[Yoan Boisjoli]

if you ever consider upgrading, here’s an expression that works for having 2 different fonts. I also added an option for controlling the font size of the cursor:

var X = text.sourceText;
var F = Math.round(time * effect("Blink Speed")("Slider") % 1); 
var L = X.length;
var T = time * effect("Speed")("Slider") - effect("Start At")("Slider") * effect("Speed")("Slider");
// Define the main text and cursor with distinct styles
var baseStyle = X.style.setFont("Helvetica-Bold"); // Main font
var cursorFont = "CourierBOLD"; // Cursor font
var Cursor = " ";
if (F == 1 || T > 0) Cursor = "|";
if (T >= L) Cursor = " ";
// Combine the text with the cursor
var displayText = T > 0 ? X.substr(0, T) + Cursor : Cursor;
// Apply styling
var styledText = baseStyle.setText(displayText);
// Apply the cursor font style only to the cursor portion
if (Cursor.trim() != "") {
    styledText = styledText.setFont(cursorFont, displayText.length - Cursor.length, Cursor.length).setFontSize(100, displayText.length - Cursor.length, Cursor.length);
}
// Return the final styled text
styledText;

[Yoan Boisjoli]

Hi Lukasz! So you would like to have a different font for the cursor without upgrading to the new After Effects 2025 which supports the per character expression styling?

[Yoan Boisjoli]

Yes, as you can see, the word “effect” is not changed. By holding “Alt” while dragging, or simply using the effect’s index, you make it universal. When I do this, the Expression Universalizer script doesn’t change it. I guess it recognizes that it’s already compatible.

So in the Spanish version, it looks like this:

// Native languagethisComp.layer("myLayer").effect("myCtrl 2")(1);

[Yoan Boisjoli]

Hey Luke, another thing you could check is make sure the frame rate of the composition matches the frame rate of the footage. Sometimes mismatch can lead to details like that.

[Yoan Boisjoli]

Alright I got something like that to work. I’m animating the slider with hold keyframes but feel free to try something else. I’m joining a screencast of how it’s behaving and my ae file also.

// Time Offset from Slider
var offset = effect("Slider Control")("Slider")/10; //dividing it by 10 becasue it's sensitive
// Total duration of the loop (from first to last keyframe)
var firstKeyTime = key(1).time;
var lastKeyTime = key(numKeys).time;
var loopDuration = lastKeyTime - firstKeyTime;
// Current Time adjusted by the offset
var adjustedTime = time - offset;
// Calculate the looped time
var loopedTime = (adjustedTime - firstKeyTime) % loopDuration + firstKeyTime;
// Ensure loopedTime doesn't go below the first keyframe time
loopedTime = (loopedTime < firstKeyTime) ? firstKeyTime : loopedTime;
// value at the looped time
valueAtTime(loopedTime);

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[Yoan Boisjoli]

Hi Griffin! Is the property only one value or an array of 2 or more?

[Yoan Boisjoli]

What I do is hold ‘Alt’ while pickwhipping a property, which makes it universal by addressing the index. However, at the end of a project, when I need to make it available in any language, I use the script Expression Universalizer.

[Yoan Boisjoli]

If you set up a paragraph text box in After Effects, you can use an expression on sourceText to pull in text from your CSV and it’ll split the lines automatically to fit within the box. Something like this:

txt = footage("yourCSVfile.csv").dataValue([0, 0]); // Change this to point to your CSV file and correct cell
txt;

[Yoan Boisjoli]

Hi Matthew! Are you talking about a paragraph text box?

In after effects if you simply drag a square with the text tool you can make a paragraph text box.

Let me know if this is what you are referring to.

Cheers.

[Yoan Boisjoli]

There’s also this tutorial where it’s well explained:

https://youtu.be/flnRYVMbMmQ?si=Ejxt5r98d4XQY7wb

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