Can't find the words to Express myself, Nestled parenthesis?
Hi, I have a project I am supposed to turn over to other people so they can "easily edit" and produce the same thing over and over. that would be too simple, so I decided to put as much of the stuff...
View Articlelengthen or shorten vector
this may seem trivial, but vector mathematics is not my strong suit. if I have a vector between point A and point B, how do I shorten it (or lengthen it), but maintian a center point between A and B,...
View ArticleLink checkboxes.
Hi, In the project I am currently working on, there are some trouble with the flickering of lights on the footage. Now, there is a plugin that helps to reduce that. In order to get the max result we...
View ArticleMove Layers starlike
Hey,I`ve 3 Layers with a ellipse maske in the middle (Frame 0).They are exactly on the same position. Now I want to animate them with a slider away from each other in opposite directions.One of them...
View ArticleComplex Scale Expression help
Hey guys,I'm trying to create an effect using an expression because I want to apply this to multiple layers.Basically what I want to achieve might be very simple, but I just can't figure it out- I'm...
View ArticleNested comp targeting element in a layer present in the containing comp..?
I am wanting to source the text for a Text layer with the following (as used by the pickwip) thisComp.layer("Name of Layer") However I would like to make a text style-template (as a comp, so I can use...
View ArticleMath.round for Shape layers to land on whole pixels?
Trying to keep my shape layers on whole pixels to avoid subpixel blurring. For one-dimensional properties, this works fine: Math.round(value); But for two dimensional props, I'm running into errors...
View ArticleSmoothing values of another layer
I have Layer A which has a standard wiggle on it. I pickwhip the position of Layer B to copy Layer A's. But now I want Layer B's motion to be a damped — as if Layer B is copying Layer A's movement, but...
View ArticleFade out on every keyframe
Another newbie question.Tried this expression on a layers opacity: d = Math.abs(time -transform.position.nearestKey(time).time);easeOut(d, 100, 0) The idea was to make the layers opacity go from 100%...
View ArticleSnappier Wiggle?
How would you make a wiggle expression that radically reduced the time between values? Like Wiggle that uses Exponential interpolation as inbetween values? So even though the pace would be something...
View ArticleHelp with 3D Layer Position Expression
Hi All, I do hope some one can help me – I have been looking and trying to solve this expression problem I have run in to - I only have limited expression knowledge. I need to move a layer in 3D space,...
View ArticleExpression with delay
Hi, I'm a nooby when it comes to expression, so can anyone please help me with how I can create a certain expression? I think it's quite simple. I've got 2 layers. One layer has an animation (leader)...
View ArticleAccess Properties of a Layer Inside a Precomp
First time visiting these forums but they look like a super helpful place so any response is awesome. I'm trying to save myself some headache by creating one animation ("CircleIcon") and then using it...
View ArticleExpression Issue - Photo Slideshow
Dear forum, I need some advice on expression settings in After Effects. The project I am working on is a slideshow with 300 photographs. They move from left to right (panning horizontal while...
View Articledelay scale parameter from the shape layer repeater
Hi, I want to animate the scale parameter of the repeater effect and delay it on several shapes. I've tried with this expression using 2 expressions sliders but without success...
View Articlefollow a leader with delay
hi i have bunch of layers all distributed in z space.All in a row.So,they have all differenent position data.Now the first layer starts to move towards the camera.After a specific time i.e 1.5 secs i...
View ArticleRotation and Layer Space Transforms
Hi, I know toComp can be used to find a layer's position in the composition's space. And toWorld can be used to find a layer's position in the World's space. But is there a way to find a layer's...
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position.velocity NOT working
Hi,I wrote preset with expressions in AE cs4 and it was calculating the direction of layer's motion.It worked perfectly in CS4.In CS5 the resulting vector very often has a length of 0 - especially with...
View ArticleHow to get the footage's current frame number in expression?
There are 2 layers.One is text layer,one is sequence layer.Footage has begun from the 20th frame.Therefore, the number of composition's current frame number and footage's frame number has shifted. I...
View ArticleRepeaters: a=1; a++; Only repeat a++; !!
I'm trying to make the repeater's distance increase by 1 each time. Therefore I need my declaration of 'a' to be outside the bit that gets repeated. How do I do this?
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