[Andrei Popa]

Create a text layer. Put all this code in the text value. And on all your layers put this as expression:

eval(thisComp.layer("Text Layer").text.sourceText)

I think you’ll need to change the name of the layer. You can make it invisible so it does not mess with your design.

Andrei
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[Andrei Popa]

I’ll guess you have to remove the comma and turn them into numbers for your sort to work. Also, making a for loop for the second makes it more elegant and also makes it work if you have more rows in your csv. Haven’t tried it, hope it works on the first run:

values = [];
for(i=0;i<=thisComp.layer("Data-Driven-Sample.csv")("Data")("Number of Rows")-1;i++) {
rowVal = thisComp.layer("Data-Driven-Sample.csv")("Data")("Outline")("Number Data")("Number Data " + i).value;
values.push(parseInt(rowVal.replace(",","")));
}
values.sort((a, b) => b - a);
values.join("\n");

// code on the corresponding item list to be sorted based on descending values of the above numbers list
examples = [];
for (i = 0;i <= thisComp.layer("Data-Driven-Sample.csv")("Data")("Number of Rows") - 1;i++) {

var rowVal = {};
rowVal.text = thisComp.layer("Data-Driven-Sample.csv")("Data")("Outline")("Text Data")("Text Data 0");
rowVal.number = parseInt(thisComp.layer("Data-Driven-Sample.csv")("Data")("Outline")("Number Data")("Number Data "+i).replace(",",""));
examples.push(rowVal);

}
const list = examples.sort((a,b) => b.number-a.number).map((examples, number, array) => examples.text);
list.join("\n");

Andrei
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[Andrei Popa]

I am also curious how that can be done. I enumerated the properties of Camera Lens Blur and they are these:

Blur Radius
Iris Properties
Shape
Roundness
Aspect Ratio
Rotation
Diffraction Fringe
Iris Properties
Blur Map
Layer
Channel
Placement
Blur Focal Distance
Invert Blur Map
Blur Map
Highlight
Gain
Threshold
Saturation
Highlight
Edge Behavior
Use Linear Working Space
Compositing Options

And the Layer must be a number. I tried setting it to a 2 sized array. Like 1 for first and 2 for second, but that did not work. I also tries setting it to mask property of another layer thinking that maybe After Effects would transform it into a correct value. That did not work either. Looks like that value does not exist for scripting.

I’m all out of ideas for now.

Andrei
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[Andrei Popa]

It can be done but I need more information.

1. Do you scale or resize it?(slider represents scale as percent or size in pixels)?\
2. Where is the anchorPoint of this rectangle?

Andrei
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[Andrei Popa]

If someone knows how to unshy and unblock a layer, he should be safe changing a few keyframes.
Plus, if he messes something up he may have auto-save, undo and such things at his diposal.

Andrei
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[Andrei Popa]

You can precomp the lower third and then link the text values to 2 separate text layers that are in the mother composition. You can make these 2 layers guide layers, so they will not appear on render. And you can shy the precomp so someone does’nt enter it by error.

Or you could block all the layers except the names, then make them shy, so they don’t appear in the timeline.

Andrei
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[Andrei Popa]

var str = thisComp.layer("Sample Layer").text.sourceText.match(/\d+/g);
eval(str.join("+"))

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[Andrei Popa]

This will work with normal easing:


masterLayer = hisComp.layer("top card");
timeoffset = masterLayer.effect("Slider Control")("Slider");
duration = masterLayer.rotation.key(2).time-masterLayer.rotation.key(1).time;
idx = index-1;
delay = timeoffset*idx;
maxValue = 360-22.5*idx;
ease(time,delay,delay+duration,0,maxValue);

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[Andrei Popa]

Here is how i would do this. Draw the rectangles from the first picture again. Then also draw the red one I made. After placing the text, add a function that does this:

(is the layer inside red square?)
yes =>DONE
no=> (is the layer’s width smaller than one rectangle?)
yes => check which rectangle is closer and place it entirely there by changing x position
no=> reposition layer and rerun this function.

To check which rectangle is closer, first check y position and see if its bottom or top. Then I think you can easily check which one is by considering the position and the justification of the text.

Also, the project will run much faster if you do this with script at the creation point and not with a lot of expressions.

Andrei
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[Andrei Popa]

I hope I understood you right. But this will only work on one-line texts. Or perfectly justified, because if the last line is shorter, the quote will be at the end of the entire paragraph.

x=thisComp.layer("Bounding Box").sourceRectAtTime(time,true).left +
thisComp.layer("Bounding Box").transform.position[0] +
thisComp.layer("Bounding Box").sourceRectAtTime().width + 16;
y=thisComp.layer("Bounding Box").sourceRectAtTime(time,true).top +
thisComp.layer("Bounding Box").transform.position[1];
B = [x,y];
A = [960, 540];
linear(thisLayer.effect("Slider Control")("Slider"), 0, 100, A, B);

Andrei
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