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sourceRectAtTime issue with text layer
Trying to line up a beam effect with the left center and right center of a text layer, but I’m not getting what I’m expecting.
As an example, in the beam’s start point, I’ve put in:
[thisLayer.sourceRectAtTime(time,true).left,thisLayer.sourceRectAtTime(time,true).height/2]This however sends the beam start point way out to the left of the text layer and a bit up from it. Clearly I don’t know enough about sourceRectAtTime to use this properly. What am I doing wrong here?
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6 Replies
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Try these:
// Starting Point
r = sourceRectAtTime(time,true);
toComp([r.left,r.top+r.height/2])// Ending Point
r = sourceRectAtTime(time,true);
toComp([r.left+r.width,r.top+r.height/2])Dan
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Thanks Dan. I’m also trying to link the beam’s starting thickness to the distance of the layer’s parent position, relative to the camera.
I’ve got this working in the beam’s start thickness parameter:
p1 = thisLayer.parent.position[2];
p2 = thisComp.activeCamera.position;value+length(p1, p2);
but I notice as the layer moves in z towards the camera, the thickness decreases, and visa versa, when it should be the other way around. I thought I could invert the result by multiplying by -1, but that doesn’t seem to be doing anything.
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If you’re trying to assign the distance in Z-axis only, add “[2]” to your camera position too.
You might need to control the Min/Max values for the thickness tough.
p1 = thisLayer.parent.position[2];
p2 = thisComp.activeCamera.position[2]; -
The problem I’m having is that i’m getting the inverse of the thickness. As I move the layer closer in Z, the thickness shrinks, and visa versa. I need to get the inverse result.
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No ideas how to get the inverse of the linear function?
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I’m guessing you need to define some reference points. For example, minimum width occurs at this distance, maximum width occurs at this distance.
Dan
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