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This Adobe Live video was supposed to provide a solution using the new Null Positional Feature but I can’t understand these two nor did I see all the new features. I could have missed something. Perhaps others may get more mileage –
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Nothing wrong with Expressions and sourceRectAtTime() – 200% user error, for sure and x-height is not the answer. If it works, it’s because it got lucky. It’s a ‘maybe/iffy solution’. I’ve seen that website and it offers little to nothing in terms of actual, professional output – lots of supposed solutions not only from this site (which is actually good in other areas – except x-height) but very short on providing professional work samples.
If you want a good and quick solution then look at Adobe Express for this sort of output. Adobe Express and Canva provide really good quality output for this sort of work and they have automated and spreadsheet-linked features for scalable output.
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I’ve updated/upgraded the Article. Fixed typos. Added LLM Prompt and its results for search to include non-integer and negative numbers. Lots of useful stuff.
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The Original Blog has been updated with lots of good stuff AND it’s on the COW.
More details. Additional Expression to select a single word or phrase with support for search-match based on instancing and partial word match.
creativecow.net
The Text Selector Expression is arguably the most elusive Adobe After Effects Feature and yet it’s its most powerful Text Feature – Creative COW
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John Martin for President!!!
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Hi Paul, I crafted a script with my pal, Chad von GPT.
1 – select the Originating Text Layer
2 – in the UI, input number of duplicates
3 – select font size from the Font Menu which populates the Font Menu using the listing from the Most Recently Used Font List which includes Family Font/Weights4 – Click on Create Duplicate(s)
Duplicated Layers will inherit text from the Originating Layer while retaining its font style selected within the Script UI. DUplicated Layers share the same Label Color as the Originating layer. Duplicated Layers are Parented to the Originating Layer and they are also Locked.
A – Refresh the Font List – it does what it says if you want access via the Menu to a font selection in the Character/Properties Panel that was performed after the script was launched
B – Refresh Text Layer(s) – if you make adjustments to the Originating Text Layer and want the Duplicated Layers to update, select ALL related Text Layers and click on the Refresh Text Layer(s) button.
I know you don’t need it but perhaps now that there’s a viable solution, you may want to do a revisit. And I also wanted to look at creating an MRU Font List which I also need for another script I was working on. So, no worries if you don’t need this script.
HTH
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Amazing to have a Fontastic Client!!! 😀
Another option is to write a script to duplicate the First Layer – of course, if budget and time are willing. You could also automatically set the Font for each duplicate. If you’re good with prompting, an LLM could write such a script quite quickly. Perhaps this is something you may to to look into when this project is over.
Why did you mention this in the PPro Forum?
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The Paragraph Text Layer’s size is not exposed to expressions.
Two things come to mind –
1) you having to duplicate the Second Layer shows a strong possibility you have a convoluted/unnecessary workflow. So, perhaps you want to share more on what your end goal is2) Use a Text Reflow expression which usually hooks up Paragraph Width to a Slider. You then link the Second Layer’s Paragraph Width Slider to the First Layers’. Other than a Text Reflow Expression, some users link Font Size to Transform>Scale to achieve a similar result. For this route, you again link the Second Layer’s related props to the First Layer’s.
Sense Make?
And Hello, BTW. It’s been a long while. 🙂
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You can’t change between Point Text and Paragraph (Box) Text using Expressions – it’s only doable via a script.
What’s preventing you from manually changing the Text Layer type in the second layer?
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I think the MographAE script can do this.
HTH
