Auto-Sizing Text Box Glitching

[Noah5CDE]

Hello, I'm creating a motion graphics template lower thirds animation. I used an expression on scale to make the box automatically resize to fit the text. I've never had this trouble before when doing this- but when I type, the box gets much bigger than it needs to. Also, at the beginning, the box expands then contracts before the text even shows up. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?

    

[Dan Ebberts]

The text animator is going to affect the sourceRectAtTime() values, so you probably need to pick a time when the text size has settled, like sourceRectAtTime(5,false) or maybe sourceRectAtTime(0,false) if the text is already at full size at time = 0.

[Noah5CDE]

Not sure what I did before I left work yesterday, but it's not glitching anymore. I have the expression on the transform property of the rectangle path and it's working but thanks for your answer because I now understand what the code is actually saying. I'm sure this will help in the future.

[Noah5CDE]

Not sure what I did before I left work yesterday, but it's not glitching
anymore. I have the expression on the transform property of the rectangle
path and it's working but thanks for your answer because I now understand
what the code is actually saying. I'm sure this will help in the future.

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Noah Hudson
Videographer/Photographer
SANY Schools