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how to connect only 1 of multiple keyframes to a slider control?
I apologize in advance if this is a dumb question. My experience so far is limited to pick whipping values to slider controls. Really basic stuff. But I’ve run into a problem where I want something to animate from 0 to x (as determined by the slider) and pick-whipping just ain’t gonna cut it anymore.
How would I write the expression to make the first keyframe consistent, and the next keyframe link to the slider?
To give a specific example, I have a path with a stroke. I know that I want the stroke width to begin at 2 and end at 2, but I would like the value in the middle to be controlled by a slider. ie. key1 = 2, key2 = x, key3 = 2.
Thanks in advance! Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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This should work. Put this expression on the Stroke Width value.
What it does is it will tell AE to only use the slider value between 2 and 3 seconds. Outside of that range it will use your normal keyframes.
Hope it helps.if (time >= 1 && time <= 3) {
effect("Slider Control")("Slider");
} else {
content("Rectangle 1").content("Stroke 1").strokeWidth;
} -
Thanks Jorge, I’ll give this a try!
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Hey Jorge, just wanted to let you know where I ended up. Your snippet was really helpful to get me started and send me down the right path. Once I got yours working I wanted to change it so that the timing of the change could be controlled by a marker on the layer.
After a lot of trial and error I ended up with this!
I pasted the code in the Stroke Width property and made a slider called “spark width”.
Anyways, thanks for your help!
time_to_marker = Math.abs(time - thisLayer.marker.nearestKey(time).time)*5
easeOut(time_to_marker,comp("_controller").layer("Controller").effect("spark width")("Slider"),2)
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