Natural Type-On Expression

[Sher Safi]

Awesome expression, Dan.

Is there a way to add a Blinking cursor? that would be nice.

I also have the below expression which has the cursor but only would’ve been better if it had a random feeling to the typing effect.

L = text.sourceText.length;
T = time*effect("Speed")("Slider") - effect("Start At")("Slider")*effect("Speed")("Slider");
F = Math.round(time % 1);

if(F == 1 | (T0) ){Fl = "|";}else{Fl=" ";}

substr(0,T) + Fl


[Adam Haas]

How can I do this so it starts at the beginning of the layer and not the composition?

[Kalleheikki Kannisto]

From earlier in this thread:

I think you just need to change this line:

t = 0;

to this:

t = inPoint;

Dan

Kalleheikki Kannisto
Senior Graphic Designer

[John Crump]

This works very well Dan, but is there a solution to make this work per word instead of per character? Thank you

[Filip Vandueren]

I think this should work for words:

words=value.match(/([^\s\u0003]*[\s+|\u0003]?)/g);
minRate = 10; // frames per character
maxRate = 20;
wordCount = 0;
t = inPoint;
seedRandom(index,true);
while (t < time){
    wordCount++;
    t += framesToTime(random(minRate,maxRate));
}
words.slice(0,wordCount).join("");

[John Crump]

amazing, thanks Filip!