Reference / Effects / Drivers
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Measure
Measure is a Drivers effect.
What it does
Section titled “What it does”Measures the box round what a layer shows. It has eight sockets: Width, Height, Centre X, Centre Y, Left, Top, Right and Bottom.
A Text layer is measured round its letters as they are set, not round its text box, and follows the words as they change. A Shape layer is measured round its art. A solid and a precomp are their frame. A points stream wired into Points is measured instead of the layer.
A Null, a camera, a light and an empty layer measure nought.
Parameters
Section titled “Parameters”| Parameter | Control | Range | Default | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Layer | Layer | Any layer in the composition | This layer | - |
| Padding x | Slider | 0 to 200; any value by typing | 0 | Pixels at composition size |
| Padding y | Slider | 0 to 200; any value by typing | 0 | Pixels at composition size |
| Space | Dropdown | Layer · Comp | Layer | - |
What each control does
Section titled “What each control does”- Layer: the layer measured. A new Measure measures the layer it is on.
- Padding x: room added to the left and right of the box.
- Padding y: room added above and below the box.
- Space: Layer measures in the layer’s own pixels. Comp measures where the layer is drawn, after its transform and its parents’.