[Manuel Moellmann]

Hey, the battleaxe “hacks” are quite nice, I tried em out by myself, but it only works for simple vectors, created a certain way. I wasnt really happy with the implementation workflow either.

Do you need the scaling ability of a vector within your UI? Otherwise I would try using binary code. You can convert pngs (i know, you said SVG) into binary code and include them within your ui binary.

If you only want to get rid of having additional files to provide with your UI panel, its probably the easier way to do it.

[Manuel Moellmann]

you can set a trim path to the very end under all groups and might set it to trim parts individually instead of simultaneously… or maybe use something like foxreveal.

[Manuel Moellmann]

thank you dan! I already thought it had to be done by using one of the, for me still unfamiliar, “toComp…” variants. Thanks a lot! Its crazy to see how much effort you put into helping fools like me on the web. Great to have such an experienced and kind guy like you around!

[Manuel Moellmann]

as dan already mentioned:

if (thisComp.layer(thisComp.layer(“Null 1”).effect(“ALIGNMENT”)(“Menu”)==1)

–> if (thisComp.layer(“Null 1”)

and maybe not really a problem but i would suggest to add some spaces to the condition:
(“Menu”) == 1

[Manuel Moellmann]

thanks a lot for your answer. so it doesnt really matter wether to load all of the json data by each individual element on every comp or just first “collect” everything once by storing it in a globally accessed comp and link everything from there to each comp and the corresponding element?

the json itself is just containing around 20-30 lines. nothing extensive. its including title and subtext + colors and a few booleans.

[Manuel Moellmann]

https://aescripts.com/rd-render-layers/

[Manuel Moellmann]

https://github.com/motiondeveloper/style-parser

[Manuel Moellmann]

can you explain what you are looking for a bit more? resize the text adapting the content into the box? which content? do you just want to scale the box while having the text keep adapting to the size?

[Manuel Moellmann]

it is possible to an extent. its a bit tricky to actually change the paragraph text box but you can surely change its size by expressions.

check out this:

https://creativedojo.net/store/responsive-auto-scale/

[Manuel Moellmann]

https://community.adobe.com/t5/after-effects-discussions/scripting-can-you-show-me-an-example-of-add-animator-properties-to-text-layer-using-extendscript/td-p/10969013

took me about 20 seconds to find a solution on google. “after effects script add fill color animator”