[Chris Voelz]

Thank you! I have been trying hard to find documentation on how to understand that. The banging of my forehead on the desk can now end.

[Chris Voelz]

Your recommendation worked (like I should ever doubt your advice). My head was in the gutter and I didn’t even consider reading the datavalue as a number…duh. *facepalm. I’ve been so fixated on the idea that I was importing “text”.

Thank you thank you thank you! This was the last thing I needed to fix.

[Chris Voelz]

Thanks Dan!

So this is essentially just looking at the time of the main comp and adding that before the pre-comp so they align?

[Chris Voelz]

Hi Dan, I think I may be having the same problem and I am just unsure how to apply your fix.

I am using a slider control to control the scale of an object on the x axis. The comp where the asset being controlled lives is not the same length as the main comp. The expression works great when there are no keyframes. As soon as I add keyframes to animate the scale the expression no longer updates the value of the slider.

temp = comp("Compliance Bulletin").layer("Time Left").effect("Time Left Control")("Slider");
[temp, 100];

[Chris Voelz]

After walking away for a couple hours I figured it out. I just needed to think of it from a different perspective. Established that the starting value as 1322 and everything fell into place. Pretty simple actually.

temp = thisComp.layer("Layer Name").effect("Slider Name")("Slider");
[((temp-1322)/2), 0]

[Chris Voelz]

Awesome! Thank you Adam!