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Needs of cycle or reset expression for an offset (Roughen Edges)
Hi, I have this scenario:
I have a simple bar made with a box Shape layer. To get fancy i added a Rough Edges effect (RE).
Then i animated the height of my box but the RE remains static, so no problem, i linked by expression the Y Offset of the RE to the height of the box, and works great, it gives the illusion of move accordingly to the growth of the bar.
The problem came when i noticed that the RE has an offset limit of 32000 pixels, so when the height of the box exceed this amount (and it does by a lot), the RE stop moving, losing the illusion.
So, my idea to solve it, is to get a kind of expression that reset the RE offset every time the height’s box gets 32000 or a multiple of it, and start from zero again but still linked to the growth of the bar. I think that this can still maintain the illusion of movement.
So if you could help me with this expression or with another solution, i will apreciate.
//code to link RE Offset to box heightx = value[0];
L = thisLayer;
y = L.sourceRectAtTime(time-L.inPoint).height;[x,-y*5];
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4 Replies
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Try this:
x = value[0];
L = thisLayer;
y = L.sourceRectAtTime(time-L.inPoint).height%32000;[x,-y*5];
Andrei
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Hi Andrei, thank you for reply
It worked really nice, i had to make a minor adjustment but the approach was pretty effective.
If you don’t mind i would like to understand why this %32000 works, i’m not a very Code man, but i like to understand this simple concepts that probably would help me in the future.
///////The code you gave to mex = value[0];
L = thisLayer;
y = L.sourceRectAtTime(time-L.inPoint).height%32000;// Previously I multiplied the offset by 5 at the end
[x,-y*5];///////The code updated
x = value[0];
L = thisLayer;// I had to multiply by 5 before add %32000, other wise the offset get a little crazy
y = (L.sourceRectAtTime(time-L.inPoint).height*5) %32000;[x,-y];
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It’s called modulo operator. It is what left when you divide it by that number.
Eg: if you divide 5 by 2, it is 2 and 1 left. So 5%2 is 1.
You use this operator when want to create a cycle. time%10 would start from zero to 10. Then the second it hits 10, starts from zero again. Because 10%10 is 0. And again at 20 and so on.Andrei
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Thank you very much Andrei, for the solution and for the explanation.
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