[Marina Cotrim]

Thank you for your help!
Unfortunatelly none of my attempts with orienting towards the camera worked. I also tried the lookAt expression…
But, for anyone trying to achieve this effect, what worked for me was using a 2d text layer and attach it to a 3d null in the correct 3d position as you described, by applying the method shown here: https://www.provideocoalition.com/expression_shorts_-_attach_2d_layer_to_a_3d_layer/

[Marina Cotrim]

Thank you for the reply!

The main problem for me is that the folders in the server almost always have more files than the ones in my pc (even if the folder structure is the same). So when I’m done copying the files to the server I can’t tell in a simple way if everything was copied correctly. Usually, when the file number is the same, I compare folders by size to see if they match (using Properties window). But when there is a different number of files, I have to browse every subfolder.

I’m not an expert in this issue, so probably there is something that can be done in a simpler way.

[Marina Cotrim]

Thank you, Dave!
I’ll give it a try

[Marina Cotrim]

Hi, Ann,

Yes, it does…

[Marina Cotrim]

I don’t know exactly what you’re trying to do, but here’s an expression that helped me. You can put in the position of the shape layer you want to animate.

With this rig, you can animate your controller from 0 to 100. 0 being the position of shape 1 and 100 being the position of shape 2.

First, you must put each of you shapes in a different layer.

To get the x position of a shape, you must pickwhip to the shape position and then type [0] at the end and for the y position you must type [1].

For example, x position of layer “Shape 01” would be:

thisComp.layer(“Shape 01”).transform.position[0]

Hope it helps!

a = x position of reference shape 1;
b = x position of reference shape 2;
c = y position of reference shape 1;
d = y position of reference shape 2;

x= a + thisComp.layer("controller").effect("Slider Control")("Slider")*(b-a)/100;
y= c + thisComp.layer("controller").effect("Slider Control")("Slider")*(d-c)/100;

[x, y]


[Marina Cotrim]

I found a solution!

Youtube user “Egg nof” posted this.

It worked very well for me. Hope it helps someone else!

boxTop = this.sourceRectAtTime().top; // Position of top of text box
boxHeight = this.sourceRectAtTime().height; //Height of textbox

//Offset anchor down from boxTop using half the height of the box
[value[0], boxTop + boxHeight/2 ];

[Marina Cotrim]

Thank you!

[Marina Cotrim]

I believe you need to animate the path to change the format of the ellipse (but not the size), then use “expand mask” to change its size. Using negative number will shrink it.

Hope it helps.

[Marina Cotrim]

Thank you!!!

That is exactly what I needed!