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how to get ‘actual’ width of a text layer.
Is there an expression that returns the actual width of a text layer?
For example, if you have a text layer, it’l return the actual width of the text, and not the composition width.
I’ve tried:
n = thisLayer.width;
but that doesn’t work.
Many thanks,
Jamie -
7 Replies
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You can do it with scripting, but not expressions.
Dan
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Ah okay, thanks Dan.
I haven’t had much dealing much with scripting. Would this be a difficult thing to do?
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Not really. Here’s a simple snippet that assumes your text layer is layer 1:
var myLayer = app.project.activeItem.layer(1);
var r = myLayer.sourceRectAtTime(0, false);
alert(r.top + ” ” + r.left + ” ” + r.width + ” ” + r.height);The top and left values are relative to the layer’s anchor point.
Dan
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Actually NAB figured out a way to get the size of a text layer in expressions using sampleImage. He posted his expression over at ae nhacers. I don’t think the cow allows posting any ae nhancers urls so just replace [dot] with a .
www[dot]aenhancers[dot]com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=931
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Thanks Lloyd, I’ll go and check that out. I think picking up the whole concept of scripting might be a little too much for me at this moment in time.
Jamie
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Yeah, I just saw that. It should work fine. A bit slow maybe, but way better than not being able to do it at all.
Dan
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Try this:
x=thisComp.layer(“nameofthelayer”).sourceRectAtTime().width;x=thisComp.layer("nameofthelayer").sourceRectAtTime().width;
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