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  • Can I decrease a Wiggle expression over time?

    Posted by Shane Mckinney on October 6, 2006 at 2:44 am

    I have applied a wiggle expression to the rotation parameter on a layer. I need to decrease the total amount of wiggle over time. I know there are probly a lot of ways to do this but i”m blanking out.

    Any help would be greatly appreciated!

    Roland R. kahlenberg replied 19 years, 7 months ago 5 Members · 6 Replies
  • 6 Replies
  • Steve Roberts

    October 6, 2006 at 3:40 am

    Search the COW for “wiggle” and “slider”.

  • Roland R. kahlenberg

    October 6, 2006 at 4:13 am

    Steve’s got ir right. SLiders are a good way to go about with this if you want accuracy. Otherwise, someting crude like this should work too.
    //

    slowdown1 = index/time;
    slowdown2 = 20/time;
    wiggle(slowdown1,slowdown2)
    //
    To slowdown things quicker, instead of time, replace it with (timextime). ANd replace index with any numeral and/or the number 20 with a higher starting number.

    HTH
    Roland Kahlenberg
    broadcastGEMs
    customizable animated backdrops with Adobe After Effects proejct files

  • Julio Crespo

    October 6, 2006 at 4:15 am

    Add a null layer and apply two slider controls (frequency and amplitude), then select the values on the wigle expression and link to the corresponding slider control with pick whip, animate the slider. Its work fine

  • Shane Mckinney

    October 6, 2006 at 4:24 am

    BINGO…. thanks for jogging my memory

  • Julian Sixx

    October 6, 2006 at 4:25 am

    Hi
    [RoRK] “slowdown1 = index/time;
    slowdown2 = 20/time;
    wiggle(slowdown1,slowdown2)”

    This position expression gives me an division error message!Any hints?

  • Roland R. kahlenberg

    October 6, 2006 at 4:35 am

    [Julian06] “[RoRK] “slowdown1 = index/time;
    slowdown2 = 20/time;
    wiggle(slowdown1,slowdown2)”

    This position expression gives me an division error message!Any hints?”

    Sorry. My bad. At time zero, you will receive this error message – you can’t divide by zero in as far as Expressions is concerned.

    The following should work – I even checked it. 🙂
    //
    slowdown1 = index/(time+.1);
    slowdown2 = 20/(time+.1);
    wiggle(slowdown1,slowdown2)
    //

    HTH
    Roland Kahlenberg
    broadcastGEMs
    customizable animated backdrops with Adobe After Effects proejct files

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