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After Effects Data Driven Expression- Line Break Control
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| row = parseInt(thisComp.layer("Data-Sample.csv")("Data")("Number of Rows")-1); | |
| thisComp.layer("Data-Sample.csv")("Data")("Outline")("Long Text")("Long Text " + row) | |
| txt = thisComp.layer("Data-Sample.csv")("Data")("Outline")("Long Text")("Long Text " + row); | |
| n = effect("Line Break")("Slider"); | |
| outStr = ""; | |
| newLine = ""; | |
| splt = txt.split(" "); | |
| for (i = 0; i < splt.length; i++){ | |
| if ((newLine + " " + splt[i]).length > n){ | |
| if (outStr != "") outStr += "\r"; | |
| outStr += newLine; | |
| newLine = splt[i]; | |
| }else{ | |
| if (newLine != "") newLine += " "; | |
| newLine += splt[i]; } | |
| } if (newLine != ""){ if (outStr != "") outStr += "\r"; | |
| outStr += newLine; } outStr; |
Hey buddy, where the file? ) can you provide it to me?
Line 2 is a duplicate and not needed.
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For more on how to use this expression and download a sample After Effects 2019 file here https://www.fluxvfx.com/data-driven-expressions-for-after-effects-2019/