moving layer to another layer at intime
Hi, i don't know expression except wiggle and stuff like that but i need to do something with it for an animation. i have a layer "A" which is handly animated and i want all others layer start from a...
View ArticletimeRemap Scripting problems???? Help
I created a timeRemap script for a characters head (face4) so that it would show suttle shadows on a characters face when the yRotation axes is rotated using a null object named "Face Center". When...
View Articlecontrolling nulls with expressions
I am having an issue with an expression I'm working with. I am trying to produce a dynamic graph (among other visualisers) that appears to be being controlled by a datastream - the artifical datastream...
View ArticleIncrement value with layer number
Hi, I need to increment a value in the layer, based on the number of layers in the comp. Something like layer 1 has a blur value of 10, layer 2 of 20 and if duplicate a layer it automatically has a...
View Articleadd an inertia script to mask/shape-path keyframes?
anyone knows how to add an inertia script to mask/shape-path keyframes? OR a workaround that would yield similar results? thanksmanojit
View ArticleCrane pendulum decay swing
I posted this at CreativeCOW.net in April, but have received no responses so far, thus I figured I'd post here.I will freely confess that expressions are not my strong point. Although, I think my...
View ArticleRandom vs. Noise
Hi all, Although I've been an After Effects user for many years, I am a beginner to expressions. They intimidate me, but I'm noticing how powerful they can be to my workflow. At any rate, here's...
View ArticlePossible to store a variable in one comp and accessible to all other comps.
Hi There, This question is mainly for architectural reasons. Is there a way within the After Effects project file, to declare a global variable that is accessible to all comps? I want to simply...
View ArticleHow to create a "dummy" layer to link other layers to the dummy.
Here is my problem: I have a bunch of Layers, I want to behave the same way (here scaling, but I had also rotation before). My approach (as used formerly with my 3D applications) is to create a "dummy"...
View ArticleExpression question: keep adding to value
Hi! I want to animate the cameras z-position based on an audio track. I have converted the audio to keyframes, but now I'm stuck trying to figure out how to feed the audio peak values to the cameras...
View ArticleAE CS6: Render glitches with timeremap expressions
Version:11.0 OS:Mac 10.7.4 Source Footage:.ai files Problem: First of all, we've been using this method for character animation since AE 7.0. We have had minor glitches here and there, but nothing...
View Article"No active camera" error
Ran into this problem tonight with a couple expressions I've used in the past in CS3+. My scene has 1 camera. It it's set to active and the eyeball is on and its in/out is the length of my comp. Is...
View ArticleThe value of this expression
I was looking through some old tutorial projects and came across this expression [thisLayer.width/2, thisLayer.height/2] which was applied to the Wipe Center property of the Radial Wipe Effect....
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Always scale layer from comp center (not layer anchor point)
Usually if I want to scale a layer from any place other than it's center, there are two ways I do it: 1) Parent that layer to a null, then scale that null. (which is workable, but it adds another layer...
View ArticleOpacity random motion, ok! and loops?
Hi there!I'm using an expression by Dan Ebberts, thanks Dan!This expression works great, but the problem is that It's not a loop.I need to do a loop to 4500 f. I try to use time % loopTime, but it...
View ArticleAny way to get the area of a mask to use in an expression?
I'd like to find the area of a mask, or even just the bounding width or height to use as a variable in an expression.For example I'd like to have the brightness of a solid based on the area( or a...
View ArticleDepth of Field expression
Hi i've got a comp with 70 3d layers.They are all arranged in a grid in the x+z axes .Distance between each layer is 3600Px.The camera is parented to a null called"Cam_control".Basically,the camera...
View ArticleFont Size Expression
I need an expression that would automatically change the font size based on how many characters are typed in. The goal is to fit multi-line text into a bounding box as it's read from the external text...
View ArticleCheckbox Control using Expressions
Hi all, I'm trying to control the Mask Layer property in the Colorama plugin to always select the current layer. What I've done is created a Checkbox Control effect on the current layer to dictate that...
View ArticleParenting expression needed
I want to create a handmade anamorphic lens flare and I wanted to have a basic control to animate its position.What Im after is an expression that will allow me to parent the lensflare 'artwork' to a...
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