:D hi, everybody... I converted a regular motion path to 3D motion path by doing this: 1.) Paste a spiral motion path from illustrator to the position parameter of a 3D Null 1 2.) Create a 3D Null 2 and parent Null 1 to it. 3.) Rotate Null 2: X-axis 90 degrees. 4.) Set auto-orient to Orient along pa...

Thanks Lloyd. I concur.

Lloyd, never mind by last post. I figured it out. instead of giving point1 an actual name, I index it. (index + 1) now I can duplicate it as many times and stack it. so here the final expression: // Point1 is current layer, point2 is control layer point1=this_comp.layer("index + 1").positi...

Lloyd, I must say: YOU...ARE...THE.. MAN :wink: You ROCK and RULE and ROLL !!! 8) You found the solution. It is Purfect . Thank you. What do I need to do, to be able to duplicate the text layer and parent it to another rectangle without having to tinkle with the expression. seems like if I do it now...

sorry. here is the project file.

http://www.simulationbox.com/wp-content ... nd/GUI.aep

Here is the project file sample. what am I doing wrong?

http://www.simulationbox.com/wp-content ... nd/GUI.aep

Thanks for the reply. Tried the suggestion, but still no change.

Hi, :) I am setting up a GUI interface project that mimics FLASH interaction/ MAC OSX pop scale effect. Original credit to http://jjgifford.com/expressions/geometry/length.html The expression works for scale,and opacity on the shape layer but not on the Text layer. I want the fill color to change fr...