• Adobe After Effects Expressions

  Turning Off Expressions

  Posted by Erik Sommer on July 12, 2008 at 5:48 pm

  I have about 20 3D layers that I used some expressions to help keep all the layers in line and distribute them correctly. Now that they are in position, I need to remove the expressions so I can set them up to rotate around a null object, unparenting them one at a time to make a ring. Problem is that since the expressions reference each other, it gets all messed up when I remove the parenting. What’s the easiest way to turn off/remove an expression, but keep the value the expression has generated at that point? Do I have to do this manually via Copy and Paste?

  Erik Sommer replied 18 years ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Dan Ebberts

  July 12, 2008 at 6:15 pm

  Have you tried converting the expressions to keyframes, (Animation > Keyframe Assistant > Convert Expression to Keyframes), then delete the keyframes (assuming there’s no animation)?

  Dan
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  Erik Sommer

  July 13, 2008 at 7:28 pm

  That worked perfectly, thanks!

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