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  • Row of blinking lights

    Posted by Michael Sanders on August 28, 2014 at 8:33 pm

    I created a wall of digits randomly going from 0 to 1 but I thought I’d like to try it with blinking lights.

    The plan is to create a series of 8 “lights” in a row and then flash them on an off like a modem or router and then duplicate that and create a wall.

    I have created a circle and made it flash on and off by adding an oscillate with square wave function to the opacity. The next step was to replicate that and then offset the random function but that option doesn’t appear to be there as it is with the number generator.

    Any ideas anyone?

    (Quick joke: there are ten kinds of people who understand binary: those that do and those that don’t!)\

    Michael Sanders
    London

    Michael Sanders
    London Based DP/Editor

    Mark Spencer replied 11 years, 8 months ago 2 Members · 4 Replies
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  • Mark Spencer

    August 28, 2014 at 8:38 pm

    Flash them off and on by using the sequence replicator behavior, adding opacity, setting to 0, through, random, with lots of loops to speed it up.


    Mark Spencer
    Freelance Producer/Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
    Apple-certified Master Trainer
    Author, Motion 4 from Peachpit Press
    https://www.applemotion.net

  • Michael Sanders

    August 28, 2014 at 8:51 pm

    Cheers Mark – trying to get that to work now :-))

    Your a star!

    Michael Sanders
    London Based DP/Editor

  • Michael Sanders

    August 28, 2014 at 9:30 pm

    Mark.. Can’t see random anywhere..

    Currently have set as attached

    Much much appreciated..

    Michael Sanders
    London Based DP/Editor

  • Mark Spencer

    August 28, 2014 at 9:47 pm

    In the Replicator Inspector.


    Mark Spencer
    Freelance Producer/Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
    Apple-certified Master Trainer
    Author, Motion 4 from Peachpit Press
    https://www.applemotion.net

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