Linking the Camera to the Shatter Effect

[Chris Wright]

Add a new camera, and add the following expression to the position property of the camera: [Math.sin(time)*z,y,Math.cos(time)*z]

where z is the zoom value of the camera, and y is y position of the targeted layers, in our case the expression goes like this:

[Math.sin(time)*507,120,Math.cos(time)*507]

You’ll notice that the camera is now moving in a circle around

from
https://library.creativecow.net/articles/al_khatib_talid/volume_meter.php

[Dylan Usic]

Hi,

When I copied the first expression into the camera position it didn’t accept it and a window came up saying:

“After Effects warning: Class ‘Camera’ has no property or method named ‘z’
Expression disabled.
Error occured at line 1.
Comp: ‘Comp 1’
Layer: 1 (‘Camera 1’)
Property: ‘Position’ ”

What should I do?

Also, Is there a way that I can apply the shatter effect, then after about 5 frames ‘freeze’ the shatter effect and then rotate the camera around it?

Thanks.