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Slider Range Expression Error?
I'm new to expressions and trying to find a way to simplify a slider I have for a client. There's a scaling/stretching animation I have on a null layer called VerticalSlider that starts from 0 on the...
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Slider countdown expression but add "%"?
Hello AE Community! Is there a way to add a character - specifically "%" - to the text in a countdown expression? Right now I have the expression:...
View ArticleIs there a way to adjust keyframes on the x or y planes after track motion is...
I'm doing the image of a face thing tracked onto a video of a face. I track the motion and apply x and y directions of the object ot the null object (and attach the face to the null object). My...
View ArticleHow to stop "cycle" expression ?
Hi, There My animation is playing with "cycle" expression. I want to play this loopable animationfor one hundred frames, and I want to stop this animation within the next ten animation.Do you have any...
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Effect Control, set slider position from expression
Is this possible, I would like to limit the slider to integer values and not fractions
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Change Opacity of a Layer in a Pre-Comp
Hello. I am very new to after effects expressions and I was hoping to get some help. In my project, I am using an instance of 1 pre comp several times in my main composition. I would like to be able to...
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Need help using a control layer and expression to move multiple objects
I'm trying to get a control layer (which is a b/w gradient) to move a set of objects up and down individually. Basically the control layer is a gradient that wipes across the screen and I want that to...
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Text animation, with frame offset expression
I'm using a few text animators, so that words will appear a letter at a time, but have a subtle fly in from top.. i've got about 400 minutes of dialogue to animate, so being able to add this expression...
View ArticleTime Remap Expression
I'm trying to do trigger a keyframe for a timeremap using an expression as follows, but after I put in the expression the output goes black: Did a timeremap on the precomp.Put in two keyframes. One...
View ArticlesourceRectAtTime expression
Hi, I’m trying to get a sourceRectAtTime expression to work out the longest text box length and use that to create a box behind.However no matter how I change the s= value, I can’t seem to work it out....
View ArticleCamera orientation - track to object?
I've got a falling character in an animation and I'd like the camera to follow the fall... not by moving, but by panning down (orientation). When I try to pick whip either orientation or point of...
View ArticleReading length of a motion path
My end goal is to determine the length or total distance traveled of a layer's motion path. Before I abandon my current approach, I wanted to find out if I'm missing anything that I may be able to...
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Why the matchname like (Pseudo/jof683d967ELQ-0003) appearing in expressions
I have come across an expression like thisa = effect("Transform 1")("ADBE Geometry2-0001");p = effect("Transform 1")("ADBE Geometry2-0002");x = p[0]+(a[0]-thisComp.width/2);y =...
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How to realize the sphere moving along the cutting path of rounded rectangle...
How to realize the sphere moving along the cutting path of rounded rectangle in a layer? How do I write expressions on the position attributes of the ball? Sorry, my English is poor. I can only rely on...
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Expression for text width/scale depending on another text width/scale
Hey guys, i am pretty new to expressions (Just know some basics) and i ran into a problem.I am creating a template right now and the user should be able to enter two titles: One main title and a...
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Take text and convert it to a color
Hey I thought I had this figured out but I hit a wall. I was hoping someone could help. I have a string of text in RGB format like let's say: 12,76,234 I want to feed that into an expression and have...
View ArticleLinking layers to nulls position by sliders values
Hi I am creating a very complex project base in data from a Json file.And I need to link 7 precomps to a specific location on my composition base into 7 nulls I Already locate. I try to use If/else...
View ArticleExpression errors for different language versions of AFX
Hi there, I can't believe this is still an issue - or is it with the latest version? Is there any workaround or workflow?When users have different language versions of AFX, it's not possible to...
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Colour control effect being over-ridden by the range selector animation.
So I've made a slider to control a bunch of comp colourway attributes various text elements mainly. I want slider to have 10 positions for ten colour ways (combinations of colours on different...
View ArticleText Animate and Custom Interpolation
Hello, I put the animation Fill color in my text and used keyframes to animate the text of start to the end (Range Selector 0 to 100%), the color is passing word by word, in a determined time, now I...
View ArticleHow to control keyframe values by expression?
I have a text and want that end keyframe in y position be defined based in a expression, and the keyframes before this interpolation, no My text is large, and need move up to be totally viewed, like a...
View ArticleSlider Control as Timecode Scrubbing
Hey all. I'm trying to link a slider control to mimic scrubbing through timecode ... but not the compositions timecode, basically I'm faking the specific "stops" where it stops at "1:34" and then moves...
View ArticlevalueAtTime from parent Comp
Hello,I have a nested comp which is time-remapped.I need from within this nested comp to animate a parameter (trim path end of a circle shape) using a slider value in my main comp.My problem is that...
View ArticlesampleImage, vector layers and continuous rasterization
When I use the sampleImage expression on an imported Illustrator layer, I get an incorrect (0,0,0,0) result. If I convert that layer to a Shape Layer, OR if I simply turn on Continuous Rasterization,...
View Article'Ease expression' works unnaturally.
Hello, there! I have a question about after effects' Expression. Next is the code for Solid2's Y position.The X position is fixed at 450. var y3 = [600,200,600,200,600,200,600,200,600,200]var sec =...
View ArticleHow to create this lower third?
