• Adobe After Effects

  Wiggle in one direction

  Posted by Brian Norris on August 10, 2006 at 3:31 pm

  I’ve used the wiggle expression quite a bit in the past in the form of “wiggle(x,y)” where x is the number of wiggles per second and y is the amount of pixels that my object can move in the horizontal and vertical directions. How can I use the wiggle expressions to only wiggle in the horizontal direction or to wiggle different amounts in the horizontal and vertical direction? Thanks in advance!

  Mike Clasby replied 19 years, 9 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Steve Roberts

  August 10, 2006 at 3:47 pm

  Search the COW for “wiggle” and “direction”, or “wiggle” and “axis”. This comes up a lot.
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  Mike Clasby

  August 10, 2006 at 4:17 pm

  Wiggle Y Only:

  [value[0],wiggle(1,100)[1]]

  Wiggle X Only:

  [wiggle(5,30)[0],value[1]]

  Wiggle X and Y seperately:

  [wiggle(5,30)[0],wiggle(1,100)[1]]

  You can tie any of the above to sliders, highlight the “1” in the first expression and pickwhip to a slider stopwatch (after you use, Effect>Expression Controls>Slider Control, then name it “Y Frequency”), then the slider controls that number (Frequency 1st number, amplitude 2nd number).

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