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How to change random colors gradually?
I’ve found this great rig for randomizing preset colors.
It’s made by Andrew Marston of Ukramedia and it works perfectly.The only trouble with this rig is that it doesn’t blend the colors from one color to another.
Is there a simple solution to gradually change to another random color?The code is down below. The first is the more elaborate version of the code. At the bottom is a simplified (and less flexible) version.
The Youtube video which explains the build is found here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIaARyBthBs
colors = new Array();
numColors = thisComp.layer("Ctrl").effect("numColors")("Slider");
for(i = 1; i <= numColors; i++){
newColor = thisComp.layer("Ctrl").effect("Color Control " + i)("Color");
colors.push(newColor);
}
slider = thisComp.layer("Ctrl").effect("Freq")("Slider").value;
counter = Math.floor(time/slider);
seedRandom(counter, true);
colorId = Math.floor(random(colors.length));
colors[colorId];
color1 = thisComp.layer("Ctrl").effect("Color Control 1")("Color");
color2 = thisComp.layer("Ctrl").effect("Color Control 2")("Color");
color3 = thisComp.layer("Ctrl").effect("Color Control 3")("Color");
color4 = thisComp.layer("Ctrl").effect("Color Control 4")("Color");
colors = [color1, color2, color3, color4];
freq = thisComp.layer("Ctrl").effect("Freq")("Slider");
counter = Math.floor(time/freq);
seedRandom(counter, true);
colorId = Math.floor(random(colors.length));
colors[colorId];
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2 Replies
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Try this Gerben:
colors = new Array();
numColors = thisComp.layer("Ctrl").effect("numColors")("Slider");
for(i = 1; i <= numColors; i++){
newColor = thisComp.layer("Ctrl").effect("Color Control " + i)("Color");
colors.push(newColor);
}
slider = thisComp.layer("Ctrl").effect("Freq")("Slider").value;
counter = Math.floor(time/slider);
seedRandom(counter, true);
fromColor = colors[Math.floor(random(colors.length))];
seedRandom(counter+1, true);
toColor = colors[Math.floor(random(colors.length))];
ease((time/slider)%1,0,1,fromColor, toColor);Note that Frequency is actually duration per flash, not flashes per seconds.
If you want to hold the colors for a little while before it interpolates, you could do this as the last line:
ease((time/slider)%1, 0, 1/3, fromColor, toColor);
which will ease for 1/3 of the time and hold 2/3 of the time.
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And again many thanks for the solution!
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