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| Many thanks to you all for the help! Still a great list after all these years. Robert W. Walker Walker/Fitzgibbon TV & Film Los Angeles CA USA STUDIO DIRECT: 818-914-5005 MOBILE: 305-582-0632 > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [AE] Line of text "cloned" onto an X/Y grid > From: "Phil Spitler" <AE-List@media-motion.tv> > Date: Mon, January 20, 2020 5:11 pm > To: "After Effects Mail List" <AE-List@media-motion.tv> > > > This should work. > > > > > xCopies = 10; > yCopies =5 ; > > textA="text a "; > textB="text b "; > textBlock=""; > > for (y=0; y < yCopies; y++){ > > for (x=0; x < xCopies; x++){ > textBlock = textBlock+ textA+textB; > } > > textBlock=textBlock +"\r"; > > } > > > textBlock; > > > > > > > > <http://www.bonfirelabs.com/> > Phil Spitler Creative Technologist > t 415.394.8200 <tel:1-415-394-8200> c 415.571.3139 <tel:1-415-571-3139> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/bonfirelabs> <https://www.facebook.com/bonfirelabs> <https://twitter.com/bonfirelabs> <https://www.instagram.com/bonfirelabs> > > > > > On Jan 19, 2020, at 9:04 AM, Robert W. Walker <AE-List@media-motion.tv> wrote: > > > > I am having the darnedest time trying to figure out how to make a line > > of text repeat and offset, without converting the text to shape layers > > and using Repeater, so that I can make that text a "grid" if you will. > > So: > > > > "Text A Text B" > > > > becomes > > > > "Text A Text B Text A Text B Text A Text B Text A Text B Text A Text B > > Text A Text B Text A Text B Text A Text B Text A Text B Text A Text B > > Text A Text B Text A Text B Text A Text B Text A Text B Text A Text B > > Text A Text B Text A Text B Text A Text B Text A Text B Text A Text B" > > > > on an X/Y grid. It needs to be procedural. > > > > +---End of message---+ > > To unsubscribe send any message to <ae-list-off@media-motion.tv> |
