[Henry Gaunt]

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Thank you Dan!

[Henry Gaunt]

I do like the quiet confidence in your posts. I know when I’ve found a post with your name it will work!

Thank you Dan, spot on.

Is there a line I can add to turn the slider into seconds, so on the slider; 1 = second, 60 represents a minute etc..

[Henry Gaunt]

I actually freaking did it, it’s a Christmas miracle..

p = thisComp.layer(index-1).transform.opacity; 
d = thisComp.layer(index-3).transform.opacity; 
if (p==0 && d==100){
z=thisComp.layer(index-1).transform.position[1];
[value[0], z];
}
else if (p==0 && d==0){
z=thisComp.layer(index-3).transform.position[1];
[value[0], z];
}
else {
	value;
}

[Henry Gaunt]

Thank you.

I’ve been working for hours to try and simplify the setup, I’m hoping this is an easier/more stable solution….

The user is now presented with a dropdown menu with an option of list consisting of 1, 2, or 3 text layers. The layer below those text layers needs to move up or down on the Y axis depending on how many text layers the user has selected so there are no line spaces when a text layer is turned off.

I tried this, but kept getting the error unexpected token ‘else’.

I want it to basically work as…

• is index-1 100 opacity? if yes, stay in your position, if no, move to index-1 position

• then is index-3 100 opacity? if yes, stay in index-1 position, if no, move to index-3 position

End.

(It’s index-3 as there is another text layer in-between which I need it to ignore).

p = thisComp.layer(index-1).transform.opacity; 
d = thisComp.layer(index-3).transform.opacity; 
if (p ==0) z = thisComp.layer(index-1).position[1];
[value[0], z];
else  if (d == 0) f = thisComp.layer(index-3).position[1];
[value[0], f];
else {
	value;
}

Thank you – I’m hoping I was close….

[Henry Gaunt]

Thank you for the reply Filip. I appreciate your time.

For the life of me I can’t get this to work.

I currently have a “Null 1” with 9 checkboxes to activate/deactivate each layer.

As a test, I pasted the opacity expression (in the text layer opacity), but get the error “couldn’t turn result into a numeric value”.

I also pasted the position expression (in the text layer position) and it piles each text layer on top of each other at the top of the list.

I’m obviously doing everything wrong, can you please let me know how to correctly apply these expressions?

Thanks again,

[Henry Gaunt]

Thank you Kevin,

I was just typing up a reply with a solution – I reached out to Tim at Motion Developer (link above) and he came back with this code which nails it. Hopefully someone will find this amazing too!

const sourceRect = thisLayer.sourceRectAtTime(0, false);
let { width, height, top, left } = sourceRect;
const { fontSize, leading, autoLeading } = thisLayer.text.sourceText.style;
const lineGap = autoLeading ? fontSize * 1.2 : leading;
const textSize = fontSize / 2;
const numLines = Math.max(
  text.sourceText.value.split(/[^\r\n\3]*/gm).length - 1,
  0
);
height = lineGap * (numLines - 1) + textSize;
topLeft = [left, -textSize];
thisLayer.add(topLeft, [width / 2, height]);

[Henry Gaunt]

Thank you – didn’t know these existed.

[Henry Gaunt]

I’ve only got one, but it is on animated text layer. I’ve already started rebuilding! Thanks.

[Henry Gaunt]

I should note, the fundamental action I need to do is to…

Is there an expression version of the Align Panel’s Horizontal Centre Alignment which will execute once the layer has been created?

[Henry Gaunt]

Thank you Walter. That’s exactly what I was after.