Editing AE Scripts (section)

== Guide: Font Weight animation ==
This guide demonstrates how to animate text weight by using and editing a given code. <br>
You can follow the original tutorial showing 3 ways to animate text weight >>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGi_-k9o-OM here] (expression Strats at 6:51)  <br><br>
[[File:FontWeight.gif|500px]] <br>

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| skills || copy-paste-and-adjust code
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| || layer control expression
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| time to complete || 21 minutes
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'''step 1''' <br>
Add a solid layer and add text layer. Choose a ''typeface with multiple weights''.<br>

'''step 2''' <br>
add a Null object > rename it 'control'.<br>
[[File:FontWeight1.png|500px]] <br>

'''step 3''' <br>
add a Slider Control effect to the Null layer > rename it 'font weight'.<br>
[[File:FontWeight2.png|500px]] <br>

'''step 4''' <br>
click your text layer drop-down arrow > open the 'TEXT' drop down menu.<br>
next to the Source stop watch alt(Option)-click > paste in the following code:<br><br><syntaxhighlight lang="javascript">


var array=[
 "ChakraPetch-ExtraLight",
 "ChakraPetch-Light",
 "ChakraPetch-Regular",
 "ChakraPetch-Medium",
 "ChakraPetch-SemiBold",
 "ChakraPetch-Bold"
];
r = Math.round(thisComp.layer("control").effect("font weight")("Slider"));
style.setFont(array[r]);


</syntaxhighlight><br>

[[File:FontWeight3.png|500px]] <br>
[[File:FontWeight4.png|500px]] <br>

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'''step 5''' <br>
adjust the code content - change the names of the fonts to your own selection.<br>

'''step 6''' <br>
mark inside the brackets of r=Math.round() from (thisComp to "slider")> connect the whip-pick next to the code with the font weight slider. your text and null layer should now be connected. <br>
[[File:FontWeight5.png|500px]] <br>

'''step 7''' <br>
start animating: set the slider on 0 and the indicator in the beginning of the timeline. click the stop-watch next to the slider under the control layer.<br>
your text and null layer should now be connected. <br>
[[File:FontWeight6.png|500px]] <br>
move forward in time and set the control slider on 5 (when using 6 fonts). go further in time and set it bak to 0.