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October 15, 2022
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After effect scripting set text bounds

  • October 15, 2022
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I'm trying to generate text layers dinamically using a script.It works well.I coudn't find a way to contain the text without overflowing .As you can see in this image text is gone out of the composition view.

I trid to set a width but it doesn't work .Any idea about this.

var textLayer = comp.layers.addText(text);
textLayer.sourceRectAtTime(inPoint, false).width=1000;

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Correct answer Mylenium

You will have to create paragraph text, not line-based text. Otherwise you have to do your own calculations to adjust size or wrap lines around. The text bounding box has nothing to do with this.

 

Mylenium

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Mathias Moehl
Mathias Moehl
Community Expert
October 15, 2022

You can also apply an expression to the layer scale, which scales the layer down when the source text goes beyond a certain size.

In the Community Library of Automation Blocks we have a tool which creates such expressions:

Mathias Möhl - Developer of tools like BeatEdit and Automation Blocks for Premiere Pro and After Effects
    Mylenium
    Mylenium
    Brainiac
    October 15, 2022

    https://ae-scripting.docsforadobe.dev/layers/layercollection.html#layercollection-addboxtext

     

    Mylenium

     

     

      Mylenium
      MyleniumCorrect answer
      Brainiac
      October 15, 2022

      You will have to create paragraph text, not line-based text. Otherwise you have to do your own calculations to adjust size or wrap lines around. The text bounding box has nothing to do with this.

       

      Mylenium

        madhawap70708962
        madhawap70708962Author
        New Participant
        October 15, 2022

        paragraph text ?
        All could found is text document 
        https://ae-scripting.docsforadobe.dev/other/textdocument.html.

        Could you please refer me some docs

         

        madhawap70708962
        madhawap70708962Author
        New Participant
        October 15, 2022

        Forgot to add image .this is the image 

        Dan Ebberts
        Dan Ebberts
        Community Expert
        October 15, 2022

        This will adjust the font size to fit within a maximum width:

        var text = "this is a long text testing scripting";
var comp = app.project.activeItem;
var maxWidth = comp.width;
var textLayer = comp.layers.addText(text);
var w = textLayer.sourceRectAtTime(textLayer.inPoint, false).width;
if (w > maxWidth){
	var sourceText = textLayer.text.sourceText;
	var textDoc = sourceText.value;
	textDoc.fontSize *= maxWidth/w;
	sourceText.setValue(textDoc);
}
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