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  • Linking the Bulge effect to an Audio Amplitude layer to get a beat

    Posted by Helena Masterson on December 12, 2011 at 9:47 pm

    I have an expression that I have used to link an Audio Amplitude layer to the Taper Radius of the Bulge effect. I want the bulge effect to become bigger and smaller to the beat of the music.

    The expression I have works but the movement is so slight that you can barely see it. Is there a way to have a value range to intensify the effect of the bulge beating such as a max and min?

    This is what I have as my expression:

    thisComp.layer("Audio Amplitude").effect("Both Channels")("Slider")

    Helena Masterson replied 14 years, 7 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
  • 2 Replies
  • Dan Ebberts

    December 12, 2011 at 10:31 pm

    Like this, probably:

    aud = thisComp.layer(“Audio Amplitude”).effect(“Both Channels”)(“Slider”);
    audMin = 0;
    audMax = 20;
    taperMin = 0;
    taperMax = 100;
    linear(aud,audMin,audMax,taperMax,taperMin)

    Dan

  • Helena Masterson

    December 12, 2011 at 11:00 pm

    Thats great thanks! You have no idea how many things I tried.. Works a treat 🙂

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