Freeze Frame Expression for pausing frames for a short time every second

[Dan Ebberts]

A few more details would be helpful. How long do you want it to pause? How often? Does the run time get extended, or do the frames missed during the pause get skipped?

Dan

[Paula Schwabe]

Hey,

I would like it to pause just for a few frames, maybe around 3 frames. It should pause after every second. It could also be a little bit more random between 1 to 3 sec but it does not need to be. I would be interested in trying out both versions: with extended time and with skipped frames.
There is a look I am trying to recreate. Its an animation on a website called: antro.ca/en
On their frontpage they have an animation behind their typo ( sometimes it needs a few seconds to load) .
I rebuild the geometrical shapes and got the random opacity but I cant seem to get the movement right.

Thanks a lot!

[Dan Ebberts]

I don’t know if this gets you close to what you’re looking for, but it should hold one frame for three frames every second:

pauseFrames = 3;
durSec = 1;

f = timeToFrames(time);
fDur = timeToFrames(durSec);
seg = Math.floor(f/fDur);
fRem = f%fDur;
fCur = (fRem < fDur-pauseFrames) ? fRem : fDur – pauseFrames;
framesToTime(seg*fDur + fCur);

Dan

[Paula Schwabe]

hey Dan,

thank you so much,
that is actually quite perfect:)