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Delaying multiple transitions
Hello all,
I am trying to accomplish what is probably a simple expression, but I just can’t get my head around it.
I have 35 horizontal lines that have the venetian blind transition applied. I made a null with “slider control” and then gave each layer an expression to follow the slider.
thisComp.layer(“Null 1”).effect(“Slider Control”)(“Slider”)
What I can’t figure out is how to delay some of the lines a certain number of frames.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
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This is one way:
delay = 15; //delay in frames
thisComp.layer(“Null 1”).effect(“Slider Control”)(“Slider”) .valueAtTime(time – delay*thisComp.frameDuration)You could also calculate the delay based on the layer index if the delay is different for each layer.
Dan
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