New AE v25 Text Expression methods …

[Yoan Boisjoli]

Hey Roland !

Haven’t tried all of them but here’s a great video to watch to grasp what some of the new features offers and how to use them !

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[Roland R. kahlenberg]

Hi Yoan, thanks for the link. I’ve been playing with it a bit cos I teach it in my After Effects course – just uploaded this sample – https://youtu.be/EjNxHIqJ5kU

But those few I mentioned don’t seem to be doing anything when I try to them out. Do you know if the video you shared cover those Expression methods I mentioned?

Cheers

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[Yoan Boisjoli]

That’s very cool Roland!

As for these specific expressions, here’s what I found (I think some of them seem pretty useful)

setSpaceBefore(value) – Sets the space before a paragraph.

setSpaceAfter(value) – Sets the space after a paragraph.

setLeftMargin(value) – Adjusts the left margin of a text box.

setRightMargin(value) – Adjusts the right margin of a text box.

setHangingRoman(value) – Toggles hanging punctuation (like quotes/punctuation outside the margin). true = enabled, false = disabled.

setLineJoin(value) – Controls how multi-line text connects. Possible values:

0 → Miter join (sharp corners)

1 → Round join (rounded corners)

2 → Bevel join (chopped corners)

Is this what you were looking for?

[Roland R. kahlenberg]

Thanks Yoan, I got that info from this URL – https://ae-expressions.docsforadobe.dev/text/style/?h=space#textstylesetfontsize

And I tried them out but couldn’t get anything to move – like nothing was affected. Hence, my coming here to post. I thought code snippets that work for someone will be a good start.

Cheers

ae-expressions.docsforadobe.dev

Text Style - After Effects Expression Reference

Text Style - After Effects Expression Reference

[Yoan Boisjoli]

I just tried setLeftMargin(value) and made it work by linking a slider to it. The margin suddenly was animated when adjusting the slider’s value. Here’s the code I used:

marginValue = effect("Slider Control")(1).value;
text.sourceText.style.setLeftMargin(marginValue);

[Roland R. kahlenberg]

Thanks for the info Yoan. And just as I thought!!! They only work when someone else uses them!!!

😀

On a serious note, did you try the others?

[Yoan Boisjoli]

Hey Roland !

haha yeah it’s always like that!

No haven’t tried the other functions. I’m curious though, as soon as I have a bit of time on my hands, I’ll experiment with them !