[Andrew Ross]

Hey Dan! Yep, that did it. Thank you

[Andrew Ross]

Hi Kevin

Thanks for getting back with this. It did the job in the end so thank you so much for that 🙂

[Andrew Ross]

Hi Andrei

Thanks for your response. Apologies for not being able to see the image, I’ve just tried to upload it again but it doesn’t seem to be working properly.

However, you are correct in that I would like the solid at FRAME 0 to always look for the right edge of a text layer and then for me to be able to assign an X value as the stop value at FRAME 20. Therefore starting off at the right edge of the text layer and animating across the screen revealing the text layer beneath it.

Thanks again

Andrew

[Andrew Ross]

I think I’ve inadvertently found the cause of the problem. When working on another job, having been given a project from the same client, the same issue was occurring but slightly different. The project opened but not as fast as it should. There were a couple of comps that have only text in there and these comps would hang and be unworkable.

Turns out, it was a problem with the font. I deleted the font that was being used and reinstalled it and voila. Cooking on gas now.

Thanks for your feedback guys.

[Andrew Ross]

Hi Walter

Thanks for clearing the key combo up. I managed to do that and it does improve things when the preference file is deleted.

The project still takes too long to open for what it is but it takes a minute rather than 10 + mins and the comp viewer takes 1 minute to appear/settle so that again is better than the 10-20+ mins. However it’s still too long for what the project is.

Also when I then close that project down and open After Effects again and open that project, the project goes back to taking 10 mins + to open.

Weird.

[Andrew Ross]

Thanks for replying Walter.

Should you see anything when you press the Cmd+Opt+Shift combination or does it reset the preferences without you seeing anything change?

Anyway, I’ve done that and nothing has changed. The project still takes forever to open.

DOH!

[Andrew Ross]

Tomas my friend you are a complete genius thank you.

There will be no need to go below three letters so what you have supplied above works absolutely fantastically.

Thank you so much : )

[Andrew Ross]

Great stuff. That’s a brilliant way to do it. Thank you so much for your help.

[Andrew Ross]

Thanks for getting in touch Brian, i’ve attached the project file here.

[Andrew Ross]

13425_stripstest1.zip.zip