[Jakub Michalski]

Well, it seems that all the methods that exist are too complex for my client.

I am preparting an automated TV Schedule Line-Up screen, where the client (tv station) can add up to 4 titles/times of the shows and then hit render to see it all in action.

My solution looks like this:

All the layers are locked, the sliders are constrained in vertical position and limited on left and right with linear expression. You need to manually adjust the red marker to the end of the text, but I guess this is the simplest solution.

(The sliders on the right are linked to dynamic text and change hour and minute of the show)

Once the project is complete I may put a case study on http://www.imagonewmedia.com.

Thanks for all the effort, I am glad to see there is no solution (rather than that I overlooked something) 🙂

[Jakub Michalski]

Well, it seems that all the methods that exist are too complex for my client.

I am preparting an automated TV Schedule Line-Up screen, where the client (tv station) can add up to 4 titles/times of the shows and then hit render to see it all in action.

My solution looks like this:

All the layers are locked, the sliders are constrained in vertical position and limited on left and right with linear expression. You need to manually adjust the red marker to the end of the text, but I guess this is the simplest solution.

(The sliders on the right are linked to dynamic text and change hour and minute of the show)

Once the project is complete I may put a case study on http://www.imagonewmedia.com.

Thanks for all the effort, I am glad to see there is no solution (rather than that I overlooked something) 🙂

[Jakub Michalski]

Sorry, by the way I meant AE7Pro 🙂

[Jakub Michalski]

Sorry, by the way I meant AE7Pro 🙂

[Jakub Michalski]

Wow, great!

Would never thought of doing these loops for adding the zeros! Decimal places are perfect as well. Thank you very much – this will help me a lot in debugging my expressions!

[Jakub Michalski]

Wow, great!

Would never thought of doing these loops for adding the zeros! Decimal places are perfect as well. Thank you very much – this will help me a lot in debugging my expressions!

[Jakub Michalski]

For comfortable work on AE I cannot compromise and need to have 2 monitors (second one for the timeline), but sometimes, when in need I do stuff on a 1.7GHz Pentium-M, and it works just fine.

These ones were made on a laptop: https://www.imagonewmedia.com/portfolio-desa.html

[Jakub Michalski]

Tracking points will definitely help.

Other thing – I noticed your frame is quite flexible and soft, which can result in problems with tracking. Try using harder cardboard for frame that is always straight and doesn’t fold.

[Jakub Michalski]

Yes but that would still call for tons of keyframing, I was thinking of a system of around 400 cornflakes…

Particular is great but it lacks enough dynamics control, you can just doi a simple bounce of the layer or stic to it, but it is impossible to make them fly between different containers.

I guess Maya would be the way to go in this case.