From: "Robert W. Walker" Received: from p3plwbeout04-02.prod.phx3.secureserver.net ([72.167.218.223] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.1.0) with ESMTPS id 7495454 for ae-list@media-motion.tv; Tue, 21 Jan 2020 05:34:33 +0100 Received: from p3plgemwbe04-06.prod.phx3.secureserver.net ([72.167.218.144]) by :WBEOUT: with SMTP id tlEmijtTv5U73tlEmiglxO; Mon, 20 Jan 2020 21:34:00 -0700 X-SID: tlEmijtTv5U73 Received: (qmail 99150 invoked by uid 99); 21 Jan 2020 04:34:00 -0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" X-Originating-IP: 104.33.199.102 User-Agent: Workspace Webmail 6.10.8 Message-Id: <20200120213358.89259f98f291d771214680e8971719cb.f090340e87.wbe@email04.godaddy.com> To: "After Effects Mail List" Subject: RE: [AE] Line of text "cloned" onto an X/Y grid Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 21:33:58 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4wfCzRXzgcZzZ7hF3BOfyNCJNocnWyFerxdzaEoJDNlUKnq7FxsAyOpet2ZjYb8QtQEOmjmRuPlDkt6XW/3r9KHOE+FmeOt2dBqZq1ilQOCozmnQQozqkn 1XLSIgcYDT27WNyHpSMgymICCf1LOp7zsfUPVL/uYUV+S4KMsyzw2962gIXkshfWcrDDyAZ7hDXMeLf6ySAk8QeZDNxMSMj2zwdgYjJ9w2/qycKf5v6dmN++ Many thanks to you all for the help!=0A=0AStill a great list after all thes= e years.=0A=0ARobert W. Walker=0AWalker/Fitzgibbon TV & Film=0ALos Angeles = CA USA=0A=0ASTUDIO DIRECT: 818-914-5005=0AMOBILE: 305-582-0632=0A=0A> -----= --- Original Message --------=0A> Subject: Re: [AE] Line of text "cloned" o= nto an X/Y grid=0A> From: "Phil Spitler" =0A> Date= : Mon, January 20, 2020 5:11 pm=0A> To: "After Effects Mail List" =0A> =0A> =0A> This should work.=0A> =0A> =0A> =0A> =0A> xC= opies =3D 10;=0A> yCopies =3D5 ;=0A> =0A> textA=3D"text a ";=0A> textB=3D"t= ext b ";=0A> textBlock=3D"";=0A> =0A> for (y=3D0; y < yCopies; y++){=0A> = =0A> for (x=3D0; x < xCopies; x++){=0A> =09textBlock =3D textBlock+ textA+t= extB;=0A> }=0A> =0A> textBlock=3DtextBlock +"\r";=0A> =0A> }=0A> =0A> =0A> = textBlock;=0A> =09=0A> =0A> =0A> =0A> =0A> =0A> =0A> =0A> Phil Spitler Creative Technologist=0A> t 415.394.8200 c 415.571.3139 =09 =09 =09 =09 = =0A> =0A> =0A> =0A> > On Jan 19, 2020, at 9:04 AM, Robert W. Walker wrote:=0A> > =0A> > I am having the darnedest time tryin= g to figure out how to make a line=0A> > of text repeat and offset, without= converting the text to shape layers=0A> > and using Repeater, so that I ca= n make that text a "grid" if you will.=0A> > So:=0A> > =0A> > "Text A Text = B"=0A> > =0A> > becomes=0A> > =0A> > "Text A Text B Text A Text B Text A Te= xt B Text A Text B Text A Text B=0A> > Text A Text B Text A Text B Text A T= ext B Text A Text B Text A Text B=0A> > Text A Text B Text A Text B Text A = Text B Text A Text B Text A Text B=0A> > Text A Text B Text A Text B Text A= Text B Text A Text B Text A Text B"=0A> > =0A> > on an X/Y grid. It needs = to be procedural.=0A> > =0A> > +---End of message---+=0A> > To unsubscribe = send any message to