Focus distance expresssion

[Colin Braley]

I don’t have a computer that I can test this one on available right now but here goes:

//–
inFocusLayer = thisComp.layer(“A”);//Change A to whatever you want
distance = length( inFocusLayer.position, this.position );
distance
//–

Just add that expression in for focus distance and you should be set, as long as the layer inFocusLayer does not have a parent layer

~Colin

[Evan Seccombe]

yeah that seems to have done the trick, ill keep posted about any thing that might happen

[Mike Clasby]

Also, look at the last part of this tut by Dan, if you want to focus on another layer:

Building the World’s Greatest Cameraman
using After Effects 5.5’s Expression Controls

https://www.creativecow.net/show.php?page=/articles/ebberts_dan/expression_cont/index.html