Creative COW | Joel Arvidsson | Activity https://creativecow.net/members/joelarvidsson/activity/ Activity feed for Joel Arvidsson. Mon, 31 Aug 2026 19:06:29 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.5.10 en-US 30 hourly 2 188c02cbeda3cb82c3c969e401ab1bb5 Joel Arvidsson replied to the discussion Pin a text layer to the bottom of a scaled shape layer in the forum Adobe After Effects Expressions https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/pin-a-text-layer-to-the-bottom-of-a-scaled-shape-layer/#post-2470066 Mon, 05 May 2025 09:08:24 +0000 Reply to Pin a text layer to the bottom of a scaled shape layer

Thanks Dan, i have gotten it to work. I really appreciate it. I went back and tried to just do a simple animation with on the scale on the Transform of the layer instead of the shape layer group. Then I could get the text to follow the edge of the scale perfectly. Then i addaded in the json to drive the animation.
I read some where that the scale…

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]]> d800d439401d59f70e70d12432ed09ad Joel Arvidsson replied to the discussion Pin a text layer to the bottom of a scaled shape layer in the forum Adobe After Effects Expressions https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/pin-a-text-layer-to-the-bottom-of-a-scaled-shape-layer/#post-2469987 Thu, 01 May 2025 16:53:14 +0000 Reply to Pin a text layer to the bottom of a scaled shape layer

Thanks Dan, I should try moving the anchor point to the botton instead of the shape layer. At the moment i pinned a null layer to the shape layer and connect to the null.

]]> 1246b62f77c6d57391168b9b6881606a Joel Arvidsson started the discussion Pin a text layer to the bottom of a scaled shape layer in the forum Adobe After Effects Expressions https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/pin-a-text-layer-to-the-bottom-of-a-scaled-shape-layer/ Thu, 01 May 2025 14:43:05 +0000 Pin a text layer to the bottom of a scaled shape layer

How can I pin a text layer to the bottom of a scaled shape layer without inheriting the scale?

Hi!

I have a shape layer (a vertical bar/rectangle) whose Y scale is driven by a JSON file, making it grow downward over time.

Now I want to place a text layer at the bottom edge of the shape, so it moves downward in sync as the shape scales. But I don’t w…

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