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Loop Random Velocity
Hi,
I need to loop an object moving from top to bottom of the screen at random speeds/velocity.
Let me explain further what I mean. I have two keyframes for an object’s y value. It starts on the top of the screen and ends at the bottom of the screen. Pretty simple. I then added a loopOut(“cycle”) expression so the object continually loops, moving from the top of the screen to the bottom, over and over. Perfect…
Now what I need is for the object’s velocity or speed to randomly change each time it loops. Basically I want the time it takes the object to reach the bottom of the screen to be different every time it loops.
How can I do this using expressions? Thanks!
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2 Replies
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This is one way. Adjust minDur and maxDur to get the range of transition times you like:
minDur = .5;
maxDur = 2.5;if (numKeys > 1){
t = tPrev = inPoint;
seedRandom(index,true);
while (t <= time){
tPrev = t;
t += random(minDur,maxDur);
}
linear(time,tPrev,t,key(1).value,key(2).value);
}else
value
Dan
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Thanks Dan! This works perfectly.
Any chance you could briefly explain how the code snippet works?
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