r/LeftAngleAutograph

I'd really appreciate any thoughts/advice on how to get a text box to auto-scale to fit the comp size? (width, specifically). So that I can cycle through landscape, square, vertical format sizes and the textbox will adapt to fit the space.

I've tried linking the L and R values of the textbox to a "Composition Info" generator and this feels like it should work (if I mess with the values manually the textbox scales correctly) - but changing the viewport format size doesn't actually seem to effect the size of the 'composition' as read by the composition info generator.

For example, at a 1920x1080 comp size I set the L and R textbox values to -0.5 and 0.5 of the composition width inside the composition info generator - the values are -960 and 960 which looks correct in the viewport.

But if I switch the viewport format size to square (1080x1080) you would think the L & R values would change to -540 and 540 to match the comp width as seen in the viewport - but the values don't change.

What am I missing?

SOLUTION:
You need to switch the text box to 'Plain Text' mode. This will delete your existing text for some reason, but if you retype it out then the textbox will now adapt to the viewport size.

Looking correct in the landscape view.

Not correct in 'square' view

Looking right if I manually adjust the L and R textbox values

As obligatory, I do love the potential for this. I've been messing around with compositing and for the most part see it as a great potential alternative to AE. Haven't done motion graphics just yet.

One thing I've been trying to solve is how to get the functionality of a "set matte" in this like in AE. In AE if I want to grab a puzzle matte layer I can set matte it then I can add effects on top that aren't bound to the original matte(Blurs, Glows, and the like).

The only way I can figure out to get this functionality, is to first apply the puzzle matte on the Mask source then precomp that and then I can add effects on top. I don't love the messiness of precomps when it's just for one effect.(though I recognize AE couldn't always avoid this either). But it feels like there has to be a way to around this with a modifier that does that without having to precomp and I'm just too dumb to figure out.

In a similar vein, I haven't found a way to do a shape mask combined with a layer mask, is this an option currently? Or is this expected to be put into a subcomp then shape mask on top of that as well?

Has anyone been able to get around this? It's not the end of the world to precomp a lot just feels a bit clunky for how I'm doing it.

Hi guys first of all, thanks for creating the Autograph, it has a lot of potential.

However on my MacBook pro m2 (8gb ram) it is often slow and then crashes, for example just to preview / play a video on timeline without putting any modifier or effects the preview is very slow. But when I try it on the "purple guy from red company" it's just fine.

I hope you guys can fix this soon.

Thank you.

Hey, guys!

I´m trying to install Autograph since its free announcement but it keeps popping up the message "No license found for Autograph".

So, how is the process to get it installed and working properly?

Thanks in advance!

I just want to start off by saying that I love that Autograph is free and I think it's a cool product and I really want to like it, but I've been using it for about two weeks now and there's two main issues that keep plaguing me that might make me drop it. Before I do though, I wanted to double-check to see if anyone else has run into the same issues and if there is a fix.

The first issue is that some layerss will randomly show the wrong frame. I'll be working and I'll make a change that will cause the viewport to update and when it does, one of my layers will randomly be showing a different frame than before, usually the next or previous frame. I'm composting an animation right now that requires me to sync up multiple layers, so it's really obvious when this issue occurs. And when it occurs, it's stable. Like I can keep editing effects and scrub the timeline and that one layer will remain offset by a frame or two. However if I randomly toggle some layers off and on a few times, it'll fix itself. It doesn't even have to be the layer that's experiencing the issue.

The other issue is that I can't edit some paths. Every once in a while, a path that I drew will get stuck so that if I try to edit any of it's points, the points just get deleted. I also get phantom paths which are paths that sometimes don't show up in the hierarchy, but show up in the viewport, and sometimes, it's the other way around. Whenever I use the circle tool to draw a shape, it'll show up in the heirarchy and I'll see the effect it has, but I won't see a path or points I can actually click on.

These issues are pretty frustrating and they make it hard to be productive, but other than that, I think I've actually been crashing less than on AE, so it's been pretty good. If anyone has experienced similar issues, please let me know.