jumpy text seen in scary movies

[Harry Frank]

If you can wait just a couple more weeks…

https://www.graymachine.com/content/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogsection&id=6&Itemid=35

There’s a lot of things you can do, but on the position, try this:

probability = 10 ;//higher is less likely

val = random(-probability, 1);
m = clamp(val, 0, 1)
y = wiggle(10, 200*m);
[value[0], y[1]]

Harry J Frank
Freelance Motion Designer
graymachine.com

[Steve Roberts]

Like this?

https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/exchange/index.cfm?event=extensionDetail&loc=en_us&extid=1046739

It’s more of a “project for exploration” rather than a tutorial. It uses the wiggle expression. Hope it helps.

[Christopher Dykes]

This was a great tutorial, I must say. It is exactly what I was looking for. It there anyway to create it for a 16:9 aspect ratio? More importantly I was having a problem with the position expression of the really blurry text layer that jumps around a lot. When I put in the expression for the value of the position it kept moving off the screen instead of being centered. Do you have any tips or suggestions?

[Ramon Montes]

Hey…did you ever find a solution on how to fix the text from moving off screen? I’m having the same issue and I don’t know how to fix it. I’m using CS3.

[Aza Allen]

Tutorial mentioned no longer works for newer versions of AE… is there another one? – preferably video tutorial…

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[Steve Roberts]

Google “wiggle expression” and “after effects” or try searching youtube for GDM223SR.

[Aza Allen]

A wiggle expression only gets you so far… I think what this effect also calls for (At least how I’ve seen it used) is also a part of an expression that keeps the text in one spot for a short time, and then it jumps to another random position within a set amount of space… or, better yet, have the pause interval also be random so it (being the text) would freeze for a moment, then wiggle a bit, then freeze in another position (With varying levels of opacity as well)…

anyone know how to accomplish this?

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