[Roei Tzoref]

not sure I understand. are the precomps being rendered in the scene? if you don’t want them to render then turn the eyeball switch off or set opacity to 0…

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[Roei Tzoref]

Thanks Dan. this appears to work but I am just too confused by all the code so I will put this to rest and resort to a keyframe based approach in this case. will learn the methods you showed me in the last few days so I can figure these out for myself in the long run.

have a good weekend my friend.

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[Roei Tzoref]

instead of radio waves, use a a shape layer and set its gradient radial fill to center with transparency and edges opaque… or create the perfect shape you need in illustrator and import it to Ae. or you can experiment with the glow effect or layer styles inner glow.

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[Roei Tzoref]

what you do is you track the camera/object movement, then create a null out of that movement, then you attach your clean graphic on top and it will move same as you video. think of it as a moving stamp…

but! in your specific case you don’t even have to do that. if we are talking about that youtube.com/zoozootv water mark, then notice you got a few clean frames when the camera is static and there is no water mark. simply duplicate the layer, mask out that part, freeze time, and stretch it until this segment ends. so here, a static patch can work

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[Dan Ebberts] “I think all you need from the text keyframes are the times so you can get the correct text widths to use with linear()”

how do I get those? how do I get the string of code that say’s “whenever text source width is changed, transition from one to the next?”
please bare in mind that although I am by mistake in the expression forum avatar row, I know too little about them and managed my way barely through the difficult aspects of this project. this the last thing I need for it (hopefully) and I have already resorted to fix this issue in another way which does not involve an elegant expression and just one layer, but this is my last attempt. feel free to proceed in your affairs if this gets too confusing.

so in short – how do I create a rectangle to attach to a text layer source text keyframe, so whenever I change the text by keyframing the source text, the rectangle transitions from one width to the next?

this is my testing here:
I got the idea to work based on 2 text layers width, but I want it to be based on source text keyframes of the same text layer.

I got this to work on 2 text layers:
T= thisComp.layer(“text_1”);
T2=thisComp.layer(“text_2”);

trans = effect(“transition”)(“Slider”);

x1 = T.sourceRectAtTime(time-inPoint).width+18;
x2 = T2.sourceRectAtTime(time-inPoint).width+18;

x = linear(trans,0,100,x1,x2);
[x,26]

but what I really need is this to work on one text layer maybe like this: (doesn’t work I am just trying to make it work)

T= thisComp.layer(“text”).text.sourceText.key(1).time; // just a guess here – I need the previous key here
T2=thisComp.layer(“text”).text.sourceText.key(2).time; // this is probably wrong – I need the following key here

trans = effect(“transition”)(“Slider”); // just an expression slider with keyframes from 0 to 100

x1 = T.sourceRectAtTime(time-inPoint).width+18;
x2 = T2.sourceRectAtTime(time-inPoint).width+18;

x = linear(trans,0,100,x1,x2);
[x,26]

here’s a project file with just that setup if you have the time to take a look:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5wyUt17-tu2QUd2M1BzRHhNSGc

the setup is more complex but the other stuff I can figure out, I just need the part that changes width linearly and not on a cut…

appreciate it thanks.

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[Roei Tzoref]

I am looking for a way for the rectangle to transition from one source keyframe to the next (on the same text layer). since the source keyframe are hold keyframes I only get a cut. I need a transition. how can I call the keyframes on the source text so that the widths will transition from one key frame to the next?

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[Roei Tzoref]

Yes. Thank you.

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[Roei Tzoref]

Thank you Dan. elegant as usual.

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[Roei Tzoref]

got the solution from paul Slemmer: https://paulslemmer.com/

m = thisComp.marker.key("Out");
mT = m.time;
k = key(1);
kT = k.time;

t=time-mT+kT;
valueAtTime(t);

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[Roei Tzoref]

solved! with this amazing Ae preset: https://paulslemmer.com/type-array/

*EDIT: also textevo script on aescripts will achieve the same results

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