How to center text compared to the other two layers

Hello world

It seems simple enough: I have two layers of distinct text - both in the same line. One is left-aligned, the other is aligned to the right, so that they specify in the middle. Overall, I want they to be centered.

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But because these two texts will have different formulations of various projects, I want to use the model function, so I can edit them in first.

Is there a way to tell After Effects: "some text there, take two text layers and their Center as a whole."?

For the life of me I can't figure out how to do. The closest I am to a solution is an expression on the anchor to a null object, which reads:

W1 = thisComp.layer("Text1").sourceRectAtTime () .width;

W2 = thisComp.layer("Text2").sourceRectAtTime () .width;

[(thisComp.width-(w1 + w2)) / 2, value [1]]

Then the text layers are related to the null value.

I found this in a post on Creative Cow: multiple text layers to form one. how I can it Center as a whole?: Adobe after effects Expressions

The problem with that: it works with the text aligned to the right. If you change the text aligned to the left, everything goes to the left.

Does anyone have an idea how to make this work? It may even be a way simpler than using expressions?

I hope I could explain the problem. If there's anything missing please let me know.

Thank you!

Concerning

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There is no demo that is involved in the technique. Alignment tools will not work with a demo. In the screenshot at the top of the page, note the selected text and the reference level setting in the character Panel. I just adjusted the base line in the second paragraph of the text to move it to the top so that it is aligned with the base line in the first paragraph of the text.

Unfortunately, the process becomes a little more difficult if you want to be able to use this model as an asset of editable text dynamically linked in Premiere Pro. Centering becomes a problem. It's pretty easy to get the width of the text layer but the anchor is based on paragraph and I'm not in any way take the width of the first paragraph of the text and add it to the width of the second paragraph of the text and adjust the anchor point to be at the center of the paragraphs combined.

You can return to the idea of two layers of text, but use the width of each layer and the ratio between the widths to control the position of a null value. If you then related the two layers for the null value, the null value of centering with an expression based on the width of two layers and the ratio between the width of the left and right text would do the trick. I have to think about how to write this expression a bit. This is probably the solution to your problem, but I don't think I could write this expression in my head.

What you want to do is to calculate the total width of the two layers (tw) and then calculate the ratio between the width of the two layers (rw / lw) then multiply the width of the layer left by the ratio then you can calculate the offset. You may have to calculate the ratio of the layer from left to the total width of the two layers. As I said, I'll have to think for a minute. There is also the problem of the space between the two layers. You will need to add a space before the first letter of the right text layer, but the size of the right layer won't take into account the space so you have to measure it and add it to keep things perfectly centered.

EDIT:

So I did a reflection more and I was doing it too hard. All you have to do is to calculate the difference between the width of the layers both text and divide by 2 and add it to the Center comp. name your layers of text left and right, and then add this expression to a null value.

r = thisComp.layer ("right Text") .sourceRectAtTime (time, false);

R.width = RT;

l = thisComp.layer ("left Text") .sourceRectAtTime (time, false);

lt = l.width;

CC = thisComp.width/2;

DIF = (lt - rt) / 2;

[dif + cc, value [1]]

Now, hold down the SHIFT key and parent the two lines of text to null. If you don't want to use the trick of null, you can add the expression of two layers of text. Using the value null makes it easier to move. The expression can also be modified to allow you to position the null or layers wherever you want in the model.

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