One more question about this example, if you’d allow me :
in case the “other layer” is parented to another one, how would that change the expression ?

Thanks 😉

Thank you very much ! 😄

Hello Dan,

While trying these two variations of expressions, I encountered the following error message: “Invalid token” on the line with the variable <code inline=””>hisRight=….
Could this be due to changes made to the code since then?

PS : And a huge thank you for your work and your contributions to the After Effects community. It’s been so m…

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Oh ! Thanks Dan 😅

Thank you so much Dan ! It’s perfect.

Just one more detail, is there a way to invert the result ?

The current result shows flashing letters from 0% opacity text, and I would like the text to be 100% visible and some letters to go out. Thanks !

Hello there !

On a text layer Animator, I’d like to adapt Dan’s good old blinking effect expression :

minSeg = 1.5; //minimum interval (must be > 0)

maxSeg = 2.5; //maximum interval (must be > minSeg)

minFlicker = .5; //must be less than minSeg

maxFlicker = 1; // must be less than minSeg

segStartTime = 0; //initial conditions

segEndTime = 0;

i = 1;

w…

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Works like a charm !

Dan’s magic again 🙂

Thank you so much !

Hey hello Dan, and thank you so much for your swift answer ! 😉

I just tried and it seems it works on the global color of the text layer, but it’s not changing the words color randomly.

Here’s a screen capture of the different expressions I’ve found on several websites.

Many thanks !

Hello everyone !

I’m facing a little problem. I want to randomly change the color of words in a text layer, no need to animate the change of color, but I want the colors to be randomly picked from a list of Color Control effects.

This expression is working if applied to a color parameter, but – as you can see on the screen capture – when it’s…

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UP, if anyone could help. I haven’t found any clue yet.

Thanks

Hello AE fellas,

Here’s my problem.

On a text layer Source Text property I have an expression that creates a typewriter effect with a blinking cursor.

Here’s the expression :

var sign = “|”;
var blinkInterval = 5;
// slider with text length
var i = effect(“Text”)(“ADBE Slider Control-0001”);
// checkbox to turn the cursor on and off
var on =…

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Hello there folks !

Problem : in a 3D scene in AE, I have text layers and a shadow catcher (a simple solid).
I want to apply a slider control on the text layer (or any other effect), but then the text shadows just disappear on the text layer AND other 3D layers. When I move the layers to the top of the hierarchy, the shadows reappear, except on the…

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