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  • How would i set up this colorful expression?

    Posted by Richard Garabedain on December 2, 2014 at 12:48 am

    I put a wiggle on a layer’s fill so that its color changes rapidly. Its for a particle system. The only problem is i get too many black and white frames when i want colors. IS there a better expression, or a little extra expression that will tell the color fill to stay out of the black and white areas.

    Jp Pelc replied 11 years, 5 months ago 5 Members · 5 Replies
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  • Roland R. kahlenberg

    December 2, 2014 at 1:49 am

    What does your Expression look like?

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  • Richard Garabedain

    December 2, 2014 at 4:58 am

    its just a wiggle. I did lower the wiggle amount, that helped and will work well enough if i don’t get a definite answer.

  • John Cuevas

    December 2, 2014 at 2:46 pm

    You need to give us more information. Did you apply an effect to the layer, or is it a text layer? What is the layer’s original color, how much of the color spectrum do you want to affect–1 channel, all 3 channels? And to Roland’s query, exactly what expression did you apply to the fill?

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  • Walter Soyka

    December 2, 2014 at 3:09 pm

    [Richard Garabedain] “IS there a better expression, or a little extra expression that will tell the color fill to stay out of the black and white areas.”

    You almost get this for free by starting with the HSL (Hue/Saturation/Lightness) color model instead of RGB. You can convert between them [link] in your expression.

    Vary the hue as much as you like; keep the saturation and lightness within ranges to limit blacks and whites.

    Walter Soyka
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  • Jp Pelc

    December 2, 2014 at 7:22 pm

    I would add a wiggle expression to the hue setting in an HSL effect, not a fill.

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