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				<title>Detlef Maerz replied to the discussion How to change font size in an older AE Version like CC19 by expression in the forum Adobe After Effects Expressions</title>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jul 2023 12:08:59 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/how-to-change-font-size-in-an-older-ae-version-like-cc19-by-expression/#post-2446990"><span class="bb-reply-lable">Reply to</span> How to change font size in an older AE Version like CC19 by expression</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>Thanks Dan! I&#8217;ve chose the option with different layers.</p>
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				<title>Detlef Maerz started the discussion How to change font size in an older AE Version like CC19 by expression in the forum Adobe After Effects Expressions</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2023 09:02:42 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/how-to-change-font-size-in-an-older-ae-version-like-cc19-by-expression/">How to change font size in an older AE Version like CC19 by expression</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>Hi Guys, this expression does not work in CC19 even when javaScript is chosen as Expression language.</p>
<p>text.sourceText.style<span>.setFontSize(100)</span></p>
<p>I think .style does not exist in this version. </p>
<p>Ani idea how to solve it?</p>
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				<title>Detlef Maerz replied to the discussion Multi-line box text effect in the forum Adobe After Effects Expressions</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jun 2023 08:15:20 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/multi-line-box-text-effect/#post-2446771"><span class="bb-reply-lable">Reply to</span> Multi-line box text effect</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>Thank you &#x263a;&#xfe0f; &#x1f64f;</p>
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				<title>Detlef Maerz replied to the discussion Multi-line box text effect in the forum Adobe After Effects Expressions</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jun 2023 07:32:00 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/multi-line-box-text-effect/#post-2446769"><span class="bb-reply-lable">Reply to</span> Multi-line box text effect</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p><span>Thanks a lot Filip!</span></p>
<p>This was really something I was looking for.</p>
<p>Liked the video and downloaded the animation template.</p>
<p>Got some expression error messages. (Screenshot below)</p>
<p>Tried this in three different After Effects versions. </p>
<p>Any idea how I can solve this? </p>
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				<title>Detlef Maerz started the discussion Multi-line box text effect in the forum Adobe After Effects Expressions</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2023 13:14:52 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/multi-line-box-text-effect/">Multi-line box text effect</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>Hey guys</p>
<p>I&#8217;m searching for <span>a solution for a text box i</span><span>n which the length of the box depends on the respective length of the line. Like in the example.</span></p>
<p><span>There are many tutorials in which the box (a rectangle) is formed around the entire text blog. But i didnt find yet a </span><span>Multi-line Solution. </span></p>
<p>Thank You!</p>
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				<title>Detlef Maerz replied to the discussion Control Paragraph Text Box Size by an expression in the forum Adobe After Effects Expressions</title>
				<link>https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/control-paragraph-text-box-size-by-an-expression/#post-2439872</link>
				<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2023 10:09:21 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/control-paragraph-text-box-size-by-an-expression/#post-2439872"><span class="bb-reply-lable">Reply to</span> Control Paragraph Text Box Size by an expression</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>Both interesting tips. Thanks for that, guys! But I am explicitly thinking about the paragraph text. So resize the frame that is created at the beginning of the paragraph text. Maybe its possible with extend script?</p>
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				<title>Detlef Maerz started the discussion Control Paragraph Text Box Size by an expression in the forum Adobe After Effects Expressions</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2023 10:34:17 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/control-paragraph-text-box-size-by-an-expression/">Control Paragraph Text Box Size by an expression</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>Hi guy, is it possible to to read out or also change paragraph Text Box Size by an expression?</p>
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				<title>Detlef Maerz started the discussion import clipping path in a JPEG file as an Alpha Channel in the forum Adobe After Effects</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2021 17:13:16 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/import-clipping-path-in-a-jpeg-file-as-an-alpha-channel/">import clipping path in a JPEG file as an Alpha Channel</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>Hi guys, i have a JPEG file that includes a clipping path. Is it possible to import this JPEG with clipping Path as an Alpha Channel?</p>
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				<title>Detlef Maerz replied to the discussion detect certain letters in the first row of a text layer in the forum Adobe After Effects Expressions</title>
				<link>https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/detect-certain-letters-in-the-first-row-of-a-text-layer/#post-2422029</link>
				<pubDate>Sat, 11 Dec 2021 15:01:04 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/detect-certain-letters-in-the-first-row-of-a-text-layer/#post-2422029"><span class="bb-reply-lable">Reply to</span> detect certain letters in the first row of a text layer</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>Thank You, Filip! Really helpful! &#x1f44d;</p>
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				<title>Detlef Maerz started the discussion Saving the result of a script as a global variable in the forum Adobe After Effects Expressions</title>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 11 Dec 2021 14:57:41 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/saving-the-result-of-a-script-as-a-global-variable/">Saving the result of a script as a global variable</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>Is there a way in After Effects to save the result of an expression script as a global variable?<br />
Simple example: I calculate with souceRectAtTime a numeric value <span>. How could I access this value in a different place (different composition, different layer) without running this script again?</span></p>
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				<title>Detlef Maerz replied to the discussion detect certain letters in the first row of a text layer in the forum Adobe After Effects Expressions</title>
				<link>https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/detect-certain-letters-in-the-first-row-of-a-text-layer/#post-2421951</link>
				<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2021 12:46:57 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/detect-certain-letters-in-the-first-row-of-a-text-layer/#post-2421951"><span class="bb-reply-lable">Reply to</span> detect certain letters in the first row of a text layer</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>Yes, that&#8217;s what I meant. Works perfectly! Thank you very much! One additional question: what should the syntax look like for the last line?
