making 2 seperate lights wiggle their intesity identically?

[Dan Ebberts]

One way would be to set the random seed to the same value in each expression, like this:

seedRandom(1,true);
wiggle(3,100)

Or, just pickwhip one to the other.

Dan

[Alfonso Gamez jordano]

For an example of this, watch through the middle of the just published Aharon Rabinowitz tutorial 😉

[David Lieberman]

mucho gracies guys!!! also, is there an expression that throws values more abruptly?? wiggle just seems pretty smooth…i wouldnt mind something that jumps from intensity of 50% to 115% nearly instantly and changes values very quickly…

thanks again guys

thanx for the help.

[Alfonso Gamez jordano]

Well, with wiggle, you can control how quick it changes and how abruptly it does :S

And, I don’t know how to do it through expressions, but by using The Wiggle window, if you set keyframes to Irregular rather than smooth, it will seem more abrupt, maybe helping you to achieve the look you’re after…

🙂

[Kyle Hamrick]

Exactly. Your basic wiggle expression works as follows:

If we’re working on a property with only one dimension, which is the case here, your expression will look exactly like the one in your original post.

wiggle(3,100)

In this expression, the first number, 3, is the frequency, while the second, 100, is the amplitude. Meaning that your property will change 3 times per second, up to 100 units.

If you want it to change faster, change the first number. Setting it to 30 would mean it will change every frame (asusming 30fps, of course.) Setting it to something like .2 gives a nice smooth drift – I use this all the time for that nice “drifty camera” look.

If your speed is correct, but it’s changing too much or too little, simply change that second number (and/or the number we’re wiggling from) accordingly.

That clear things up a bit?

Kyle Hamrick

Editor/Motion Graphics Artist

http://www.kylehamrick.com

[Darby Edelen]

[Kyle11268o] “wiggle(3,100)

In this expression, the first number, 3, is the frequency, while the second, 100, is the amplitude. Meaning that your property will change 3 times per second, up to 100 units.

If you want it to change faster, change the first number. Setting it to 30 would mean it will change every frame (asusming 30fps, of course.) Setting it to something like .2 gives a nice smooth drift – I use this all the time for that nice “drifty camera” look.”

Also, if you want to vary the frequency of the wiggle() consider linking the frequency to a Slider Expression Control which you can then animate (or even wiggle!) =)

This would allow you to add some organic variation to the wiggle()

Darby Edelen
Designer
Left Coast Digital
Santa Cruz, CA