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Freeze/Unfreeze Expression at Given Time
Hey Everyone!
I’m in the process of building an animation of a website that types into a URL, the page loads with welcome text that says “Hello! We Are (Company)”. I’m using a sourceText expression that points at a slider control to delegate type out speed with a blinking cursor after text types out. I would like to add a slight delay in between “Hello!” and “We Are” (probably somewhere around 6-12 frames) and then a longer freeze inbetween “We Are” and “(Company)”(around 5-8 seconds@24FPS).
I’m assuming off the bat that the answer lies somewhere in an if-else function or along the lines of less than/greater than time. I don’t have much experience creating delays mid-expression as of yet and am having trouble figuring this out for myself.
Any help is greatly appreciated! I can provide a clip for reference if my question requires clarity.
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//This code is used in the text layer that is inside of a precomp. The precomp is parented to another layer in the main comp to scale to size appropriately.
L=text.sourceText.length;
T=time*effect("Speed")("Slider");
F=Math.round(time%1);if(F==1 | (T0)){Fl="|";} else{Fl=""};
substr(0,T)+Fl;
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2 Replies
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If you replace the “time” property with a slider that you animate as if it was time moving (or not moving, for pauses), you have control over it with keyframes.
Kalleheikki Kannisto
Senior Graphic Designer -
Amazing, thank you!
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