Change Position of Text Depending on Value of Slider

[love_felis]

I have a text that outputs the value of a slider I have set up. I would like the text to change position when it goes from 1 digit to 2 digits so that it will stay centered.

I was trying to create an If/then statement to do so. Here is how far I've come, I may be way off:

if (thisComp.layer("Control").effect("Slider Control")("Slider")>18) 956, 532;

So If the slider value is greater than 18 then the text position will be 956, 532.

Cheers,

Evan

[Davide Boscolo]

Something like this should work:

pos1 = [946, 532];
pos2 = [956, 532];
if (thisComp.layer("Control").effect("Slider Control")("Slider") > 18) {
finalpos = pos2}
else {
finalpos = pos1};
finalpos

Just edit the two positions pos1 and pos2.

The if else expression works this way: http://www.motionscript.com/mastering-expressions/language-beginning-4.html

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[love_felis]

Thanks Davide this is what I was looking for. Cheers!

[Mike_Abbott · Accepted solution]

evanc1244373  wrote

I have a text that outputs the value of a slider I have set up. I would like the text to change position when it goes from 1 digit to 2 digits so that it will stay centered.

I guess I must be missing something... but couldn't you just use centred paragraph alignment?

[love_felis]

Indeed you are correct. I got so caught up in my expressions that I over complicated the issue. Cheers!