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  How do I pull the TIME of the First keyframe from a layer?

  Posted by Jonathan Moxness on July 18, 2017 at 9:00 pm

  I’m creating a fighting-game style health-bar element that moves based on keyframes (input manually) of a Null Slider Control layer. What I want is when said Main Bar moves, a Red Health Bar layer behind it remains stationary for about 30 frames, then fades out to 0 opacity. Then the next time the Main Bar moves, the Red Health Bar (or a duplicate Red Health Bar) is at the Main Bar‘s previous position, remains stationary for about 30 frames, then fades out to 0 opacity, etc. etc.
  I’ve figured out how to get the Red Health Bar‘s opacity keyframes to start in time with the last keyframe of the Slider Control layer using this expression:

  kf = comp(“Working Comp”).layer(“Right Health Bar”).effect(“Slider Control”)(“Slider”);
  tm = kf.key(kf.numKeys).time;
  opacity.valueAtTime(time – tm);

  But I don’t know how to time it with the FIRST keyframe. If I can get that, I figured I could just add an index expression so it goes up incrementally.

  Here’s an example from Street Fighter V of what I’m trying to emulate: https://youtu.be/gTas1o3gz5Y?t=15s

  Thanks in advance for any help!

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