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Delayed Pick Whip
I am trying to use a pick whip to connect the scale and opacity values of many similar layers to a master layer that I animate. However, I’d like to be able to offset in time when Layer 2 follows the scale and opacity changes in Layer 1.
I’ll do my best to make sense:
Layer 1 is a circle that scales and fades up. Layer 2 is directly adjacent and needs to perform the same animation, but 10 frames after the Layer 1 has started. Layer 3 is directly adjacent and needs to perform the same animation, but 10 frames after Layer 2 (or 20 frames after Layer 1, however you look at it). Ad nauseam for a few dozen of these things.
Any help is appreciated!
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2 Replies
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Just paste this into the scale property for Layer 2, select Layer 2’s scale property, Edit > Copy Expression Only, select layers 3 through (how ever many there are), Edit > Paste.
delay = 10*thisComp.frameDuration;
thisComp.layer(“Layer 1”).transform.scale.valueAtTime(time + (index-1)*delay)Then just edit the expression for opacity and do it again.
Dan
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Thanks Dan!
That wasn’t exactly what I was looking for, but set me down the right track and I was able to get what I needed. It’s working the way I’d like now.
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