Synchronize native Text between several Comps

[serge-m]

Hi,

thirst thread here for me

I would like to do this:

In comp 1 I have a native AE text layer (one or more words).

In comp 2 I also have a native text layer. And this text here should "follow" all attributes of the text in comp 1.

So, for example, if I write "Hello" in comp 1 then in comp 2 the text should also show "Hello".

And this should work for all text related parameters like changing the font, make it bold, the kerning, the color...etc. - everything what you can do with text in the "Character Tab".

It is important, that I have native text in the other comps - not just a precomp.

I think this is script related so I'm asking in here.

Can anybody help me how do do this ?

Thanks and all the best

Serge

[Dan Ebberts]

With expressions, you can only link the text itself, not the attributes. Scripting has a little more capability (you can set Fonts, color, etc), but  per-character formatting isn't supported (everything gets the attributes of the first character).

Dan

[serge-m]

Hi Dan,

thanks for the reply.

I see...

But what about this:

if I create a keyframe for the "Source Text", this keyframe contains all the attributes, that you can find in the 'Character' and 'Paragraph' tabs.

So, is it possible, to synchronize the keyframes ?

Comp 1, Text layer and a "Source Text" keyframe.

In all other Comps and its Text layers, there are also "Source Text" keyframes and those keyframes are "connected" with the one in Comp 1.

Possible ?

All the best

Serge