[Stephen Pickering]

[Mårten Gunge] “. How would this look if you want three or four lines? Lots of else ifs or is there maybe a neater solution?”

I know this is an old post, but did you ever figure this out? I’m wondering the same thing.

Thanks!
Stephen

[Stephen Pickering]

We found this post: https://forums.creativecow.net/docs/forums/post.php?forumid=227&postid=27641&univpostid=27641&pview=t where Dan Ebberts posted a helpful expression:
txt = value;
if (thisComp.layer("Overlay TXT Here").text.sourceText.length >= 61){
for (i = 61; i > 0; i--) if (txt[i] == " ") break;
if (i > 0)
txt.substr(0,i) + "\r" + txt.substr(i+1)
else
txt.substring(0,61) + "\r" + txt.substring(62,999);
}else{
txt
}
Dan’s expression adds a break at 61 characters, but only for the first line. We can’t figure out how to add a break for line 2, 3, etc.

Any ideas?

[Stephen Pickering]

Thanks for the suggestion. That’s what I would normally do, however, I have the white background “box” scaling to match the text size, so if there is a single line, the background box is a long, short box. A 5-line paragraph would autoscale the background box to fit a much larger text block. Does that make sense?

[Stephen Pickering]

Might be totally unrelated, but I had problems in the past when I had the audio meter panel showing in AE. One of the forums suggested closing that panel. Closing it solved my problem. I don’t recall the exact issue I was having, but it was something to do with previewing.

-Stephen

[Stephen Pickering]

I know this is a REALLY old thread, but just wanted to thank you for the solution. I had a bunch of Red Giant Universe effects and transitions that suddenly disappeared. Spent 3 hours uninstalling, moving, renaming, etc. before I found the hint at the registry edit. Because every Universe effect was missing, I exported the branch, renamed in Notepad, imported back into regedit, exited regedit, and opened PrPro CC2017. It works!

[Stephen Pickering]

Thought I’d post back. O’Hare put the bags right through without a second look, but Philadelphia had to pull out the batteries and run them through the x-ray separately. It’s possible I packed them differently on the way home. They suggested next time just to pull the batteries out they can see them more easily to avoid the extra wait. But, as suggested, there weren’t any issues with them.

Nick, I haven’t done much international shipping, especially to places like Turks and Caicos, so you’re probably right that it would be cost prohibitive. I’m sure all the info is on the airline websites- I just need to look over my flight schedule.

Thanks again,

Stephen

[Stephen Pickering]

Hi Todd,

I appreciate your reply. I was hoping someone would confirm that it’s still pretty easy as long as we follow their guidelines.

I have another trip first thing next month to Turks and Caicos Islands. I don’t know what the airlines are that I’ll be taking, but I wonder if that might be a good candidate for just mailing the equipment to the island. I haven’t had a chance to research international rules for batteries, but the brief looking I did for tomorrow’s trip appears that there are totally different rules we have to follow.

Thanks again for your tips!
-Stephen

[Stephen Pickering]

Thanks Nick. Power Point actually hadn’t even crossed my mind because it’s been years since I’ve used it. The client doesn’t have time to do anything in house, so I’ll be giving them a DVD that loops. Last time I used Power Point I recall it being very difficult to export to a usable video format. But I’ll check into this.

I’ve found tons of slideshow software, but by the time I try them all (and clutter up my machine) I’d be better off just whipping it up in Premiere (or PowerPoint).

I don’t have a mac, so Keynote isn’t an option ☹

Thanks Nick!
-Stephen

[Stephen Pickering]

I’m not at the right computer at the moment, but I’m almost certain Open Broadcaster Software https://obsproject.com/ is what I used on a recent project. It took a few minutes to get it set up and a few test recordings, but I was really happy with it.

-Stephen

[Stephen Pickering]

Hi Bob,

I apologize if my questions rubbed you the wrong way or implied that I was lazy or cheap. Your assumptions were not only wrong, but also pretty belittling. But I still appreciate your input since you did offer some valid ideas that I’ll look into.

Thanks Bob,
-Stephen