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March 16, 2022
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I can't find any help ... :-( in linking two text layer.

  • March 16, 2022
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Hallo,
After searching the Internet for hours I still haven't found what I'm looking for.
I'm working with two text layer. Because of the animation, it is necessary that they have different anchor points. Now I want to align the lower text layer with the lower left corner of the upper text layer. I can only find expressions to align shapes to text layers, but not two text layers.

Does anyone have any ideas? 

 

Thanks for your pations!

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granth54436419
Known Participant
March 16, 2022

Add a null layer, and link them to that.

Axel_SAuthor
Participating Frequently
March 16, 2022

Thank's Granth - I still added a null layer to move both lines to the final position.
But that is not the final solution. I think the problem comes with different anchor points. But I can't change the anchor in the name line, otherwise the Evaporate Animator won't work properly from the outside to the inside. That's why I'm looking for an expression to link the left corner of the first line to the left corner of the second line in the y axis.

Because of the centered anchor point the position of the first line depends on the lengh of the name.

Best,
Axel

 

 

P.M.B
Legend
March 16, 2022

Why can't you move the anchor point of the top line to left?  Maybe if you describe the animation that requires you to have a centered anchor point?

~Gutterfish
Jqke
Legend
March 16, 2022

In the Align tab you can click the Left Align button and it will go to the left, or you can just drag it over to position it correctly.

~Jake
Axel_SAuthor
Participating Frequently
March 16, 2022

Thank's Jake for your support, but unfortunatly that's not what I'm lokking for. 
I'm seaching for the correct expression to link the edges. Because of the different length of the names in the first layer and the central anchor point, the position of the layer moves on the x plane. The second layer should be left-aligned with the first layer.

This is how it should look in the end.

We have to create several lower 3rds, so there is no option to always adjust the subline manually.
Best, Axel