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Camera to affect a layer’s Gaussian Blur and Opacity
Hey guys,
I’m having an issue with creating an expression for a camera to be able to affect a certain layer to activate gaussian blur and opacity when it’s about 50-60 pixels away. I thought of defining the difference of distance of the camera on z and the layer itself as a variable, then making an if conditional for this variable. The camera will be animated, but if it’s just 60 pixels away from each other then the if conditional will work. I tried to put it into words but if anyone can help me out, please do!Basically;
variable = distance of camera on z – distance of layer on z
if variable = 60, activate gaussian blur and opacity,
else no gaussian blur and opacityThank you!
Nadya
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3 Replies
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You have to you use the && sign to do this conditional. When you use the && sign then both side of the condition must be true in order to run the first block of code or the else block of code will be ran.
var cameraPosZ = thisComp.layer("Camera 1").transform.position[2]; //Change this by pick whipping the your camera's z position
var z = transform.position[2] - cameraPosZ;
var blurAmount = 30; //Change this to the amount of blur you want
var onBlur;
if( z >= 50 && z <= 60 ){
onBlur = blurAmount;
} else {
onBlur = 0;
}
onBlurFor Expression Tutorials:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe77szX2n1WSKsGs-2gmbDw -
Hey DeMarc,
Thanks for helping out! I tried your code but it gave me an “error at line 5 in property ‘Opacity’ of layer 11 (brown) in comp maincomp. Expected: )., expression was disabled”. I asked a friend of mine and he came up with the same kind of code and had the same kind of issue. Could you help me out?Nadya
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Sorry, when I pasted the code creative cow’s forum changed it. In line 5 paste this:
if( z >= 50 && z <= 60 ){For Expression Tutorials:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe77szX2n1WSKsGs-2gmbDw
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