Expression to push and scale object in different directions?

[Yoan Boisjoli]

I can’t see the gif in action from my phone (only a thumbnail) but it seems like something similar to what the script “Flex” offers. Here’s the link:

http://aescripts.com/flex/

If not, let us know and we can figure it out!

aescripts.com

Flex

Flex is a tool for creating dynamically realigning layouts for your layers.

[Tom Morton]

position and scale properties for all objects are natively changeable via expressions, what have you tried so far?

[Tom Morton]

Had to download to view, wouldn’t be mega complicated to do this using expressions if you’re familiar with them. If you’re not, I suggest watching some tutorials or doing a course on them first maybe, this will help you find the best way of doing it.

[Shane Brown]

Thank you very much for this recommendation – I’m going to look into this!

[Shane Brown]

Hi Tom, I’m very new to expressions so I’m still trying to learn what I can about them while actively practicing. I actually got pretty close by using GPT to help.

I set the anchor point of the pink shape to the bottom right corner and the grey shape to the top left corner and then added expressions to the position properties of each shape.

For the pink shape I added this expression:

var blackBox = thisComp.layer(“Black Box”);

var blackBoxPosition = blackBox.transform.position;

var blackBoxScale = blackBox.transform.scale[0] / 100;

var xOffset = (blackBox.width / 2 * blackBoxScale) + (thisLayer.width / 2 * blackBoxScale);

var yOffset = (blackBox.height / 2 * blackBoxScale) + (thisLayer.height / 2 * blackBoxScale);

[blackBoxPosition[0] – xOffset, blackBoxPosition[1] – yOffset];

And for the grey, this one:

var blackBox = thisComp.layer(“Black Box”);

var blackBoxPosition = blackBox.transform.position;

var blackBoxScale = blackBox.transform.scale[0] / 100;

var xOffset = (blackBox.width / 2 * blackBoxScale) + (thisLayer.width / 2 * blackBoxScale);

var yOffset = (blackBox.height / 2 * blackBoxScale) + (thisLayer.height / 2 * blackBoxScale);

[blackBoxPosition[0] + xOffset, blackBoxPosition[1] + yOffset];