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Affecting multiple keyframes of the same property with different sliders
I have an animation where a text layer moves from left to right a 3 times, each time pulling a different word from the edge of the screen and then centering. I want to make this a MOGRT file so user can change the text later on. Changing the text will require the text to be re centered. I created a slider control to add or subtract from the value of the x position for each word. I used this expression successfully to change the centering on the first set of words:
linear(time, key(3).time, key(4).time, value, value+comp(“OUTRO 3 TEXT HITS”).layer(“TEXT CENTER CONTROLS”).effect(“1st TEXT CENTER ADJUSTMENT”)(“Slider”));
linear(time, key(5).time, key(6).time, value+comp(“OUTRO 3 TEXT HITS”).layer(“TEXT CENTER CONTROLS”).effect(“1st TEXT CENTER ADJUSTMENT”)(“Slider”), value);
But when I tried to do it for the next set of keys (7,8,9,10) which are liked to a different slider. It cancels out the first expression. Here is what I tried to add on:
linear(time, key(7).time, key(8).time, value, value+comp(“OUTRO 3 TEXT HITS”).layer(“TEXT CENTER CONTROLS”).effect(“2nd TEXT CENTER ADJUSTMENT”)(“Slider”));
linear(time, key(9).time, key(10).time, value, value+comp(“OUTRO 3 TEXT HITS”).layer(“TEXT CENTER CONTROLS”).effect(“2nd TEXT CENTER ADJUSTMENT”)(“Slider”));
I know I’m just missing something. Here is a screen grab of my timeline
and a link to the original animation I’m trying to make a template out of:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/1dfpenxylmsnv3e/sample.mp4?dl=0
linear(time, key(3).time, key(4).time, value, value+comp("OUTRO 3 TEXT HITS").layer("TEXT CENTER CONTROLS").effect("1st TEXT CENTER ADJUSTMENT")("Slider"));linear(time, key(5).time, key(6).time, value+comp("OUTRO 3 TEXT HITS").layer("TEXT CENTER CONTROLS").effect("1st TEXT CENTER ADJUSTMENT")("Slider"), value);
linear(time, key(7).time, key(8).time, value, value+comp("OUTRO 3 TEXT HITS").layer("TEXT CENTER CONTROLS").effect("2nd TEXT CENTER ADJUSTMENT")("Slider"));
linear(time, key(9).time, key(10).time, value, value+comp("OUTRO 3 TEXT HITS").layer("TEXT CENTER CONTROLS").effect("2nd TEXT CENTER ADJUSTMENT")("Slider"));
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2 Replies
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You need to make sure that only one of those statements gets executed at any given frame. Something like this (not tested):
if (time < key(5).time){
linear(time, key(3).time, key(4).time, value, value+comp("OUTRO 3 TEXT HITS").layer("TEXT CENTER CONTROLS").effect("1st TEXT CENTER ADJUSTMENT")("Slider"));
}else if (time < key(7).time){
linear(time, key(5).time, key(6).time, value+comp("OUTRO 3 TEXT HITS").layer("TEXT CENTER CONTROLS").effect("1st TEXT CENTER ADJUSTMENT")("Slider"), value);
}else if (time < key(9).time){
linear(time, key(7).time, key(8).time, value, value+comp("OUTRO 3 TEXT HITS").layer("TEXT CENTER CONTROLS").effect("2nd TEXT CENTER ADJUSTMENT")("Slider"));
}else{
linear(time, key(9).time, key(10).time, value, value+comp("OUTRO 3 TEXT HITS").layer("TEXT CENTER CONTROLS").effect("2nd TEXT CENTER ADJUSTMENT")("Slider"));
}
Dan
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That was the piece I was missing! Took a little tweaking to the last line most likely because I forgot to switch the output min and max in my original post but after switching those it worked perfect and i was able to recreate for my third slider. You are the man!I
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