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Position Expression from Multiple 3D Layers
Hi there,
Is there anyway to add a layer slider or layer control to be able to keyframe and select a 3D layers position based on another 3D layer or multiple 3D layers?
I’m needing to create some lightning within AE and am using a 2D lightning effect with the start and end positions linked to several 3D Nulls giving the effect the lightning is bouncing around my 3D scene.
Ideally I would like to create multiple 3D nulls for the start and end positions and have the lightning plugin able to cycle through these, perhaps controlled by a wiggle expression.
So far I’ve come as far as linking the lightnings “core start” and “core end” properties to two 3D control nulls I’ve created via
thisComp.layer(“coreStartNull”).toComp([0,0,0]);
thisComp.layer(“coreEndNull”).toComp([0,0,0]);I was then thinking of adding an expression “slider control” or perhaps a “layer control” to access and control a number of 3D nulls in the scene I’d like to link to the lightning. This is where my knowledge begins to fall down.
Any help greatly appreciated
Cheers,
Tav -
1 Reply
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I’d create another null named “controls” and add a Layer control and a Point control to it. The Point control would have an expression like this:
try{
L = effect("Layer Control")("Layer");
L.toComp([0,0,0]);
}catch(err){
value;
}
Then your lightning effect point would have an expression like this:
fromComp(thisComp.layer(“controls”).effect(“Point Control”)(“Point”));
Dan
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