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    reference specific frame

    Posted by Alex Harding on January 12, 2011 at 10:58 am

    Hi,

    How can I reference a variable at a specific frame, rather than the current frame?

    In Nuke it would be:

    result=variable(frameNumber)

    which would look at the variable at the frame number in parentheses.

    ie you could do

    result=variable(time-10)

    to make the animation delay by 10 frames

    Thanks!

    Alex

    Alex Harding replied 15 years, 4 months ago 3 Members · 4 Replies
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  • Michael Szalapski

    January 12, 2011 at 2:25 pm

    I think the AE equivalent would be valueAtTime.
    This page covers it and this example uses it.

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  • Alex Harding

    January 12, 2011 at 2:58 pm

    that is a very useful page

    thanks very much

  • Dan Ebberts

    January 12, 2011 at 5:24 pm

    valueAtTime() won’t help you with variables, just properties. Variables don’t persist from frame to frame.

    Dan

  • Alex Harding

    January 12, 2011 at 6:13 pm

    my bad, i actually meant properties

    thanks

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