out hot to make it work off any position when parented using the toComp that I already kinda know. Here it is. It must be messy but it works for what i need it.
L1 = thisComp.layer(“BlockA”);
LCP1 = L1.toComp([0,0,0]);
L2 = thisComp.layer(“BlockB”);
LCP2 = L2.toComp([0,0,0]);
p1 = LCP1;
p2 = LCP2;
tolerance = 1;
if (length(p1, p2) < 2) 0
else 100
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