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Expression to randomize time remap frame and hold for random time
Hi everyone,
I’ve been looking through posts and have had a very difficult time finding a script that both randomizes a time remap frame from a 5 frame precomp, AND can hold the still frame for a random (15 60 frames).What I’m trying to do is sort of replicate the look of Christmas lights blinking in different colors, where dots are spelling out a word and are supposed to blink in 1 of 5 different colors, so holding for a moment, then changing to a different color. I don’t all the “lights” to change at the same time, say .5 seconds, and it’s waaay too fast if the colors are only up for 1 frame.
Also if anyone can suggest a script for having each dot appear on screen in random order and then holding for the duration of the comp, that would also be a HUGE help. I’m working with upwards of 75 Layers, so doing this manually is inefficient.
Any help is greatly appreciated.Thanks,
Marc -
2 Replies
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I think this works:
numFrames = 5;
minDur = 15;
maxDur = 60;f = timeToFrames();
f0 = 0;
seedRandom(index,true);
while (f0 <= f){
f0 += Math.floor(random(minDur,maxDur+1));
}
seedRandom(f0,true);
framesToTime(Math.floor(random(numFrames)));
Dan
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Thanks Dan!
This seems to be working great! Any thoughts on making the 75 Layers pop up in random order in under 2 (or an adjustable number of) seconds?
Cheers,
MarcMarcRocks!
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