[Dan Ebberts]

Yup, split is what you want. Assuming your words are separated by carriage returns, you could use something like this to pick out the word “cat” from your example:

s = thisComp.layer(“layer 2”).text.sourceText.split(String.fromCharCode(13));
s[1]

Dan

[Dan Ebberts]

Like this:

p = thisComp.layer(“object B”).position;
[value[0],value[1],p[2]]

Dan

[Dan Ebberts]

Like this:

p = thisComp.layer(“object B”).position;
[value[0],value[1],p[2]]

Dan

[Dan Ebberts]

Try this:

start = 0;
vanish = 1000;
linear(position[2],start,vanish,100,0)

Adjust start and vanish to suit.

Dan

[Dan Ebberts]

Try this:

start = 0;
vanish = 1000;
linear(position[2],start,vanish,100,0)

Adjust start and vanish to suit.

Dan

[Dan Ebberts]

Are the layers 3D?

Dan

[Dan Ebberts]

This should work:

C = thisComp.layer(“Camera 1”);
lookAt(C.toWorld([0,0,0]),position)

But did you try just turning on Auto Orient > Orient Towards Camera?

Dan

[Dan Ebberts]

This should work:

C = thisComp.layer(“Camera 1”);
lookAt(C.toWorld([0,0,0]),position)

But did you try just turning on Auto Orient > Orient Towards Camera?

Dan

[Dan Ebberts]

I’m not sure what you’re after exactly, but here’s a clock expression (for a text layer’s source text) that might help:

beginTime = 0; // beginning time (seconds)
mult = 1; // clock speed multiplier

function digits(myVal,myNumDigits){
  var s = myVal.toString();
  while (s.length < myNumDigits) s = '0' + s;
  return s;
}

currTime = beginTime + time*mult;

hr = digits(Math.floor(currTime/3600),2);
min = digits(Math.floor((currTime%3600)/60),2);
sec = digits(Math.floor(currTime)%60,2);
ms = digits(Math.floor(currTime%1*1000),3);
hr + ":" + min + ":" + sec + "." + ms

If you want it to start at a time other than 0, set beginTime.
If you want it to count faster or slower than comp time, modify mult.
(mult = -1 will count down).

Dan

[Dan Ebberts]

I’m not sure what you’re after exactly, but here’s a clock expression (for a text layer’s source text) that might help:

beginTime = 0; // beginning time (seconds)
mult = 1; // clock speed multiplier

function digits(myVal,myNumDigits){
  var s = myVal.toString();
  while (s.length < myNumDigits) s = '0' + s;
  return s;
}

currTime = beginTime + time*mult;

hr = digits(Math.floor(currTime/3600),2);
min = digits(Math.floor((currTime%3600)/60),2);
sec = digits(Math.floor(currTime)%60,2);
ms = digits(Math.floor(currTime%1*1000),3);
hr + ":" + min + ":" + sec + "." + ms

If you want it to start at a time other than 0, set beginTime.
If you want it to count faster or slower than comp time, modify mult.
(mult = -1 will count down).

Dan