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How do I get my negative and positive value amounts to show their actual amounts, not relative?
Sorry I am not including specifics, but I know there is a simple answer, and I cannot locate one. Right now, I am setting up an expression, and I can adjust the value from zero both in the positive and negative direction.
The PROBLEM lies where whether or not I adjust the amount to lets say -10….or 10…After effects reads that amount as 10. So if I pickwhip lets say opacity it will be transparent at 0, and fully opaque at 10 and -10.
what I am trying to do it set an expression where -10 is the LOWEST and 10, for example, would be the highest (not the distance relative to 0). I am sure there is a simple javascript script I can insert, but I cannot find one. Again, ideas?
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Sounds like you want an interpolation expression. I made a solid and added a slider control that went from -10 to 10 to create this expression, but you could delete effect(“Slider Control”)(“Slider”) as the controller and pick whip to whatever you want to use as an input.
input = effect("Slider Control")("Slider");
ease(input, -10,10,0,100)Here’s a link that explains this expression and the other interpolation expressions. Interpolation Methods: linear(), ease()
Johnny Cuevas, Editor
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Thanks John! I appreciate the help!
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Sorry for reviving an old thread, but I’m having the same issue.
John suggested changing the minimum expected value. But this just increases the expression’s expected value range.
linear(t, t_min, t_max, value1, value2)The way this expression should work is when t equals or is less than t_min, the method will output value1.
This is not what is happening for me. When t is less than t_min it treats it as a positive number.
Can anyone help me out where I’m going wrong in all this?
Thanks!
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