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Conditionals and wiggle on two dimensions
Hi,
I’m trying to use the expression below to control the scale of one layer when a person is talking, but it breaks every time it runs, the errors are:
Array piece can’t expand to more than one value when I finish the expression with [x,x] and
Expression result must be if dimension 2, not 1 if I change the end to x.
The idea is to have the layer scale and shake when the person talks and still when the person is quiet.
Can anyone help?
s=thisComp.layer("hostess").effect("Both Channels")("Slider");if
(s>=5)
{
x=(wiggle(2,10));
}
else
{x=100;
}
[x,x]
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3 Replies
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wiggle() already gives you an array, so sticking it in brackets (as variable x) won’t work. Try it this way:
s=thisComp.layer(“hostess”).effect(“Both Channels”)(“Slider”);
(s >= 5) ? wiggle(2,10) : [100,100]Dan
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Thanks Dan,
I revised to this:
s=thisComp.layer(“Audio VO”).effect(“Both Channels”)(“Slider”)
t= linear(s,0,8,100,165);if
(s>=1
&& time>=38
&& time <=62
)
{[t,t]
}
else
[100,100];Depending on the layer I change the time values.
I’m not very familiar with this other writing convention you’re using, the question mark and the colon. I think I saw it once but that’s it, I’m guessing the ? means “then” and : means “else”, but I don’t see anything that means “if”
Is the old writing convention bad? Does it slow the program or something?
Thanks again.
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In JavaScript, ? is the conditional operator, where the “if” is implied. It’s just a more compact notation that I like when the logic is simple.
Dan
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