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Keeping 2 text layers center when the lengths change
I am trying to keep the first and last names center on screen as they change. I have first name (1) right justified and last name (2) left justified, placed in the center and attached to a null. My goal is to find an expression that will shift the null’s “x” position to re-center the names when they change. ie: from “jimmy smith” to “ed lichtenstein”. As you can tell the latter of the two names won’t be centered.
I found the expression below but doesn’t quite do the trick.
var w1= thisComp.layer(1).sourceRectAtTime().width;
var w2 = thisComp.layer(2).sourceRectAtTime().width;
[(thisComp.width-(w1+w2))/2,value[1]]Please help and THANK YOU!
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4 Replies
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Assuming the null is between the two layers, it would be something like this:
var w1= thisComp.layer(1).sourceRectAtTime().width;
var w2 = thisComp.layer(2).sourceRectAtTime().width;
[thisComp.width/2 -( w2-w1)/2,value[1]]Dan
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Thanks for the quick feedback, but I get similar outcomes as with the previous expression I found. Offset to the left or right, depends on which name is longer. Just curious if you are aware for a fix for this? Thanks again!
var w1= thisComp.layer(1).sourceRectAtTime().width;
var w2 = thisComp.layer(2).sourceRectAtTime().width;
[thisComp.width/2 -( w2-w1)/2,value[1]] -
Hmmm…. It works for me. Your text layers aren’t scaled, are they?
Dan
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BINGO! That was it. My text layers were scaled to 50%. THANK YOU!!!
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