After effects Sum Numbers & expressions

[Cameraman84]

Goodmorning guys and to all forum!

I would like to ask a question...I would like to build a project which I will change two numbers and all of the following take place automatically! Explain...

Part 1:

I have to layers, Number 1 and Number 2. Suppose I put to the No1 the value 15 and to the No2 the value 5. Automatically i want to a new layer sum this numbers (20) like the photo.

Part 2:

Next, I would like to built a chart below take the prices automatically according to the numbers that I gave. Explain...

From the above sum, i want the layer with the value 20 understands automatically that is the 100%. So to the chart the shapes changes automatically and understands that for the No1 with the value 15 is the 75% (15*100/20) and for the No2 with the value 5 is the 25% (5*100/20).

Probably i need for the value of the mumbers a Solid with Numbers effect and not a text? And if someone knows the expressions...

Sorry for my english, is not very well

Thank you all - Σας ευχαριστώ όλους (in Greek)

friendly John K.

[Mylenium]

No requirement for any Numbers effect. Native text layers can happily accept all kinds of expressions in their source Text property and in case of an addition, it works just like in the real world: a+b=c. Conversely, converting to percentages would be merely another division and multiplication, though yopu would wire it through a linear() interpolator. Therefore you get:

a=15;

b=5;

c=a+b;

percent_a=linear(a,0,c,0,100);

percent_a=linear(b,0,c,0,100);

The same formulas could then be applied to the scale of a rectangle or a linear wipe effect to control the length of your bars. You really don't need much more than this trivial stuff. Of course you may want to link the inputs to sliders or the actual input text layers for easy changes.

Mylenium

[Dave_LaRonde]

...however, I reecommend that you avoid LARGE numbers.  You would soon run out of room on the screen.

[Cameraman84]

thank you my friend for immediate response! But this works only  if you change the value in expression. When I connect with text layer  and change  from there the value,  display problem in expression . I want to change the value in first text layer, then in the second text layer and the third layer take the sum of this automatically...If in first text give the number 10, in second 20, should the third layer give the number 30  automatically... Thanks you again...John K.

[Mylenium · Accepted solution]

In your code the reference merely points to the layer name. A correct notation would be

thisComp.layer("A").text.sourceText

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[Cameraman84]

Sorry for the inconvenience again, but joins me numbers, no adds them...

Thanks you again for your time my friend!

[Mylenium]

Yeah, sorry. AE treats them as strings. You neet to convert them to numbers again:

parseInt(thisComp.layer("A").text.sourceText)

Mylenium

[Cameraman84]

You are Master, Faster, Sweet Disaster!

Thanks my friend! You are welcome!

[Carlos305063073muw]

Hi Hello. 

Good morning. So I am trying to get 3 different source text layers to come to a total number and I am not able to figure this one out so far. 

This is the expression I wrote:

var currentAmmount = parseInt(thisComp.layer("Drink 1 - Sum").text.sourceText + thisComp.layer("Drink 2 - Sum").text.sourceText + thisComp.layer("Drink 3 - Sum").text.sourceText);

'$' + currentAmmount.toLocaleString(); 

The result is $ NaN .... ????

Thank you for any helping voice out there

[Airweb_AE]

For me your expression doesn't return NaN but the concatenation of values

try this expresion:

var currentAmmount = 
parseInt(thisComp.layer("Drink 1 - Sum").text.sourceText) + 
parseInt(thisComp.layer("Drink 2 - Sum").text.sourceText) + 
parseInt(thisComp.layer("Drink 3 - Sum").text.sourceText);

'$' + currentAmmount.toLocaleString();

[Carlos305063073muw]

Gotcha! That makes a lot of sense. Sorry I am a total newbie at this stuff

🙂

[Carlos305063073muw]

I guess I jumped the gun. I thought it would work but the source for each "drink" is not a number but a function with a sum of data relating to a series of days... I tried your expression and it still doesn't work. What's NaN?

Thank you

[Airweb_AE]

You need to use parseInt() :

parseInt(thisComp.layer("data.json")("Data")("Outline")(drink)("Sunday")) + 
parseInt(thisComp.layer("data.json")("Data")("Outline")(drink)("Monday")) + 
// and so on...