Pick whipping size values gives me the wrong result

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June 11, 2021
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Hi,

just stumbled upon a very strange bug. I'm pick whipping size values from a shape layer rectangle onto its Position value and it's returning the wrong value (I'm getting 1080 instead of the size of 200). When I rendered the value onto an empty text layer it does give me the correct result. Although if I change the name of the shape layer group and object I get the correct value - until I try to do any kind of calculation on it.

Pretty severe bug. I'm attaching a project file. It was created on windows but I get the same result on mac.

(Or am I just being stupid here?)

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mart-martinlofqvistAuthor

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Anyone know what is happening here?

Roland Kahlenberg

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There seems to be a misalignment with what you intend to do with the Expression you've used. Hence, it's really impossible to ascertain what you want and where the issue is. For example, you've declared the length Expression Method but you've not used it anywhere else in the Expression for Content>Size.

I suggest you start off by explaining what it is that you intend to achieve. HTH

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mart-martinlofqvistAuthor

Known Participant

My theory right now is that the length() function needs to go a frame before it has calculated anything, because on frame 2 I get the expected result. what I do not understand is how an variable that I'm not using for any output can affect this?

Mylenium

Legend

Impossible to know. Screenshots would be much more useful than trying to attach a project (which the forum software won't let you do) and most people won't download, anyway. However, from your description I feel you are forgetting that shape layers calculate their coordinates from the center and that you also may need to account for the group transform, not just the absolute path size. I'm therefore pretty sure that there isn't realyl an issue or bug. Either way, you need to clarify.

Mylenium

mart-martinlofqvistAuthor

Known Participant

Attaching a screen recording of what happens, hope it does explain the problem.

/M

Expression_error.zip

Joost van der Hoeven

Community Expert

Your shape is called Contents but you are calling content. Also if you want the x-value it should be size[0], you are now calling for the y-value, size[1].

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