I want to recreate this lower third animation (in the video below) but with changeable colors and icons for different websites.Now I tried to do it with morphing first, but as you morph from the circle...
View ArticleFirst letter of each word it's own colour
I want to dynamically change the colour of the first letter of each word in a sentence. I can't seem to find any colour variables, how would I set this up?
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¿what expression could stop values in "time remap"? So users cant touch it?...
a question, what expression could stop values in "time remap"? So users cant touch it? Thanks¡¡ I tried clamp, and also making a control with the duration of different parts of a composition using...
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Problem when using SourceRectAtTime expression
Hi, I am using the SourceRectAtTime() Expression sample from ECAbrams to have a rectangle shape layer resizes itself according to a text layer's height and width. It's working nicely....
View ArticleHow to make moving line graph like Wawmustats YouTube channel
Video link:China vs Japan vs Korea vs India: Everything Compared (1960-2017) - YouTube Please help just dose graph line move on axis as per value..
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How to make moving line chart video like wowmustats YouTube channel
Dear sir, please help
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Add value to proximity based scale expression
Hello! Thanks for your time! So, I'm trying to make a square shape layer scale down to 0 once it passes thru a text, so it doesnt cover the text up. I've got this expression: t = length(position,...
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Scale horizontal position but not scale? (Timeline)
I want to do a horizontal timeline with ticks, year dates, and flags with various images and maybe text. I'm gonna want to start out zoomed in looking at just 1 or 2 years (filling my 1920x), and by...
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Geschwindigkeit von Math.round(random) ändern?
Hallo,ich habe eine Expression in After Effects CC 2018.3 erstellt, dabei sollen zufällig Zahlen im Bereich 8000,89 bis 16000,47 ausgegeben werden, dies funktioniert auch einwandfrei, jedoch ist die...
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Changing color and font style through expression
Hello Everyone, This is my first post in this forum. I am trying to achieve something like this through expression. Where anything before first dot is Red in color (including dot) and then anything...
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Parent a null to top of a resizing shape layer
Hi, Hopefully someone can help... I have a shape layer that scales up on its y axis.I need a null to follow the top of the shape layer as it animates up. Any ideas? ThanksLeigh
View ArticleCustom ease() easing
Hello there!so I'm making a keyframe less animation,a very simple one.just scaling in and out. (Well, for now. maybe it will be larger one day).I already got the animation itself,but i want different...
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Can sourceRectAtTime be used for a single word in a text string?
I'd like to isolate a single word or a few words, to obtain their sourceRectAtTime props. The result should not interfere with their original position(s).Possible with sourceRectAtTime or is there a...
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Expression for Trimmed Paths on Dashed Lines
I'm editing a trim paths expression and have run into a little nuanced issue.The smoke animation below (rendered quickly for demo purposes, so no judging) is going to be a sort of neon light animation...
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Combine two KeyframeLess expressions
Hey! so i have this expression: function easeInOutCubic(t) { return 1-(--t)*t*t*t }; startVal = 0;endVal = 100;startDur = inPoint;endDur = (inPoint+outPoint)/2; t =...
View ArticleMoving objects proportionally away from each others
I'm pretty new with expressions and this might be simple to make but I couldn't find an answer. So I have two nulls, which I want to move away and towards each others the same time. How can I...
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How can I associate an expression to move a rotating wheel X times depending...
My problem is simple but I can't for the love of anything figure it out. I'm trying to move a rotation wheel X values depending on the amplitude of a track.Basically = I want the CC Kaleida Rotation to...
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Flipping Multiple Cards in One Composition
Hello; I am flipping 6 cards (two rows of 3) in one composition, the two cards in the center of the composition flip perfectly, but the other cards want to flip to the opposite side of where they are....
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Essential Graphics: Mute Audio with Checkbox
Heyja, working on a Lower-Third-Essential Graphic in AE (14.2.1) with Audio for the transition.I want to easily mute the sound later with a checkbox (On/Off) in the Essential Graphic Panel in Premiere...
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Expression time and value from excel CSV
var full = 544; var empty = 940; data_values = footage("test_data-3.csv"); var valAtTimeframe = data_values.dataValue([1,timeToFrames(t = time + thisComp.displayStartTime, fps = 1.0 /...
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Hook font size to a slider
So i'm trying to create a text animation as an essential graphics preset. The problem i'm having is that I can't hook the fontsize as an editable option. I would use scale, but I have Self rezising...
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toComp() in 360 Project Duplicating Layers
I have been working on a project in which I need to make a piece of text in a fixed position in relation to the viewer, connected with an arrow to a tracked point in the scene.Ordinarily I would use a...
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Adding a Comma and Setting Decimal Places with Expressions
Hi Team, I'm looking to use the number slider technique to animate text increasing from 0 to 10,023.025 I can get it to display to 3 decimal points using the expression: ("Slider...
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Using "Audio Amplitude" to speed up movement?
Hi, I'm fairly new to using After Effects, and I was wondering how I could edit the position of my camera using the Audio Amplitude keyframes. I want my camera layer to be moving forward on the Z axis...
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checkboxes control layers on a timeline
Hello, sorry if the title is confusing, I'm a little bit lost either. I'm trying to build a setup where three layers are following each other on the timeline (for example layer 1 from 0 to 1 sec, layer...
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