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opacity animation master control of many time-offset layers
been looking around for a solution for this for a while dunno how to describe it with fruitful results:
1)a layer is offset 900 times , one second difference each layer.
2)an opacity curve starts at 0, goes quickly to 100%, then va few seconds later drops back to zero.
3)every layer has this curve.
4)Oh, I would really like to adjust this curve on all 900 layers , but they are offset in time .
cant wrap my head around how to have a master opacity curve to adjust keys in layers staggered in time…….. ? an expression ? time remapping the layers? referencing a parent layer ? -
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If they are all OFFSET in the exact spot then why not select all and have them all start at same spot then make a change on the keyframe (not sure about the curve option here).
Then use the offset layer option.
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I think you could use a valueAtTime() expression here.
You’d animate the first layer, and then you’d use an expression on the other layers to use the first layer’s animation, but offset in time.
Try this:
On your second layer, add this expression to the opacity property:
target = thisComp.layer("MyFirstLayer") ; // change MyFirstLayer to your first layer's name
target.opacity.valueAtTime( time - inPoint )Then adjust the in-point of the second layer as needed for the timing that you need.
If that will work for you, you can apply that expression to all of the other layers by right-clicking the opacity of the second layer (that has the expression) and choose ‘copy expression only’.
Then select all of the other layers (except the first ‘target’ layer) and paste.
If needed, you can adjust the in-points of all the layers using the Animation > Keyframe Assistant > Sequence Layers menu option. Move the CTI to the in point of the first ‘target’ layer, select all of the layers and hit the left bracket key (‘[‘) to line them all up, then move the CTI to the last key frame of the animation and hit Option-] (right-bracket) or Alt-] (Windows) to trim all of the layers. Then choose Animation > Keyframe Assistant > Sequence Layers and choose ‘overlap’ and enter the amount of overlap. This would be the duration of the layers minus the amount of offset. EX: each layer is 3 seconds and you want an offset of .5 seconds, the overlap would be 3 – 0.5 = 2.5 seconds : )
That should sequence all 900 layers and each should fallow the first layer’s opacity animation. Now if you change the first layer’s animation curve, it will affect all 900 layers.
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yes! thank you, sir.
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