That’s a shame.

Positioning them next to each other was actually my plan B, just thought there would be an easier way, because when there’s a line break in txt1 the new line needs to line up with the first letter of txt2 . Guess I’ll have to use the good old spacebar in front of txt1 to make room for txt2 or try sourcerectattime to calculate the…

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Hi Trent!

Thanks for your code & explanation! Glad that this is a common problem, makes me feel better about myself.

I’ve noticed, that I made my desired result a bit misunderstable (language barrier, I’m trying my best).

I need txt2 to be changed in color, size and font independently from txt1. Something like this:

txt2 txt1

Your code puts them…

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I’m trying to parent multiple text layers from multiple comps into 1 comp and keep their individual size and color. But what I tried and/ or found on several websites (including Adobe’s “Express yourself (and your text)”) doesn’t work.

Here’s one of the many that I tried:

TXT1 = comp("TXT1").layer("TXT1").text.sourceText
TXT2…

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Mhm… that’s a shame.

Thank you anyway, Dan!

Hello there,

not sure if this is right in the Expressions Section or not, because it is also kind of a workflow issue, but it will probably involve some kind of expressions so I’ll post this here:

So I’m building a template that changes dynamically based on several checkboxes and sliders. This comp is copied A LOT and these comps are placed in one…

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Well that was a quick fix.

Thank you so much for your time, effort and patience Filip!

Thanks again, Filip!

Last question, I promise! Is there a way to use .sort on the Animator/ edit the expression in the source text to match those invisible spaces with the input? Right now I’m getting something like this:

Input: A

Output: Anita Abrahams

Anita Abrahams would look a little nicer. I thought about an if statement with .charat() but then…

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Oh wow! Looks straight forward when I read it, but I would never have been able to write that myself. Seems like I have been punching way above my weight. I couldn’t find any of this searching for After Effects expressions. I really need to dig deeper into Java for stuff like that I guess? Anyway, thank you so much for your effort Filip!

2 little…

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Another day of diving deeper into After Effects expressions and another hurdle in front of me:

So I have 3 text layers:

A = text layer consisting of many (double) names & (double) surnames, some with a number if the names are the same, each name is separated by a comma (copied over from an excel sheet).

B = text layer that is used as an input for…

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Hello Creative Cow hivemind,

My project is kind of complicated and I’m not a native speaker but I will try my best to make my explanation and project as understandable (and short) as I can.

I’ve linked a text layer (t1) in Comp A to display the text line from a text layer (t2) in Comp B that is hooked up to a slider (s). t1 changes to the…

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Went with something pretty close to Fabrice Leconte‘s approach, works like a charm! Thanks a lot!

Hello there!

 

Right now I am trying to get into expressions and dynamic projects. I kind of got into the basics and a quick google search helps most of the time. But this seems like a tough nut to crack (or this is so easy that nobody needs to ask for help, who knows). Anyway:

 

I’ve set up a counter using a text layer that is linked… Read more