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May 24, 2017
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Autoupdate Stroke (Shape Layer) from Textlayer

  • May 24, 2017
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Hello Community,

I have a problem with a new Template I'm working on right now.

I need to find a solution for some stroke effects I generated from an textlayer.

To do all this by hand for several texts gets a bit frustrating, so I thought you guys could help me out.

See the design:

I have a textlayer. From there I created mask from textlayer/or shape from textlayer. Both works, but the way with the shape layer offers more possibilities to create more powerful strokes, with more detailed design.

With the mask layer I have to use the Stroke effect, to reproduce the stoke from the created mask.

The created strokes now need to react to the textlayer.

If I need to change the text, the strokes should autoupdate.

Perhaps some of you could help out.

thanks for the help

regards

Matze

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Correct answer Mylenium

It's not possible and that is that. If you realyl need this functionality that often, you should consider creating a script for it.

Mylenium

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Rick GerardCommunity Expert
Community Expert
February 15, 2023

Are you trying to wipe on the stroke? If all you need is a layer with an outline, you can tie the text of one layer to the text of another with a very simple pickwhip expression. Then it's just a matter of offsetting position and scale, maybe with animators. 

 

 

If you need to reveal the text, you must convert text to shape layers, delete the fill, turn on stroke, then animate trim paths. 

JohnColombo17100380
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JohnColombo17100380Community Manager
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February 14, 2023

Hi @edit015693167,

You might try using the Image Contours option of the Vegas effect based on the Text. You can get nearly the exact same visual result while keeping the Text live and editable. Check out the attached project file. You can adjust the Length of the Segments to trim the outline on and off, while using the Rotation to offset it. Adjusting the Random Seed allows for different outlined segments for each character to achieve the look you want.

 

Cheers,

- John, After Effects Engineering Team 

Mylenium
MyleniumCorrect answer
Legend
May 24, 2017

It's not possible and that is that. If you realyl need this functionality that often, you should consider creating a script for it.

Mylenium

edit015693167
edit015693167Author
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May 24, 2017

That's what I don't want to hear

I expected something like that..damn.

But I came up with bit of a solution. Still some work, but I think that's way faster then producing the strokes everytime over and over again.

I created an shape layer with the stroke effects in which I linked the path to the created masks from the textlayer.

If I now write a new text, i just need to replace the path of the linked mask and the other instances will update the shapes of the text.

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