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Shane Starnes
May 20, 2024 at 9:17 pm in reply to: Center align multiple layers along thisComp.height/2?

Worked perfectly! Thank you Dan! You’re right, this is a tricky one. Wrapping my mind around it is harder than the expression itself. Thanks again.
Shane Starnes
April 1, 2024 at 3:28 pm in reply to: Get Largest Rectangle Path Size From Different Shape Layers

Ah, good point about the point control, my idea was morphing as I typed the original message

😅 Works flawlessly though. As always, great work Dan and thank you for the assist!
Shane Starnes
March 21, 2024 at 3:19 pm in reply to: Straight line ease into Math.sin/cos

Wow Dan. This is great, and works exactly as I need. Probably going to replace it with the handy expoOut function for a smoother animation. Either way, thank you Dan!
Shane Starnes
August 22, 2023 at 8:29 pm in reply to: typewriter effect with a scroll (return to next line)
The text is jumping with descenders because (I imagine) you are using sourceRectAtTime to control scale and/or anchor point.

To remedy this, if you’re working with multiple text layers (1 per line), you’ll want to add this expression to your sourceText property of each layer:
```
str = text.sourceText;
time < 0 ? str + "|" : str 
```
Then, for the sourceRectAtTime() values, you’ll want to use sourceRectAtTime(-1) for the .height and .top values. For example, if the Anchor Point is left aligned:
```
rect = sourceRectAtTime()
rect2 = sourceRectAtTime(-1)
x = rect.left;
y = rect2.top + rect2.height / 2;
[x,y]
```
If you’re using paragraph text and one single text layer, you’d set each of your sourceRectAtTime() values to a time later in the comp, when the text is fully typed out.
Shane Starnes
July 31, 2023 at 8:09 pm in reply to: Need to Optimize Expression Evaluation (valueAtTime)
Hey Dan,

Fixed the issue, wanted to fill you in.
- Regular comp, tons of expressions: 14:51 render time
- posterizeTime(0) in front of each expression: 9:16 render time
- posterizeTime(0) + “Freeze Frame” on comps with one single active frame: 1:36 render time
Thank you, as always, for the help 🙂
Shane Starnes
July 28, 2023 at 8:29 pm in reply to: Need to Optimize Expression Evaluation (valueAtTime)

I started with posterizeTime(1), and noticed slight performance enhancement.. Is this the traditional method of handling these types of issues? I was considering pulling everything heavy with expressions into a pre-comp and set them as active for 1 frame, then using “Freeze Frame” on those pre-comps. posterizeTime(0) would be much simpler than an entire re-structuring of the project. Do you think it would accomplish the same goal as my idea?
Shane Starnes
April 21, 2023 at 4:41 pm in reply to: Wordwrap expression, count the number of lines, use the variable elsewhere

Oh my god it works perfectly for my use. This is amazing. Thank you so much for this hack! Very creative!!
Shane Starnes
April 20, 2023 at 10:13 pm in reply to: Wordwrap expression, count the number of lines, use the variable elsewhere

Interesting idea, Dan. I will try this out over the evening and get back to you tomorrow with results. Thank you for your input. Always appreciated!
Shane Starnes
March 14, 2023 at 9:29 pm in reply to: Expression to clamp the text length and add “…” to the end if over value

Hi Dan,

Thank you for your response, and I apologize for my late reply. This works perfectly for my use case. So happy to have received your input on this matter. You’re a legend! 😃

Regards, Shane