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Re: Auto Align a layer to end of text layer

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Re: Auto Align a layer to end of text layer
by Lloyd Alvarez on Jul 23, 2008 at 3:40:39 pm

Unfortunately you can't get the correct width of a text layer using expressions, but you do have a few options.. The best and easiest in my opinion is to incorporate that triangle into your font and let say you assign that triangle to the ^ key then you could write this expression in the sourcetext property of the text layer:

value + "^"

Alternatively you could have the text justify right (but not sure that is a option for you) and have the triangle be a simple offset for the text layers' anchor point.

Lastly you can get the correct width of a text layer through scripting, let me know if you need any guidance in that dept..

-Lloyd

http://aescripts.com


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