Anyway to link In and Out to a slider?

[stefan whitt]

I have attached an image below, but I am hoping to have the in-point attached to a slider so for the template in premiere pro you can change when each element comes in to match the VO.

Any other solution would be greatly appreciated, thank you!

[Adam Greenberg]

yes you can, where is the image.

and also, is there an ”out” we need to consider ?

[stefan whitt]

Sorry Image is here

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[Dan Ebberts]

You can’t control a layer’s in point with an expression, but you might be able to fake it in some situations. You could precomp your shape layer, turn on time remapping, add a slider, and add this time remapping expression:

s = effect("Slider Control")("Slider");
time - s

You might also want to add this opacity expression:

s = effect("Slider Control")("Slider");
time -s < 0 ? 0 : value

[Adam Greenberg]

but Dan, this could at least offset the animation with a slider

add to the position property of the layer

inpoint = thisComp.layer(“inpoint of animation”).effect(“Slider Control”)(“Slider”);

thisComp.layer(“animation”).transform.position.valueAtTime(time-thisComp.layer(“inpoint of animation”).effect(“Slider Control”)(“Slider”))

let me know your thoughts, Ill post the rig also

[Adam Greenberg]

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[Dan Ebberts]

Sure, instead of time remapping the precomped layer, you could attached each animated property to a time offset slider. You’d probably still need to also tie it to the layer’s opacity (unless, as in your example, it animates in from off screen).

[Adam Greenberg]

I love your opacity expression, that will come in handy.

Also, I`m not sure if what I suggested is really what the OP needs, but I had a similar project already set up, so i just copy, reduced it and shared just in case it was