[Nikolay Arkhipov]

Thanks a lot! I’ll try your method.

[Nikolay Arkhipov]

Well, and how it is supposed to work? The very matter is that the text layers, I link, are in different comps… And, if I understood you correctly, the suggested expression is for the layers that are based in the same composition…

[Nikolay Arkhipov]

Thanks for participation, I’ll try your method.

[Nikolay Arkhipov]

Well, by “controlling” these transparent sections I meant the possibility to add more of them, depending on certain conditions, and to make them wider or thiner, at once. I need something like “Venetian Blinds” effect, but the transparent sections there are equal, and the problem is that I need them to be of random size (like a barcode).

[Nikolay Arkhipov]

Well, I suppose you didn’t understand me correctly… I don’t have other layers. I just have a shape (1 layer), and I need some way to make this shape sectionally randomly transparent. Maybe there are some effects suitable for this, or expressions… I could have achieved this effect by creating lot’s of masks or other shapes, but it’s not possible in my situation, firstly, because it’s too messy, and secondly, I need to control the number of these transparent sections. And it is possible only if I deal with just one (or a couple) layers.