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Expression Question
I’m animating a sunrise, and I’m using an expression on a four color gradient to connect the position of one of the gradients (the bright color to serve as a glow) to the center of the sun.
Currently the sun is coming from the lower left of frame and arching into the lower right. The issue I am having is the sun I made is fairly large and in order to benefit from the gradient point’s spread, I would like to make the expression so it’s referencing the center of the sun, but adding a few points up from the center of the sun.
I was thinking of using vector math to add to the x and y in the expression, but I can’t figure it out to where it’s written correctly.
Here’s what I have right now: thisComp.layer(“sun.ai”).transform.position
Hopefully this explanation makes sense and thanks in advance for your help.
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2 Replies
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You can just add a vector to the position of the sun:
thisComp.layer("sun.ai").transform.position + [0,10]This will add 0 pixels to the x value and 10 pixels to the y value. If your sun is a 3D layer (which it probably isn’t or you’d have even more issues using a 2D effect to reference it) you will need to add
[0, 10, 0]to the position.Darby Edelen
DVD Menu Artist
Left Coast Digital
Aptos, CA -
Thanks for the quick response. I knew it was going to be something easy. I forgot all about just adding to the position points. When it comes to expressions, I tend to overthink things a bit.
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