Hi AE Expression Wizards! I’m looking for an expression to use a “checkbox” to activate and/or deactivate a parent. For example, I separated the X and Y positions on the Parent layer AND on the child layer. Then, I put a checkbox control on my child layer. And I wanted to add an expression on the X and/or the Y position to parent the child layer…

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Ok so I used the Plugin “Expression Universalizer 4” to make my expressions universal.

I corrected the position on the X axis of the “r2” shape layer by adding this to the xPosition: “

compWidth = thisComp.width;

shapeWidth = thisLayer.sourceRectAtTime(time, false).width;

centerX = (compWidth – shapeWidth) / 2;

centerX;”

And Now, everything is…

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After experimenting your file…I have a last question! (sorry, I’m so excited that I answered too fast).

Concerning the “r2” shape. Because its anchor point is on its top left, when I modify the x Point of the Diff of this layer, the shape is expanding from this anchor point. Or, I’d like to be “centered” and expanding from the middle of the…

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I take advantage of your skills to ask you something else…I’m french and I’m working with a french version of After Effects so some effects are renamed (Adobe sucks sometimes…) so I updated your expressions to make it works in my french version.

But I will send this document to english people who’ll use the english version…Do you know how to…

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Waw Andrei! This is exactly what I was looking for. It looks easy for you! Impressive! I can’t say how you helped me! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

Hello everybody! I think I tried my best before asking you some help! I’m turning crazy!

I have this kind of animation:

3 text layers with 3 corresponding shape layers behind.

I need the shape layers to dynamically fit my text layers with a “sourceRectAtTime()” expression.

But also, I need my first shape layer to have its bottom left… Read more