Random speed of time

[Ilya Sire]

is this possible to do? please…

[Dan Ebberts]

>is this possible to do?

Probably, but I really don’t understand your question…

Dan

[Ilya Sire]

T = time;
substr(0,T);

how can i make T running randomly speed? so the letters come sometime fast or slow.

i got this similar result from your solution but this using slider to control speed. How to convert it using speed min or max value?

Thanks
ilya

slider = effect("rpm")("Slider");
accum = 0;
f = timeToFrames(inPoint);
while (f < timeToFrames()){
accum += slider.valueAtTime(framesToTime(f));
f++;
}
accum*thisComp.frameDuration*60 //60 what is that?

[Dan Ebberts]

Like this maybe?


tMin = .05;
tMax = .5;
t = inPoint;
n = 0;
seedRandom(index,true);
while (t < time){
t += random(tMin,tMax);
n++;
}
substr(0,n)


Dan

[Ilya Sire]

Ah yes!! i cant write like this.
Thank you!

[Ilya Sire]

Hi Dan,

How to use this random value to linear() time?

Thanks
Ilya

[Dan Ebberts]

I’m not sure what you mean…

Dan

[Jason Jantzen]

Hey Dan, I’m trying to use this idea here to animate the offset of a Trim Path so that when I duplicate each instance of the path, they animate at random speeds, but putting this expression on the Offset parameter yields an error “Function substr is undefined.” Any idea how to make this work?

Jason Jantzen
vimeo.com/jasonj

[Dan Ebberts]

>putting this expression on the Offset parameter yields an error “Function substr is undefined.

This is a source text expression, so it’s probably completely unsuited to what you’re doing. How are you animating the trim paths now? What range of speeds are you looking for?

Dan

[Jason Jantzen]

I was using this to get a random offset value with the time value. I’d like to randomize the time value somewhere between 25-35. Thanks for taking a look, Dan!

seedRandom(1,true);
random(0,360)+time*30;

Jason Jantzen
vimeo.com/jasonj