Graphics

We use a very complicated lower third, that with script works like this:

There are three lines of text. We'll call them Top, Main, and Bottom. If there is text in the Main and Bottom lines, groups A and C are visible. If there is text in the Main but not Bottom lines, group B is visible. If there is no text in Main or Bottom, but in Top, the top's group PosY changes.

Altogether, the scene works like this:

Top Line

Main Line

Bottom Line

OR

Top Line

Main Line

(hidden bottom line, as Main Line is now larger)

OR

(hidden Main Line)

(hidden Bottom Line)

Top Line (in a lower PosY, the same as the "normal" Bottom Line)

Is this even remotely possible with Visual Logic? I have it working in script, but my boss would like me to get as much moved to VL instead of script as possible.

Hey,

I doubt this is the best way to do it but it works.

I made 2 "MAIN LINE" text, one normal and one large. In my example I've called is Middle text

The Middle large text is string is linked in visual logic and then unpublished so the operator only sees middle text.

The middle large text visibility is turned on when there is no text in the botton text and the normal size is turned off.

I did this because I couldn't see a way to get font styles into VL.



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This is great stuff and got me on the right track. Now let's complicate it a bit more.

The Top/Middle/Bottom lines aren't just a single text object, but each has its own group, as well, including the "large" middle line.

If mid and bottom have text, mid and bottom groups should be visible.

If mid has text and bottom does not, mid-large should be visible, mid and bottom should not.

If neither has text, mid, mid-large, and bottom should not be visible, and top PosY changes
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Hey Dan,

Did you managed this, sounds like you just need to taget the logic at groups rather than text objects.

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