[Chaz Chester]

Under Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts, you should be able to set shortcuts to change your 3D view.

[Chaz Chester]

Pretty sure this is a problem with 2020. I’ve been getting a similar error, inconsistently, when using the Warp Stabilizer.

[Chaz Chester]

It might not be the most elegant solution, but you could pre-compose the puppeted layer and motion track the spot that you’re trying to attach the secondary layer to.

[Chaz Chester]

Is this a dumb question?

[Chaz Chester]

Instead of switching between font weights, would it work to use the thinnest weight and have the stroke width animate? It would create the illusion of the font getting thicker.

[Chaz Chester]

Ah, I think the issue is that you can’t use it on a path, so try this workaround:

Pre-comp your animated shape layer without using an expression, then outside of the pre-comp, enable time remapping. Set keyframes where you animation begins and ends (delete any others) and apply loopOut(“pingpong”) to the Time Remapping property.

[Chaz Chester]

What’s happening when you try? Could you maybe upload a screenshot?

[Chaz Chester]

This expression
loopOut(“pingpong”)
will make it go from your first keyframe to your last, then last to first, and then it’ll repeat until the end of the comp.
If that isn’t working for some reason, pre-comp all of the layers you’re using for the morph, enable time remapping, and apply the expression to the time remapping property instead.

[Chaz Chester]

I’ve never dealt with one, personally, but supposedly this website can help you extract the contents: https://filext.com/file-extension/MFG

[Chaz Chester]

I don’t think there’s a built-in function for that. If you’re using a consistent font size, I have a method that may help.

Create a slider control determines how tall your text box is:
s=thisComp.layer(“Text Layer Name”);
s.sourceRectAtTime().height;

Make another slider that divides that value by your font point to get the number of lines in the paragraph (in this case I used 13 for a 12.5 font point):
Math.ceil((effect(“Height slider”)(“Slider”))/13)

Make another slider to set the initial Y value of your text box: (no expression)

Make another slider for the change in your Y value:
effect(“Number of lines slider”)(“Slider”)*13

Finally, set this expression for your text box’s position:
temp = transform.position[0];
[temp, thisComp.layer(“Text Layer Name”).effect(“Initial Y Value”)(“Slider”)-thisComp.layer(“Text Layer Name”).effect(“Change in Y Value”)(“Slider”)]

This should make it so your text box moves up as you add lines, so the bottom of the text box stays in the same position.