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				<title>Detlef Maerz started the discussion detect certain letters in the first row of a text layer in the forum Adobe After Effects Expressions</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2021 10:24:11 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/detect-certain-letters-in-the-first-row-of-a-text-layer/">detect certain letters in the first row of a text layer</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>Hi guys,<br />
I&#8217;m searching for an expression to detect certain letters (Ä,Ö and Ü) in the first row of a text layer and return a boolean.<br />
Could you help me with the right function and notation?
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				<title>Detlef Maerz started the discussion Detecting a transparent area within a .png file using Expression in the forum Adobe After Effects Expressions</title>
				<link>https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/detecting-a-transparent-area-within-a-png-file-using-expression/</link>
				<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2021 10:13:44 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/detecting-a-transparent-area-within-a-png-file-using-expression/">Detecting a transparent area within a .png file using Expression</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p class="">Hi Guys!</p>
<p class="">I have a .png file that has a transparent area around the image content. </p>
<p class="">I&#8217;m searching for a solution via Expression to figure out the size of the image content without the transparency and automatically fit it into the composition?</p>
<p class="">I have a small budget for the project. So if someone would be willing to provide me with an example project.&hellip;</p>
<p><span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-361301"><a href="https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/detecting-a-transparent-area-within-a-png-file-using-expression/" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
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				<title>Detlef Maerz replied to the discussion source text to slider control in the forum Adobe After Effects Expressions</title>
				<link>https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/source-text-to-slider-control/#post-2415622</link>
				<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2021 13:56:00 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/source-text-to-slider-control/#post-2415622"><span class="bb-reply-lable">Reply to</span> source text to slider control</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>Hey Guys, how this expression should be written if i use it to control the scale parameter, wich is an array?</p>
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				<title>Detlef Maerz replied to the discussion Attaching an inpoint of a layer to an outpoint of another layer in the forum Adobe After Effects Expressions</title>
				<link>https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/attaching-an-inpoint-of-a-layer-to-an-outpoint-of-another-layer/#post-2404348</link>
				<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2021 07:49:07 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/attaching-an-inpoint-of-a-layer-to-an-outpoint-of-another-layer/#post-2404348"><span class="bb-reply-lable">Reply to</span> Attaching an inpoint of a layer to an outpoint of another layer</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>Hi Trent, wasn&#8217;t thinking about <span>time-remap. Good Idea! Thanks a lot!</span></p>
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				<title>Detlef Maerz started the discussion Attaching an inpoint of a layer to an outpoint of another layer in the forum Adobe After Effects Expressions</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2021 08:24:34 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/attaching-an-inpoint-of-a-layer-to-an-outpoint-of-another-layer/">Attaching an inpoint of a layer to an outpoint of another layer</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>Hi guys! Is it possible to attach an inpoint of a layer to an outpoint of another layer via using expressions or scripts? The first Layer is a VA layer, wich shall have a variable duration , the second layer is a composition with a fix duration. This two levels should always follow each other on the timeline without a gap or overlapping. </p>
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				<title>Detlef Maerz replied to the discussion Dynamic text scale/fontsize up or down base on text length in the forum Adobe After Effects Expressions</title>
				<link>https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/dynamic-text-scalefontsize-up-or-down-base-on-text/#post-2349822</link>
				<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2021 13:20:17 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/dynamic-text-scalefontsize-up-or-down-base-on-text/#post-2349822"><span class="bb-reply-lable">Reply to</span> Dynamic text scale/fontsize up or down base on text length</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>super nice &#x1f44d; Thanks </p>
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