Scrolling List that moves down with every new line

I don't know why people are convinced that expressions can work miracles. Your deal is straightforward grunt work.

Hey, you're revealing one line at a time, right? And you're revealing at a specific time, right? And you have to type this text so people can read it, right?

You've already done most of the tough stuff. You just need to parent all your text layers to a null. You need to figure out how far down the text needs to move to accommodate a new line at the top. Chances are good this will be a consistent value.

So through the use of parenting and Hokd keyframes on a null, this job easily can be arccomplished. The hardest part is the typing. If you can harness the power of your mind to will the new text layer into existance, it gets even easier.

Dave LaRonde
Promotion Producer
KGAN (CBS) & KFXA (Fox) Cedar Rapids, IA

I'm sure there's a way to get a text animator to do this, but the simplest way I could figure out was to use a track matte and then move the text down to reveal a line at a time. You'll want to reverse your text by putting an expression on its Source Text (or reversing the lines in a text editor):

text.sourceText.split('\r').reverse().join('\r');

And then you could put an expression on the text's Y position (right-click Position, Separate Dimensions) to move it down a line per, let's say, second:

transform.yPosition += Math.floor(time) * 36; // replace 36 with your leading

Hope that helps.

Thanks, I knew there was a simple solution I wasnt thinking of.