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Making every other word in a paragraph different colors
Hello,
I’m new to AE Expressions but familiar with MEL/Python/Java. It’s hard for me to figure out the correct syntax to make AE happy. Here’s the goal, to take a list of 900+ words and alternate each word between two fill colors. I have all the text in one main paragraph and using Text Animator with an Expression Selector should work.
The code below is my lame attempt. I have my colors and I’m trying to use the textIndex of the Expression Selector to find the words in the paragraph. I want to see if the textIndex is even/odd then apply one of the colors, otherwise the other color.
I believe I’m close but if there’s an easier way please explain.
blueColor = [27,101,105]
peachColor = [234,109,85]if ((textIndex % 2) = 0)
{
textIndex = blueColor
}
else
{
textIndex = peachColor
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2 Replies
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Set the text color to blue and your fill animator to peach and try this with your expression selector:
words = text.sourceText.substr(0,textIndex).split(” “);
words.length % 2 == 0 ? 0 : 100Dan
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What if I just wanted to set an array of numbers representing words in a sentence, and color them?
I.e. I want to set a guide layer to contain a comma-separated number list.
Let’s say 1,3,5.
Based on this list, the output of a sentence should color word 1, 3 and 5.
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