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Text Flicker Per Character
Hey guys,
I’m trying to find an expression that would allow each character to flicker on in a random order until each letter is revealed. Typically I would mask each letter and use hold keyframes to manually toggle the opacity from 0 to 100 to 0 to 100. The problem is that I need the text to remain editable for quick versioning. Any ideas?
Thanks!
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MJ Whitaker
Motion Designer / Visual FX Artist -
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Thanks, I’ll give it a try!
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MJ Whitaker
Motion Designer / Visual FX Artist -
Actually I’ve seen that post but the problem is I’d like each letter to turn on then off before turning on a second time, as if I used hold keyframes for opacity from 0 to 100 then 0 to 100. I’m struggling with understanding how to adjust the expression below to:
1.) not fade, I’d like the opacity to be a hard toggle from 0 to 100
2.) flicker from 0 to 100 twice then remain at 100
3.) have each letter turn on at a more random paceIs this possibe? Thanks so much in advance for your help!
delay = .5;
fadeTime = .1;a = [];for(i = 0; i < textTotal; i++) a.push(i);
seedRandom(index,true);
for (i = 0; i < a.length; i++){
idx = i + Math.floor(random(a.length - i));
temp = a[i];
a[i] = a[idx];
a[idx] = temp;
}
myDelay = a[textIndex-1]*delay;
t1 = inPoint + myDelay;
t2 = t1 + fadeTime;
linear(time,t1,t2,100,0)
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MJ Whitaker
Motion Designer / Visual FX Artist
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