Newbie expression shape size to slider

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Hi there,I am a total newbie when it comes to expressions... I just can't understand the logic half the time (must read a book or something!)Anyway I simply want to link the x and y size of my shape layer to sliders on a separate layer. In the current format one of these expressions....kinda works, then the second part overwrites it.h = content("Rectangle 1").content("Rectangle Path 1").size[1];[h, thisComp.layer("Size_Controller").effect("Size-Y")("Slider")]w = content("Rectangle 1").content("Rectangle Path 1").size[0];[w, thisComp.layer("Size_Controller").effect("Size-X")("Slider")]Please advise,Many Thanks,Phil

foughtthelaw · Accepted Answer

The expressions output becomes your value for that property so if all you want is slider control you could do something like this on the size property:

x = thisComp.layer("Size_Controller").effect("Size-X")("Slider");

y = thisComp.layer("Size_Controller").effect("Size-Y")("Slider");

[x,y]

If you want to use the initial value of the rectangle size as a starting point and treat the sliders as offest values you would change the last line to:

value+[x,y]

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