Smooth Credits in 23.976 fps / expressions?

[Walter Soyka]

[Brian Jahns] “I guess what I should admit is that I need some help with my math.. how many frames are in 52:02 at 23.976? I was guessing 1,417.”

52 seconds and 2 frames at 23.976 frames per second is 52 * 23.976 + 2, or 1249 frames. You don’t need to plug any values into Kevin’s expression; you just apply the expression as is to the credit’s position.

You can use the following expression to get a smooth scroll. Alt-click the position property stopwatch, and enter the following expression:
speedPxPerFrame = 2;
currentFrame = (time - inPoint)/thisComp.frameDuration;

value - [0, currentFrame*speedPxPerFrame]

Expressions are evaluated every time a frame is rendered. This expression gets the x and y positions as defined by the layer’s position property, then subtracts 2 pixels from the y position for every frame that’s happened since the layer’s in point. You can change the speed of the roll by changing the value assigned to speedPxPerFrame.

You can also manually adjust the layer’s position point to change where it will begin (just don’t add keyframes to the position property — you’ll get unexpected results).

Walter Soyka
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[Brian Jahns]

Very helpful answer Walter, thanks so much for that response!

[Brendan Russert]

OK! what a night this one has been!
Finally got a solution to my problems…
so:
speedPxPerFrame = 2;
currentFrame = (time – inPoint)/thisComp.frameDuration;

value – [0, currentFrame*speedPxPerFrame]

is awesome! but a bit to slow for me.
and if I fiddle with the numbers it starts flickering again.
SO:

1: Create a null and apply the expression to it

2: Parent the text and resize comp untill all the thext goes by

3: exported an uncompressed video of the text

4: Imported the whole video and time remapped it to the lenght I needed
5: turned on the frame blending option in my text video layer and my comp

its a bit of a neandrathal way of doing things but the only one that has worked flawless so far.

if you have a better expression or a little plug-in please share

[Thomas Frank]

Is there away to have the credits stop on the last logo, if yes how would this be done with Expressions?
How would you animated this by keyframes?