Fade Out at Marker End

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Fade Out at Marker End

Posted by Henri Yates on November 18, 2022 at 6:20 pm

Hello… I want to add an expression to another expression to add a slight fade (like 5 or 6 frames) out to a text layer. I don’t want it to disappear abruptly.

Here’s the expression;

m = thisLayer.marker;

n = 0;

val = “”;

if (m.numKeys > 0){

n = m.nearestKey(time).index;

if (m.key(n).time > time) n–;

}

if (n > 0){

t = time – m.key(n).time;

if (t < m.key(n).duration){

val = m.key(n).comment;

}

}

val

Thanks.

Henri Yates replied 3 years, 5 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
2 Replies

Dan Ebberts

November 18, 2022 at 6:37 pm

I’m assuming this is a source text expression, correct? If so, change it to this:

m = thisLayer.marker;
n = 0;
val = "";
if (m.numKeys > 0){
  n = m.nearestKey(time).index;
  if (m.key(n).time > time) n--;
}
if (n > 0){
  val = m.key(n).comment;
}
val

and add this opacity expression:

m = thisLayer.marker;
f = framesToTime(5);
n = 0;
val = 0;
if (m.numKeys > 0){
  n = m.nearestKey(time).index;
  if (m.key(n).time > time) n--;
}
if (n > 0){
  t = time - m.key(n).time;
  d = m.key(n).duration;
  val = linear(t,d,d+f,100,0);
}
val

Henri Yates
November 18, 2022 at 6:43 pm

👏👏

Thank you, Dan Ebberts.

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