Multiple Position Animation

[Filip Vandueren]

I have two shape layers, the first one is called “destination”

The second one is at a different position.
The second one has a expression control slider that is keyframed from 0 to 100 to drive the animation.

This expression on position will first move along the X axis, then the Y axis, to move from the original position to “destination”‘s position.

You can also use linear() instead of ease()

p1=position;
p2=thisComp.layer("destination").position;

X=Math.abs(p2[0]-p1[0]);
Y=Math.abs(p2[1]-p1[1]);

// first X and then Y
midpoint = 100*(X/(X+Y));
detour = [p2[0],p1[1]];

// first Y and then X would be:
// midpoint = 100*(Y/(X+Y));
// detour = [p1[0],p2[1]];

sl=effect("move 0-100")("Slider").value;

if (sl<midpoint) {
ease(sl,0,midpoint,p1,detour);
} else {
ease(sl,midpoint,100,detour,p2);
}