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Can’t modify gradient [ and can’t apply loopOut() ]
I made two shapes with Illustrator, copied and pasted in a AE shape layer at different keyframe to animate them.
I can add a gradient fill but can’t modify it.
Another problem occur when I try to loop the animation adding “loopOut()”
AE send this error message:
After Effects warning: Bad method arguments: loop is not supported for custom properties
Expression disabled.
Using this expression loop animation but doesn’t “pingpong” it:
if (numKeys >1 && time > key(numKeys).time){ t1 = key(1).time; t2 = key(numKeys).time; span = t2 - t1; delta = time - t2; t = delta%span; valueAtTime(t1 + t) }else valueHere is the comp.
5421_gradient.aep.ziphttps://www.flickr.com/photos/giacomogiacomo/
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giacomo
You can’t manipulate the Path using Expressions directly.
To modify the gradient, Click on Edit Gradient option.
Vishesh Arora
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Usually selecting objects whit gradient fill shows a gradient control bar (see red arrow)
When I select my shape this bar doesn’t appear. I want to rotate the gradient by 90 degrees.
I tried with Ramp but it disabled the shape stroke.https://www.flickr.com/photos/giacomogiacomo/
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For your wave animation, why don’t you precomp the wave and apply time remapping to one cycle of the wave. Then you apply a loopOut(“pingpong”) expression to the time remap keyframes.
I did it here: 5422_5421gradienttimeremap.aep.zip
Johnny Cuevas, Editor
Thinkck.com“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
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You change the rotation of your gradient by editing the Start and End points within “Gradient Fill 1”.
Johnny Cuevas, Editor
Thinkck.com“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
—THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb. -
Yes but I don’t understand why I can’t directly control the gradient
https://www.flickr.com/photos/giacomogiacomo/
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