[Clayton Glenn]

I bugged everyone I could and found a solution. It was a simple mistake.
In a layer with type saying “IT WORKS” is the source for the repeating text
and it looks like this…

I added extra spaces after the selected text to provide even spacing.

It was a misuse of quotation marks that made the previous effort not work.

Best wishes to all.

s = "";
for (i= 1;i <= 10;i++) s +=thisComp.layer("IT WORKS").text.sourceText + " ";
s


Saving the world one pixel at a time.

[Clayton Glenn]

This may be better suited in After Effects Scripts forum… Apologies, I’m figuring out the forums here.

Best wishes,

Saving the world one pixel at a time.

[Clayton Glenn]

Did you try something like this?
Seems like what you are trying to do….


txt = thisComp.layer("text");

w = txt.sourceRectAtTime(time,true).width;

border = 10;

s = (w + 2*border)*100/width;

[s,value[1]]

Saving the world one pixel at a time.

[Clayton Glenn]

You can set your rotational point(anchor point) below the boat and animate the rotation with ease to ease set on your keyframes for a start… suggestion… x rotation = -3 to 3 and z rotation back and forth -1 to 1. Lower values with longer duration between frames rock gently. Higher values with shorter duration gives more aggressive rocking.
vary the intensity and duration for a more random feel.

Hope this steers you in the right direction….

Saving the world one pixel at a time.