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Expression Error: Expression result must be of dimension 2, not 1 …
Hi Guys. I’m getting an error on a position expression control that says: “Expression result must be of dimension 2, not 1 … ”
I have a slider that goes from 1-5. I’m trying to move the position controller based on the number in that slider.
numSlider = effect("Number of Slider")("Slider");
x = 960;
if (numSlider == 5) {(x,418)} else {(x,540)}
Currently I have the slider set to 5 so I could test my expression. It didn’t work. Ha. I really can’t see any reason why this shouldn’t work though. It’s giving me the error at Line 1 as if it thinks I want the variable “numSlider” to be the output.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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5 Replies
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You need square brackets instead of parens:
numSlider = effect(“Number of Slider”)(“Slider”);
x = 960;
if (numSlider == 5) {[x,418]} else {[x,540]}Dan
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As always … thanks very much Dan!
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Hi there.
I have the same error message with a slightly different code. :
transform.position
fps=5
spd=1000
posterizeTime(fps), time*spd
I tried to change parens in line 4 with square brackets but it didn’t work.
Its telling me the error is in line 1 though.
I’m trying to get a feeling of twitchy animation of a set moving in the background of my vidéo.
Thanks in advance if you can help.
Mathieu.
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Hi Mathieu, you didn’t use semicolons to end statements, maybe that’s why you get an error in line 1.
The result of your calculation has 1 dimension, a number.
In what direction do you want the layer to move?
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Thank you for your answer.
I find another way to solve my problem. I don’t know if it can be useful for others but in case of :
I did it by “separating dimensions” of the position parameter for my layer/compo and then alt+clic to add the expression : posterizeTime(10); value+time*200
10 : if the number of frame per second. The smaller the number the more twitchy it gets.
value refers to the previous value you put in your position parameter
200 is the number you change to have you end position set correctly.
Thanks for your help anyway.
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