[David Henderson]

Err- I wouldnt call it a catch so much as extra confusion!

I tried different numbers than 10 (1, then 0) and it had no visual effect. I assumed it was a placeholder or something- but I clearly know nothing about expressions…

Cool to know that I can use your simpler code. I had been wanting something to effectively ignore arrays ( or rather, populate all dimensions with one value – so I could have uniform x,y,z scale modifiers).

Many thanks for all you do Dan 🙂

s = parseFloat(txt);
[s,s]

[David Henderson]

Thank you Dan!

My apologies for the delay in response.
This works well, although i don’t understand it as well as the workaround I had come to.

Can someone explain how this section works?

s = parseFloat(txt,10);
[s,s]

specifically the (txt,10). I have no idea where the 10 comes in…. :/

I’m assuming that this expressions is lighter weight than what I came to, as it only runs the parsefloat once?

Fascinating and baffling stuff- thank you again Dan Ebberts 🙂

SCALE = thisComp.layer("Desc. scale").text.sourceText;
[parseFloat(SCALE),parseFloat(SCALE)];

[David Henderson]

Please pardon my JS ignorance, I’m a senior editor with highly limited AE expressions understanding.

I’m trying to accomplish the simple task of having source tex drive scale on another layer ( to ultimately be controlled via text entry within Premiere via Live Text Templates).

L1 = thisComp.layer(“Text 1”).text.sourceText;
[transform.scale[0],parseFloat(L1)];

I found this thread and tried to use the above expression, but its only scaling in the Y axis, and I need uniform X,Y scale values.

I tried several modifications, including:
[transform.scale[0,1],parseFloat(L1)];

But still return the same result.

I’m looking for the most basic, direct control of scale via text entry- as I hear that complex expressions bog down in the LTT – Premiere workflow.
I’ve posted a similar question here on the Adobe AE forum:
https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2422493

Many thanks for any assistance!

Cheers,
D

L1 = thisComp.layer("Text 1").text.sourceText;
[transform.scale[0],parseFloat(L1)];