sampleImage() in 4-color gradient issue
hi there I am trying a technique for logo/element removal that I saw in a post from a couple years back, where a tracked, solid "patch" is placed over the unwanted element, and a 4 color gradient...
View ArticletoComp method on Puppet Pin position property returns bogus values
In trying to rig this girl character I've had a strange behaviour come up. I could work around it easily enough but it's getting to me that there's something I'm not understanding. My level of...
View Articleexpression request
I've been askjing around to find out how a particular effect that I seen on numerous music video was created. No one could give me definitive answer, I even suggested maybe it was done by editing in...
View ArticleIncreasing opacity level after audio keyframe animation
Hello all. AE Newb here. I'm just getting my feet wet with this program. Currently I'm animating the opacity of an object by the keyframes (generated via Convert Audio to Keyframes) via the pick whip....
View ArticleExpression request
Hi Guys, I tried to stay away from After Effects and concentrate on sound - but I have failed! I am hopelessly addicted to AE - there is no turning back! I have a question about expressions. I have...
View Articlezoomable map like Google maps
Hi everybody, I started a discussion a few weeks days about the zoom of vector based elements – some things worked but there's one main problem left.In my current project I need to find out how create...
View ArticleExpression help with time remapping
Hi I have a 25fps Precomp with an animation that changes on every frame. In the master comp I want to apply an expression to its time remap property so that it holds on each consecutive frame for a...
View ArticleAE expression for "length of text layer" for lower thirds nameplate
Hello everyone,Is there a way to measure the total width (and height) of a text layer, to automatically update the length (and height) of a shape layer? I produce web news segments with 7-15 lower...
View ArticleLimit value range with expression?
Hi there, Is there a way to put a limit on value range when linking it to key-framed audio? My situation is that I want to link the Glow Intensity of one of my objects to the key-framed audio. The...
View ArticleFill Color Controller to change between colors overtime
Hi All, I'm using CS6 AE.. I have created a clapometer style animation that uses a colour controller and value/numbers controller to animate the hand from left to right of a semi circle. As the hand...
View Articleglobal array variables? , transfer data from one layer expression to another
hi i have arrays in expression, but i have a problem, every time when i move effect point control(i need move it for my task) array update and erasing, but i need to save data from previous array...
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 ArticleExpression Selector - Get range from Range Selector
What I'm trying to achieve should be pretty simple but I get my head spinning on Expression Selector and for some reasons I cannot understand it, so I’m here hoping for a pro help In a first animator...
View ArticleTrying to automatically place and fill lower thirds triggered by comment markers
Hi, I'm currently trying to solve a workflow idea based on the idea of script Guru Dan Ebberts of creating automatic subtitles from speech transcription markers (here is his script which works great...
View Articleinertial bounce expression
hello everyone i have after effects cc and windows 8. when i was on ae cs6 i used this expression and it worked perfectly n = 0;if (numKeys > 0) {n = nearestKey(time).index;if (key(n).time >...
View ArticleVarying Speed Of Fractal Noise Ocean Waves With Expressions
Hi, Possible Noob question: I've been following: http://allbetsareoff.com/2009/06/ocean-water-effect/ The video results are here: http://vimeo.com/5384704 He uses the Fractal Noise plug-in to make the...
View ArticleHow to delay an animation
Sorry for my bad english: i'll try to be clear.Once a layer has some animation (position, scale etc),how can i link another layer to this first one (or the animated property of the first one to the...
View ArticleBlinking Cursor
I have been using an expression for blinking cursor text but wanted to see if it can be enhanced. Here is the expression that I used Apply to the Text Source of a text layeradd a slider controls to...
View ArticleIncreasing opacity level after audio keyframe animation
Hello all. AE Newb here. I'm just getting my feet wet with this program. Currently I'm animating the opacity of an object by the keyframes (generated via Convert Audio to Keyframes) via the pick whip....
View ArticleCan I have a slider impact a timeline just at one point?
I am using AE CS6, on an HP 820z, Win 7. I would like to have a series of layer objects follow different paths to an end point where they line up horizontally curving back in space on the sides.Here is...
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