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Bouncy effect when an object stops moving?
Hi all. I am a newbie using CS3 trying to make a video for the company I am working for. I was wondering if you could help me. I am trying to animate some moving objects – very simple point A to point B type movements mostly starting with the objects offscreen….
I’d like to make them look like they are moving smooth and when they come to a stop I want them to have a little bouncy type effect rather than just stopping.
To give you a better sense for what I mean please look at this video: https://vimeo.com/22897365
4 seconds in the “Bank” building pops up and has this quick little bounce effect this is what I mean. A better example is 20 seconds in when those 3 objects pop up with the same kind of effect.
Im wondering how to do this. I know about the Easy Ease and I’ve applied that to make things go smoother but its not quite the same.
Thanks for your help in advance.
-Drew
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6 Replies
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Set your scale or position keyframes as you want without the bounce, then take your the keyframe where the bounce should happen, move it forward two or three frames, and make a new keyframe that is LARGER than the last keyframe. That causes the scale or position to go too far, then pull itself back. A bouncy effect.
For more advanced methods, search around for elasticity expressions….
Ben Unguren
Motion Graphics & Editing
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Thanks for your help, I found what I think is the perfect expression but it doesn’t seem to work. I’ll copy and paste it below. it was found from this URL where they give an example: https://lesterbanks.com/2011/01/swinging-kinetic-text-expressions-for-after-effects/
A user commented and said that the expression’s minus signs are dashes and that is why it is not working. How on earth do you type a minus sign? I have a macbook pro and there is only one version of a minus sign and its not working (i guess its a dash.
Any thoughts?
// Inertial Bounce (moves settle into place after bouncing around a little)
n = 0;
if (numKeys > 0){
n = nearestKey(time).index;
if (key(n).time > time){
n–;
}
}
if (n == 0){
t = 0;
}else{
t = time – key(n).time;
}
if (n > 0){
v = velocityAtTime(key(n).time – thisComp.frameDuration/10);
amp = .02;
freq = 3.0;
decay = 5.0;
value + v*amp*Math.sin(freq*t*2*Math.PI)/Math.exp(decay*t);
}else{
value;
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The Minus symbol can be typed using the number pad of your keyboard, it should be directly above the Plus symbol.
cheers,
Angie
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Well, here’s the expression with your dashes fixed:
// Inertial Bounce (moves settle into place after bouncing around a little)
n = 0;
if (numKeys > 0){
n = nearestKey(time).index;
if (key(n).time > time){
n–;
}
}
if (n == 0){
t = 0;
}else{
t = time – key(n).time;
}
if (n > 0){
v = velocityAtTime(key(n).time – thisComp.frameDuration/10);
amp = .02;
freq = 3.0;
decay = 5.0;
value + v*amp*Math.sin(freq*t*2*Math.PI)/Math.exp(decay*t);
}else{
value;
}Darby Edelen
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Thanks so much, this saved my life. I can use it now and my animation looks so much better!!
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Thanks, Darby!
As you can vaguely see in the image I posted, the bounce starts with shrinking, and then it grows. This looked a bit fake when I tried it, since as when it arrived to end of the down-scale, it suddenly scaled down another bit, causing a jerky feel. Is there any possibility to tweak this expression it should start with growing instead?
Thank you!
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