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  • fly in layers

    Posted by Mark Samuels on April 7, 2014 at 4:44 am

    I have some 3d layers and I want them to fly in from different directions. How do i do this please without using keyframes for each one? I discovered how to do it with text but haven’t yet worked out how to do with my shapes and photoshop layers.

    John Cuevas replied 12 years, 1 month ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  • John Cuevas

    April 7, 2014 at 1:04 pm

    You can can apply this expression to your position:

    moveDur = 2;

    seedRandom(index,true);
    startPos = random([thisComp.width,thisComp.height]);
    ease(time,inPoint,inPoint+moveDur,startPos, value)

    Johnny Cuevas, Editor
    Thinkck.com

    “I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
    —THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.

  • Mark Samuels

    April 14, 2014 at 9:42 am

    thanks I tried your expression and it moves them a little bit away. Im not sure how to edit it so they move further?

  • John Cuevas

    April 14, 2014 at 2:05 pm

    Try this script, Distribute Layers or this one Randomizer

    If I had more time this morning, I’d work out an expression and some sliders to do what Distribute Layers does, but installing the script will probably be a lot faster for you.

    Johnny Cuevas, Editor
    Thinkck.com

    “I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
    —THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.

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