Taking your templates to the next level with advanced SourceRect expressions tips

[@OwainStreet]

I know this is five years old - but the content is as relevant as ever. Thank you for demystifying something that I REALLY should have looked at in more detail before now. Like all the best tutorials, this is actually useful in day to day production and will save so much time. Many thanks.

[@lopsangdlama]

Thank so much, I like it when tutor goes into the nitty gritty of how it works. I was really having hard time understanding top and left, your explanation clarified the concept for me.

[@agfirs_o2579]

I went from how to make shapes in after effects now 2 months im now mastering some expressions it really sure pays off

[@RonnieBanerjee007]

Why aren't you saving people anymore!? You're a hero!! ❤

[@frenksisco]

One of the best tutorials ever seen. Thank you so much, you're a real pro!

[@jasonpbass]

what if i want the box to draw around the text as if it has a hanging character when it doesn't? example: multiple lines of text that are leaded the same. also, what if the text is left justified?

[@grmnbrts]

awesome tutorial!

[@caiocabelo]

Thank you! I've searching for this feature a long time

[@ajaynaran1480]

Great tutorial - How do you auto resize the background to the maximum width of two or more separate text layers?

[@shubhamkothari2709]

Masterpiece♥

[@maisie2660]

Is there a way to do this with lines instead of boxes like the animation at the start? Would it be the exact same process?

[@EasirVfx]

amazing.. you are a pro bro. searching this explaintaion for a long time

[@j0naaas]

This was great! Thank you! When you did the lines that automatically changes with the text, did you use a stroke path on a shape layer?

[@jeorc]

I also have this question. I would love to know how to make that design responsive. I was working on a lower third and I failed miserably when I had to deal with a stroke path, thought of using a shape layer but couldn't make it work either.

[@maze828]

So informative, thanks a lot!

[@wolfen69]

Thank you!!!!

[@sandman589]

I'd love to see multiple lines inside 1 box WITH a rag. So that the box looks like steps. Now the "box" has more than 4 sides. With rounded corners of course.

[@henrybirdseye]

This is amazing. Thank you.

[@mysterychemical]

Brother I was so confused about this left and top stuff. I am not new to editing or compositing software but this simple two terms really was annoying. 7:38 This totally explained as the achor point which have default (0,0) is at the base of the normal text and totally ignores character that goes down to that base. So, it is good to simply go to the top and back down manually for vertical center adjustment. And another was to go to left and back to right manually for horizontal center adjustment. Adobe could bring other options too like bottom and right.

[@alinarangi7826]

so thanks nick...

[@ebuwafamous4693]

I typed the expression exactly the way you did but it's not working for me. Is there anything else I need to adjust to make it work? My AE always Popping up the Error message