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Offset position on a motion path
I have an object on a motion path and I want to duplicate it but offset and have the offset increase as it moves along the path using index without using time. Right now I have it working but using a time expression does not give me consistency. The spacing of objects change with new layer. Any input would be much appreciated.
Thanks!
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5 Replies
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Something like that might do the trick, supposing your original object has two keyframes & you want your offset in Y:
P=thisComp.layer(“your object name”).transform.position;
A=P.key(1).time;
B=P.key(2).time;linear(time,A,B,P.valueAtTime(A),P.valueAtTime(B)+[0,index*500])
Julien Schickel
Editor & motion designer
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7_NVR3JLdhEYDlEQuNFfug -
Hey Julien,
Actually my object has more than 2 key frames and I wanted to offset the position on the path, and have that number increase over time for each duplicated layer. So they start off really close together then get farther apart as time goes on.
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that’s what the expression does, I think. You just have to change the number 2 in key(2).time by the number of your last keyframe.
Julien Schickel
Editor & motion designer
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7_NVR3JLdhEYDlEQuNFfug -
Awesome I will give it a shot!
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That didn’t work, but I am trying something a bit different now. I precomped the animation and added a time remap. Now I just want to change the end of the second keyframe multiplied by the index. I do not understand the key() expression much so I have having trouble achieving this. Would you be able to shed some light on this?
Thanks!
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