// Based on Dan Ebbert's script at motionscript.com // crg_Text_from_File.jsx // v2: added user interface, top-down layer order // v3: added 'live leading' feature, and makes sure text layers are at top // This script reads a user specified text file and // either makes one text layer with all the text, // or creates and places a bunch of text layers, one for each line // read from the text file. Includes a few 'text layout' options. // And yes, I'm still using the amazing jEdit (jedit.org -- not to be confused with similarly named apps) to write my scripts. var win = new Window('dialog', 'Text Import Options',[300,100,553,410]); var w = buildUI(); if (w != null) { w.show(); } function doBigOppBool(windo, bool) { windo.lineSpaLbl.enabled = !bool; windo.lineSpaAmtLbl.enabled = !bool; windo.dnBtn.enabled = !bool; windo.upBtn.enabled = !bool; windo.dnTenBtn.enabled = !bool; windo.upTenBtn.enabled = !bool; windo.liveLeadCheck.value = false; windo.liveLeadCheck.enabled = !bool; } function buildUI() { if (win != null) { win.textOpsPnl = win.add('panel', [10,35,244,221], ''); win.oneFileCheck = win.add('checkbox', [52,8,202,28], 'Import as One Layer'); win.oneFileCheck.onClick = function () { doBigOppBool(win, this.value); }; win.lineSpaLbl = win.add('statictext', [70,42,180,63], 'Line Spacing:'); win.lineSpaLbl.justify = "center"; win.lineSpaAmtLbl = win.add('statictext', [105,68,145,90], '10'); win.lineSpaAmtLbl.justify = "center"; win.dnBtn = win.add('button', [72,65,102,87], '-', {name:'dn1'}); win.dnBtn.onClick = function () {changeSpaNumber(win.lineSpaAmtLbl, -1); }; win.upBtn = win.add('button', [149,65,179,87], '+', {name:'up1'}); win.upBtn.onClick = function () {changeSpaNumber(win.lineSpaAmtLbl, 1); }; win.dnTenBtn = win.add('button', [17,65,67,87], '-10', {name:'dn101'}); win.dnTenBtn.onClick = function () {changeSpaNumber(win.lineSpaAmtLbl, -10); }; win.upTenBtn = win.add('button', [184,65,234,87], '+10', {name:'up101'}); win.upTenBtn.onClick = function () {changeSpaNumber(win.lineSpaAmtLbl, 10); }; win.topSpaLbl = win.add('statictext', [70,102,180,124], 'Space from Top:'); win.topSpaLbl.justify = "center"; win.topSpaAmtLbl = win.add('statictext', [105,128,145,150], '10'); win.topSpaAmtLbl.justify = "center"; win.dnBtn2 = win.add('button', [72,125,102,147], '-', {name:'dn2'}); win.dnBtn2.onClick = function () {changeSpaNumber(win.topSpaAmtLbl, -1); }; win.upBtn2 = win.add('button', [149,125,179,147], '+', {name:'up2'}); win.upBtn2.onClick = function () {changeSpaNumber(win.topSpaAmtLbl, 1); }; win.dnTenBtn2 = win.add('button', [17,125,67,147], '-10', {name:'dn102'}); win.dnTenBtn2.onClick = function () {changeSpaNumber(win.topSpaAmtLbl, -10); }; win.upTenBtn2 = win.add('button', [184,125,234,147], '+10', {name:'up102'}); win.upTenBtn2.onClick = function () {changeSpaNumber(win.topSpaAmtLbl, 10); }; win.leftSpaLbl = win.add('statictext', [70,162,180,184], 'Space from Left:'); win.leftSpaLbl.justify = "center"; win.leftSpaAmtLbl = win.add('statictext', [105,188,145,210], '10'); win.leftSpaAmtLbl.justify = "center"; win.dnBtn3 = win.add('button', [72,185,102,207], '-', {name:'dn3'}); win.dnBtn3.onClick = function () {changeSpaNumber(win.leftSpaAmtLbl, -1); }; win.upBtn3 = win.add('button', [149,185,179,207], '+', {name:'up3'}); win.upBtn3.onClick = function () {changeSpaNumber(win.leftSpaAmtLbl, 1); }; win.dnTenBtn3 = win.add('button', [17,185,67,207], '-10', {name:'dn103'}); win.dnTenBtn3.onClick = function () {changeSpaNumber(win.leftSpaAmtLbl, -10); }; win.upTenBtn3 = win.add('button', [184,185,234,207], '+10', {name:'up103'}); win.upTenBtn3.onClick = function () {changeSpaNumber(win.leftSpaAmtLbl, 10); }; win.liveLeadCheck = win.add('checkbox', [52,8+223,202,28+223], 'Add "Live Leading"'); win.okBtn = win.add('button', [160,267,240,289], 'OK', {name:'OK'}); win.okBtn.onClick = function () {main(win);this.parent.close(1)}; win.cancBtn = win.add('button', [66,267,146,289], 'Cancel', {name:'Cancel'}); win.cancBtn.onClick = function () {this.parent.close(0)}; } return win } function main(winDough) { inManyLayers = !winDough.oneFileCheck.value; withLiveLeading = winDough.liveLeadCheck.value; // create undo group app.beginUndoGroup("Text from File"); // Prompt user to select text file var myFile = fileGetDialog("Select a text file to open.", "");//, "TEXT txt"); if (myFile != null){ // create project if necessary var proj = app.project; if (!proj) proj = app.newProject(); var activeItem = proj.activeItem; var compBG = [.8,.8,.8] // comp background color // create new comp named 'text_comp' // or use the selected comp if (activeItem != null && (activeItem instanceof CompItem)){ var myComp = activeItem; } else { //8.5x11 inches @ 72dpi var compW = 612; // comp width var compH = 792; // comp height var compL = 15; // comp length (seconds) var compRate = 24; // comp frame rate var myItemCollection = app.project.items; var myComp = myItemCollection.addComp('text_comp',compW,compH,1,compL,compRate); } myComp.bgColor = compBG; lineSpa = 12; if (inManyLayers) { lineSpa = parseFloat(winDough.lineSpaAmtLbl.text); } topSpa = parseFloat(winDough.topSpaAmtLbl.text); leftSpa = parseFloat(winDough.leftSpaAmtLbl.text); // open file var fileOK = myFile.open("r","TEXT","????"); if (fileOK){ var allText = ""; var o = 1; var addForLead = 0; // read text lines // until end-of-file is reached var textCollection = new Array(); while (!myFile.eof){ write("Reading and writing line #" + o + " ... "); text = myFile.readln(); // script will likely throw amusing error* // if line is empty // * "having to focus on ourselves" if (text == "") { text = "\r" ;} if (inManyLayers) { // if user chose 'many layers' option, make new text layer each iteration thisText = myComp.layers.addText(text); thisText.property("Position").setValue([(leftSpa), ( (lineSpa * o) + topSpa)]); if (o != 1) {thisText.moveAfter(myComp.layer(o));} // I figure, why use the memory if we don't need to: if (withLiveLeading) { textCollection[(o-1)] = thisText; } } else { // if user chose 'one layer' option, keep appending text variable: allText = (allText + text + "\r"); } o = (o + 1); clearOutput(); } clearOutput(); if (! inManyLayers) { // if user chose 'one layer' option, now make one text layer: bigTextLayer = myComp.layers.addText(allText); bigTextLayer.property("Position").setValue([leftSpa, topSpa]); } // close the file before exiting myFile.close(); if (withLiveLeading) { //add null leadingNull = myComp.layers.addNull(); leadingNull.name = "Leading Control (Adjust Y Pos)"; leadingNull.property("position").setValue([0,0]); //give text expression for adjustable line spacing for (t = 0; t < (textCollection.length);t++) { textCollection[t].property("position").expression = "v=value;\r[value[0], (value[1]+index-2)+thisComp.layer(\"Leading Control (Adjust Y Pos)\").transform.position[1]*(index-2)];"; } alert("Adjust the leading (line spacing) by adjusting the top layer's Y position.\r (don't forget, kids: \"Leading\" rhymes with \"heading\"!)"); } } else { alert("File open failed!"); } }else{ alert("No text file selected."); } app.endUndoGroup(); } function changeSpaNumber(theField, amt) { i = parseFloat(theField.text); i = (i + parseFloat(amt)); theField.text = i; }