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Lock a layer’s position … when it has an expression
I have positioned text layers based on the changing text box size. I’m creating a template for colleagues to use, so they need to be able to edit the text layers, but I want to lock the position expression so they can’t alter it. Is there a way to do this? The only thing I keep seeing is people suggesting to add an expression to position [10,10], for example, which is not at all what I need.
Using AE 2017.
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3 Replies
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What I mean is I want people to not be able to edit the position expression or turn it off. I assume this is not something one can do with AE currently.
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I don’t think there’s any way to do that. You could have the editable text layer just provide the source text to the real text layer (with the position expression) which you have locked, shy’d, and hidden, but that would only deter casual tinkerers.
Dan
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Or you could get the text layers’ source text from markers on another layer, perhaps a null.
Apply this to the text layer’s source text:
txt = value;
n = 0;
m = thisComp.layer(“Marker Layer”);if (m.marker.numKeys > 0){
n = m.marker.nearestKey(time).index;
if (m.marker.key(n).time > time) n–;
if (n > 0) txt = m.marker.key(n).comment;
}
txt
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