Write-on Text from SourceText via Slider. Pos Y slide-up via Expression selector

[Dan Ebberts]

You could add a Position Animator and set its Position value to 0,30. Add an Expression Selector, delete the Range Selector, and use this expression for the Expression Selector’s Amount property:

s = effect("Slider Control")("Slider").value;
ease(s,textIndex,textIndex+1,100,0)

It uses the same slider as your Source Text expression.

[Gerald mark Soto]

It doesnt exactly work. It snaps into position rather than animate slide up. any ideas sir?

[Gerald mark Soto]

this is sorta working but it stops animating after i run out of keyframes.

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s = Math.round(effect(“Text_Reveal”)(“Slider”).value);

if (textIndex == s)

70

else if (textIndex < s)

0

else

100
—–

[Gerald mark Soto]

Oh never mind. i ram previewed my expression and its moving so slow and at like 4 frames per second. it definitely did not work.

[Yoan Boisjoli]

Hey Gerald, don’t know if it can help but this is pretty useful and I think it might help you out!

aescripts.com

TextEvo 2

TextEvo allows you to easily animate your text with delay based on letters, words or lines.

[Gerald mark Soto]

Ok. so back to the expression. that i was using. it actually does work. but the animation poses at each keyframe. you need to try it out your self to see what I mean. essentially this expression works but each key letter should play out the animation independently as it appears. any ideas?

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s = Math.round(effect("Slider Control")("Slider").value);
fadeDuration = 10;
if (textIndex < s - fadeDuration) {
    0;
} else if (textIndex >= s) {
    100;
} else {
    ease(textIndex, s - fadeDuration, s, 0, 100);
}

[Gerald mark Soto]

text evo would not be an option. I require the SourceRectTime of the text layer. I eventually want this type layer to drive the size of a box that it will be on top of. You cant use TextEvo for that.

[Dan Ebberts]

It works for me if I change your fadeDuration from 10 to .333.

[Gerald mark Soto]

its not working for me because im using toggle hold keyframes. Im recreating a typing style animation letter by letter with pauses in-between some letters. so the animation stops after each keyframe.

[Gerald mark Soto]

Yup thats the definitely the problem. Is there anyway for this to work with toggle hold keyframes? so i can create a type writer style animation?