Like the iphone Animation: Leading and Kerning with Scripts

[Dan Ebberts]

This should give you the apostrophes (assuming n is an integer):


n = Math.round(effect("Slider Control")("Slider"));
pre = n < 0 ? "-" : "";
s = ""+ Math.abs(n);
str = s.substr(-s.length, (s.length-1)%3 +1);
for (i = Math.floor((s.length-1)/3); i > 0; i--){
str += "'" + s.substr(-i*3,3);
}
pre + str


As far a leading and kerning, expressions have no access to those (scripting either, for that matter). The closest you could come would be to add Line Spacing and Tracking animators.

Dan

[David Escurriola]

Hi Dan. Thanks for your soon replay. I tried your expression placing it at the Text Source and tested on several ways like replacing all the “n” through 1000 (with and without apostrophe) but It’s not working. “Unterminated string constant Expression disabled” is what After Effects tells me. Can you please explain me, where did I go wrong?

It’s quite weak I can not set the kerning with different values, since the apostroph need less space than a zero. But ok, I guess I can live with it.

Now regarding of Spacing. I don’t use spacing as such, since every line is on a different layer. Look at he script underneath: i’ve been editing the value of “2500” by hand, so that the layer underneath has a value of 2700, 2900 and so on. But the script “thisComp.layer(index – 1)” doesn’t work

Did you opened the sequence I sent? I guess you will see quite fast what I mean.
Thanks very much
David

x=comp("MasterController").layer("Null 1").effect("Slider Control")("Slider") + 2500;
range=300; //range when Z begins
center=thisComp.width*0.5; //center of comp on X axis
distance=x-center;
Zdist=400;

if (x <= center ){
Zpos=ease(center+distance,center-range,center,value[2],value[2]-Zdist);
}else{
Zpos=ease(center+distance,center,center+range,value[2]-Zdist,value[2]);
}

[x,value[1],Zpos]

[Dan Ebberts]

This doesn’t work?


n = 1000;
pre = n < 0 ? "-" : "";
s = ""+ Math.abs(n);
str = s.substr(-s.length, (s.length-1)%3 +1);
for (i = Math.floor((s.length-1)/3); i > 0; i--){
str += "'" + s.substr(-i*3,3);
}
pre + str


Dan

[David Escurriola]

Dear Dan

I have to confess, that my expressions skills are to limited to implement your expression in the right place.
This was the reason, I asked you if you had a look into the afx file i sent to you.
thank you veeeery much for your help
david

[David Escurriola]

Dear Dan

Yes, it is working. Thanks very much for your support. But the result was due of the impossiblity of edit the kerning at the apostroph not usable. So I had to do it manually.

Best wishes

David