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Cumulative Variable?
I want to create a variable – Cumulo – which adds the value of another parameter – Adder(which animates) – to itself on every frame.
So on:
frame 1 – Adder = 10 – Cumulo = 10
frame 2 – Adder = 10 – Cumulo = 20
frame 3 – Adder = 10 – Cumulo = 30
frame 4 – Adder = 20 – Cumulo = 50
frame 5 – Adder = 20 – Cumulo = 70How do I write an expression to do that?
My final values will be much less user friendly to think about.Thanks
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4 Replies
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Expressions can’t pass information from one frame to the next, so there aren’t any persistent variables. The best you can do is base your calculation of the global time object, or do it the brute force way and create a loop that starts at time=0 (or the layer’s in point) and re-creates everything that has happened on previous frames.
Dan
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So I dont think basing it on time will work for me, cause that doesnt account for the the various changes that Adder made over time.
So how would I go about creating this loop that looks at the history of Adder and calculates Cumulo on each frame?
Thanks for your help.
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Probably something like this (it depends on what Adder is):
Adder = thisComp.layer("Other Layer").transform.rotation;
f = timeToFrames(time);
Cumulo = 0;
for (i = 0; i <= f; i++){
t = framesToTime(i);
Cumulo += Adder.valueAtTime(t);
}
Cumulo
The value at each frame takes longer to execute than the frame before, so this may not be a good method for a long composition.
Dan
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Thanks a bunch for your help Dan,
Took some tweeking, but I got it working:
Adder = comp("Shashkin").layer("Desert").effect("Form")("Flow Z");
f = timeToFrames(time);
Cumulo = 0;
for (i = 0; i <= f; i++){
t = framesToTime(i);
Cumulo += (Adder.valueAtTime(t) / 30);
}
[750, Cumulo]
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